Young people of Courtenay will have an opportunity to learn 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 Lake Trail Middle school, Jan. 12, 2017.

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. – 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 Gibsons.

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Don McRae, MLA Comox Valley –

“B.C. is expecting nearly one million job openings by 2025, and it is essential that we have the right mix of education and training programs available to meet the demand for those jobs. Find Your Fit is an excellent way to engage our youth in planning for their future careers by educating them on what the in-demand careers will be and how they can be first in line for them.”

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