As adults we all enter the world of work. Many people can benefit from improving their workplace literacy. To find employment and be successful in your work, we need various employment skills, essential skills, and workplace skills as well as soft skills.
The resources in this section are for people interested in improving their workplace literacy and finding practical ways to improve the skills they need to find work or be better at their jobs.
- ABC Life Literacy – Up Skills
ABC Life Literacy – Up Skills Activities and Workbooks
UP Skills for Work is a series of workbooks that help learners develop key employability skills. The nine topics covered are: Motivation, Attitude, Accountability, Presentation, Teamwork, Time Management, Adaptability, Stress Management, and Confidence. Each workbook is highly interactive. Also included on the resource page is a set of short activities for each topic that tutors can do with their learners, or learners can work on independently.
- Learn Quebec – Career Exploration
Learn Quebec – Skills for Life – Career Exploration
Part of the QLWG Skills for Life Series, this module helps learners to narrow their career options and then use research skills to find precise information about those options. The module has a PDF workbook and e-learning video-support segments (requiring flash plug-in) with video and narration.
https://app.learnquebec.ca/learnapps/skills_for_life/unit25.html
Click on this link for a full list of all the QLWG Skills for Life Series Workbooks
- Learn Quebec – Employment Skills
Learn Quebec – Skills for Life – Employment Skills Part of the QLWG Skills for Life Series, this module helps learners to prepare to find employment or to ask for a promotion. Topics: identify strengths; write a resumé, find out how and where to look for work; write a cover letter; look for work; prepare for a job interview. The module has a PDF workbook and e-learning video-support segments (requiring flash plug-in) with video and narration.
https://app.learnquebec.ca/learnapps/skills_for_life/unit19.html
Click on this link for a full list of all the QLWG Skills for Life Series Workbooks
- Learn Quebec – On the job
Learn Quebec – On The Job Part of the QLWG Skills for Life Series, this PDF workbook gives learners strategies for the workplace. Topics include: job safety, reading instructions, writing messages and requests, impressing the boss, handling workplace problems, your rights as a worker.
http://www.learnquebec.ca/documents/20181/135109/unit20.pdf/b6a72b51-a851-45d1-96ee-2770f51a1a10
Click on this link for a full list of all the QLWG Skills for Life Series Workbooks
- NorthStar – Career Search Skills Course
NorthStar – Career Search Skills Course This NorthStar online career search skills course provides learners with the basic skills to look for employment. Topics include: searching for jobs, preparing a resume and supporting documents, applying and interviewing for jobs and what to do after the interview.
- SkillsPass – Covid-19 Work Safe Course
SkillsPass – Covid 19 Work Safe Course This online course (developed by is provided to help workers and employers understand the basics of COVID-19 safety. It introduces important, practical precautions that can be taken to help reduce the spread of the virus.This course provides simple, practical instruction on how to reduce the risk of catching or spreading COVID-19 in the workplace. The course is presented in a series of animated slides. There is an audio and a transcript.
To take the course, you must create an account and log-in.
