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By Liam Verster

Career Opportunities

Tool created to connect British Columbians with training for high-demand jobs

Nov 24, 2023 | 2:00 PM

The B.C. Government has created a new tool to help get people into the labour market.

With the Labour Market Outlook forecasting approximately a million job openings over the next decade, the Find Your Path Tool has been launched to provide British Columbians with information to identify and access future educational and career opportunities.

“The people of B.C. are at the heart of our economic success,” Selina Robinson, Minister of Post-Secondary Education and Future Skills, said.

“Our government continues to work for people by making post-secondary education and skills training more accessible, more affordable, more responsive and more relevant to the demands of the job market. With nearly one million jobs forecast, everyone can find their path to succeed in B.C.’s workforce.”

The Find Your Path digital tool can be used by people to map out their educational journey, including the over 250 careers marked as ‘high-opportunity’ in the Labour Market Outlook.

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Among the sectors with ‘high-opportunity’ jobs are health care, technology, early childhood education, and trades.

The province noted employment is projected to grow at an average of 1.2 per cent annually over the next decade, reaching 3.1-million people employed by 2033.

Approximately 65 per cent of future job openings will be related to worker leaving the work force, and the remaining 35 per cent will be created through economic growth.

It was noted that young people aged 29 or younger entering the work force for the first time will make up 47 per cent of new job seekers, and another 46 per cent of job seekers over the next decade will be immigrants.

“With nearly one million job openings on the horizon, it is essential that we are focused on building and fostering a skilled workforce for these in-demand jobs,” Brenda Bailey, Minister of Jobs, Economic Development and Innovation, said.

“The Labour Market Outlook identifies key sectors, while the Find Your Path digital tool acts as a road map for British Columbians to get that job. We are investing in people and businesses by developing a skilled workforce that allows people to have good jobs in the communities they love.”

The Find Your Path online tool can be found here.