Young people of Squamish will have an opportunity to learn about the skills they will need for tomorrow’s in-demand occupations.

WorkBC’s Find Your Fit tour will be making its next stop at the Don Ross Middle school on Thursday, Dec. 15, 2016.

Find Your Fit is an interactive event where individuals of all ages can learn about B.C.’s in-demand careers and test out some of the skills they would need for those occupations. Participants will also get to know career planning tools – such as Blueprint Builder and Career Trek videos – and the job resources and labour market information WorkBC.ca offers.

Parents, teachers and career counsellors may benefit, too – by discovering ways to educate and support youth in their career exploration.

The Find Your Fit event will be open to the public from 3:15 p.m. to 7 p.m.

Find Your Fit is part of B.C.’s Skills for Jobs Blueprint commitment to re-engineer education and deliver the skilled workforce needed in B.C.’s growing economy. The tour has had more than 180,000 participants so far, most recently in Mission.

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Jordan Sturdy, MLA for West Vancouver-Sea to Sky –

“In-demand occupations requiring post-secondary education or training vary from professional and management careers to trades, and range from the technology sector, the resource industries to health care and services. Find Your Fit is an excellent way to introduce our youth to these many career paths, and does it in a fun and entertaining way that engages them in learning.”

Learn More:

To find out more information about Find Your Fit, visit: www.findyourfittour.ca

To find out about career, education and training resources, visit WorkBC.ca: www.workbc.ca

To learn more about career planning and B.C.’s Skills for Jobs Blueprint, visit: www.workbc.ca/blueprintbuilder

To find out more about the BC Jobs Plan, visit: engage.gov.bc.ca/bcjobsplan