Skilled Teams. Strong Results

Your business needs employees with the right skills.

Skills for Jobs Canada helps your organization address the skills shortages that result in lost revenue opportunities, unfilled job postings, and challenges with changing technologies.

Enter your current or past job title or technology to find courses and programs that match your company’s training and hiring goals.

Recommendations are sourced from high quality training providers and postsecondary institutions across the country.

What is upskilling and reskilling?

Upskilling

Enhancing your existing skills to improve your performance within your current role.

Reskilling

Learning new and different skills to transition to a different role or industry.

How can upskilling and reskilling help me find a job or advance my career?

Skills for Jobs Canada’s courses and programs can help you develop skills that match current and future employment demands. Learning a new skill, tool, or technology can help you stand out in your job search, confidently take on new projects or responsibilities at work, or allow you to explore a new career path.

Unlock Your Organization’s Potential. Elevate Your Workforce.

Why Choose Skills For Jobs Canada?

Resource-Efficient

Skills for Jobs Canada includes thousands of short, online, self-paced, and low-cost training options. This helps your organization be efficient when planning staff training and allows you to identify job candidates who are committed to their professional development.

Industry-Aligned

Skills for Jobs Canada showcases courses and programs created with input from business sectors. Graduates will come to your organization equipped with the tools they need to address today’s most pressing industry challenges.

Skills-Focused

Skills for Jobs Canada’s courses and programs are focused on specific skills – what someone needs to perform a function of their job well. Possessing these specialized skills allows employees to be job-ready, boosting the productivity of your team from day one.

Industries in Focus

Explore courses and programs for skill development in sectors experiencing talent shortages.

Healthcare and Life Sciences
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Frequently Asked Questions

How can Skills for Jobs Canada help my business?

Skills for Jobs Canada's rapid training courses and programs equip your existing and potential employees with job-ready skills. Providing low-cost upskilling or reskilling to staff can support employee retention, reduce your recruitment costs, and enable your business to pivot in response to changes impacting your sector. Skills for Jobs Canada also provides you with tools to connect directly with training providers to inquire about recruitment and hiring, saving you time and money in finding skilled talent for your organization.

How can I find the right training course or program for my employees?

Skills for Jobs Canada offers multiple search tools to help you find the course or program that best fits your needs:

  • Enter a job title to receive personalized recommendations that build on your employees' existing skillsets.
  • Select a skill from the dropdown menu to explore opportunities to develop a specific competency.
  • Enter a tool or technology to discover courses or programs that can provide your employees with hands-on experience.
  • Enter a keyword to find ways to expand your employees knowledge on a topic of interest.
  • Browse industries in focus to identify skills development opportunities in your sector.

What you will find:

  • Course and program details pages that include descriptions, start dates, and financial aid information.
  • Employment context data featuring five-year industry growth outlooks and related skills, tools, and technologies.
  • 'Hot or not' hiring indicators spotlighting courses and programs linked to jobs that have been in-demand over the past year.
  • The ability to learn more and enroll by selecting "Visit Institution" or "Register Now" to access the training provider's website

If you have questions about the course or program, please use the contact form on the listing page to share your inquiry directly with the appropriate department at the host institution.

I have a question about a program. Who can I contact for help?

You can submit questions about training opportunities you find on Skills for Jobs Canada directly to the institution offering the course or program. Simply fill out the contact form found on the listing page and your inquiry will be directed to the appropriate department at the host institution.

For all other questions, please email support@skillsforjobs.ca

Skills for Jobs Canada welcomes expressions of interest from postsecondary institutions and training providers that share our goal of contributing to a comprehensive upskilling strategy for Canada. Please contact upskilling@digitalcampus.ca to learn how you can get involved.