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Plan Your Career Change: Choosing a New Field
A free, self-paced course for adults in Alberta who are thinking about a new career. Five short lessons take you from self-assessment to a costed 90-day plan, using free alis and Job Bank tools.
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The short version
Free, no payment details
Sign up with your name and e-mail and confirm it with a 6-digit code. There is nothing to buy.
About 60 minutes
5 short lessons and one final quiz. Your progress is saved, so you can stop and come back on any device.
Certificate of completion
Finish every lesson and score 70% or more on the final quiz. Retakes are unlimited.
Not a program
This free short course is not part of a Ucademy diploma or certificate program and gives no program credit.
What you will learn
- Describe your values, interests and abilities as criteria you can use to compare careers
- Translate duties from past jobs into transferable skills, backed by evidence statements
- Find duties, wages, outlook and entry requirements for an occupation on Job Bank and alis
- Build a scorecard that compares three occupations against your own criteria
- Run an informational interview and turn skills gaps into small learning tasks
- Calculate your savings runway and write a dated 90-day action plan
Who it is for
Adults in Alberta and elsewhere in Canada who are considering a career change, returning to work or looking for a different direction. No experience in the new field is needed.
What you need
- A computer or phone with an internet connection
- A notebook or document for the exercises
- About 60 minutes in total, which you can split across several days
Lessons
- 1Know yourself: values, interests and abilities12 min
- 2Transferable skills: what you already bring12 min
- 3Research new fields with Job Bank and alis12 min
- 4Test your idea before you commit12 min
- 5Budget the change and write your 90-day plan12 min
- ✓Plan Your Career Change: final quizfinal quiz
Where this course can lead
Ucademy career programs
This course is a short, practical introduction. The full program goes much further: seven online diploma and certificate programs in healthcare, business and technology.
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See the course →Frequently asked questions
Yes. You sign up for a free account, take the five lessons and the quiz, and receive a certificate of completion at no cost.
Yes. When you finish the lessons and pass the quiz you receive a Ucademy certificate of completion. The course is not part of a Ucademy diploma or certificate program.
About 60 minutes in five lessons of around 12 minutes each. It is online and self-paced, so you can stop and come back at any time.
No. The course starts from what you already know and shows you how to compare fields, so you can use it before you have chosen a direction.
From official sources such as alis (Government of Alberta), Job Bank and canada.ca. The lessons teach you how to look up current data yourself.
No. It is a free short course, not part of a Ucademy diploma or certificate program, and it does not give program credit.
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