Young people of Nanaimo 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 Island ConnectED School, Jan. 24, 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 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 195,000 participants so far, most recently in Port Alberni.

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Michelle Stillwell, MLA-Parksville-Qualicum–

“Find your Fit is an important building block to help guide our youths to the industries of future in-demand jobs. This hands-on opportunity is a great way to discover career information, job opportunities and the tools that are available to help them be more successful in their career path and get them started on the right foot. With almost one million job openings expected in our province by 2025, we need to ensure British Columbians, especially our youth, have the information and training they need.”

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