Starting Your Career
You may already know what you want to do with your life and career. But, if you’re not sure yet, tools like the ones linked to below exist to help you decide what kind of work is a good fit with your interests and personality.
- The Guiding Circles Workbook, created by the Aboriginal Human Resources Council
- Essential Skills Portfolio (ESPORT)
- The "Know Yourself" Quiz
- Identify Your Career Options
- STEP (Shuswap Training and Employment Program)
- SNDS – Skeena Native Development Society
Once you think mineral exploration and mining is for you, there are several different ways to get started:
Real Life Stories
Jim Morin, Ph.D., P. Geol.
Jim Morin fell in love one hot, prairie summer day, back when he was thirteen. With rocks. And ever since then, they've been his passion. "Every day I walked along the railway tracks," says Morin, "and then one day, I actually looked at what I was walking on, and realised that beneath my feet lay treasure. Each stone was unique, told a story, had a history and marked time in some way. I was hooked by the mystery of rocks!"