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Beyond Education Career Paths
Focus on your strengths, skills, passions and interests. What career paths match these best for you? Remember, many jobs, or “roles” as they are often called in the private sector, may require you to “upskill”, retrain or acquire new professional certifications.
Communication:
- Freelance Writing
- Editor
- Translator
- Customer service Manager
- Recruiter
- Digital Marketer
- Publicist
- Photographer
- Social Media Manager
Design & Creation:
- Web Designer
- Blogger
- Podcaster
- Instructional
- Designer
- Content Creator
- Social Media
- Management
- Entrepreneurship
- Application Developer
Management:
- Corporate Director
- Program Manager
- Project Manager
- Accounts Manager
- Customer Service Manager
- Human Resources Manager
- Director of a Charity/ Not For Profit Organisation.
Marketing and Sales:
- Realtor: Real estate agents work with clients to help them buy, sell or rent real estate. Real estate agent roles and duties include interfacing with clients, acting as a go-between for buyers and sellers and performing administrative, research and marketing tasks.
Organisation:
- HR Specialist
- Event Planner
- Financial Advisor
- Fundraiser
- Accountant
- Bookkeeper
- Realtor
- Researcher
- Virtual Assistant
- Data Analyst
- Insurance Agent
- Librarian
- Actuary
- Artist
- Entrepreneurship (Or what I like to call being an “Edupreneur”): If you’ve had ideas about products or services that you’d like to create and sell, and you think that you can put together a team to pull it off, now might be the time to try! Check and see if your local chamber of commerce has a “Business Incubator” you can be part of. Think of this opportunity as a local, often free, practical, “Mini-MBA” that provides business leadership, mentorship and support.
Technical Writer: While you may need to take a course in technical writing, this is a much-needed skill, one where not everyone excels. Use your writing skills to draft user guides, manuals and white papers for companies large and small.
Paralegal: A number of teachers have made the switch to a career as a paralegal. The certificate programs often required are short and inexpensive, and many of the skills you’ve acquired as a teacher are directly transferable. Working with lawyers isn’t for everyone; however, you might find paralegal work fulfilling, and paralegals do make a good salary.
Human Resources: Companies usually provide employee education or training, which can be led by a person with a teaching degree. Another option in HR is working as a recruiter. Your ability to understand the needs of people from different backgrounds can make you an asset in a company looking to hire HR people.
Management: Many teachers are born managers. While you might need additional school or training, some former teachers are able to find jobs in the business world.
- Marketing: Teachers can use their understanding of human needs and desires to help companies market their products. Traditional marketing is only part of the picture. In today’s Internet-focused economy, there are many good jobs for ex-teachers in online marketing: email marketing, search engine marketing, search engine optimization (SEO) is the practice of orienting your website to rank higher on a search engine results page (SERP) so that you receive more traffic. You strategically write online articles so that when people search a term, your website will come up high on the page. Have a look at Seth Hymes’ YouTube videos and online course to learn more.
- Non-profit Organizations: Non-profit organizations also have many roles to fill. Teachers are good at public speaking, so they’re a great fit for organizations that make presentations or speak to groups.
- Grant Writer: Non-profit groups typically rely on grants and fundraising to cover their costs. If you have the skills needed to be a teacher, you may be qualified to write grant proposals. Your communication and writing skills will be needed to draft a persuasive argument on why an organization needs funding.
Find a Canadian Civil Service Job
- Alberta Government Public Service Employment Oppotunities
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- Manitoba Government Public Service Employment Opportunities
- New Brunswick Government Public Service Employment Opportunities
- Newfoundland Government Public Service Employment Opportunities
- Northwest Territories Government Public Service Employment Opportunities
- Nova Scotia Government Public Service Employment Opportunities
- Nunavut Government Public Service Employment Opportunities
- Ontario Government Public Service Employment Opportunities
- Prince Edward Island Government Public Service Employment Opportunities
- Saskatchewan Government Public Service Employment Opportunities
- Quebec -Employment Opportunities
- Yukon Government Public Service Employment Opportunities
- Find-a-job Job Bank -The Government of Canada
- Parks Canada Job Opportunities
- The (Alberta) Driving Back to Work (DBTW) program supports unemployed and under-employed Albertans in obtaining a Class 1 driver’s license by covering more than 90% of training and testing costs.
- Canadian Job Trends: This information dashboard is created by the non-profit Labour Market Information Council (LMIC)
- The Canada Training Credit (CTC) is a refundable tax credit available to help Canadians with the cost of eligible training fees. The Canada Training Benefit is designed to help workers cover the costs of training. It includes a Training Credit to provide financial support for training fees and the ability to take time off work to pursue training without risking job security.
Canada-Alberta Job Grant: The Canada Job Grant provides funding to employers to help them train and develop their employees’ skills. Employers, including small businesses, can apply for financial assistance to offset the costs of training.