Young people of Merritt 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 Coquihalla Middle school, on Tuesday, Feb. 7, 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 3:30 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 200,000 participants so far, most recently in Canim Lake.

The Blueprint was recently highlighted in the BC Jobs Plan 5-year update. Since 2014, the Blueprint has been re-engineering the provincial education and apprenticeship systems so students and workers have the skills they need to be first in line for jobs in B.C.’s growing economy.

Quote:

Jackie Tegart, MLA for Fraser-Nicola –

“Introducing youth to the in-demand jobs of the future and the educational tools they’ll need to be first in line for them helps ensure the economic prosperity for the entire province. The world is changing and B.C. is connecting its youth with the skills required to succeed in that world through program like Find Your Fit.”

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