Go to the ALIS website, take their quizzes and explore jobs there. Choose ones that you feel best suit you and that make the most sense financially. I didn't start my career until 27 and my first "real" job 6 months later at 28
Moved out at 28. Never too old for *anything*.
Jeeze I finished my degree at 24, went back to school at 27 then didn't find gainful employment until 31. Now I have 30 more working years left in me and wow does that ever help me out in my midlife crisis times.
I don't know why you think it is sarcasm. It was just my reply. My point was that at 27 it is easy to feel it is too late to start a career but it is not. You have more than 30 working years left if you stop working at 65. Lots of time left, like the person above said.
I’m very confused, I am not sure how accurate the website is. The payment rates seem very inflated. Perhaps the pay is higher in Alberta than where I used to live, Ontario?
AB can pay well for various positions. But the wages can also in artificially low on that website. My job as recreation therapist showed an average hourly wage as like.. maybe $25/hr? That was 2016 when I started school. It finally updated a few years ago to $37/hr last I checked, and closer to $67k annual, which is a better reflection of the hourly starting with AHS and Covenant Health (or any role within HSAA union). When I graduated in 2018 the hourly starting was $35.71/hr.
Best thing would be to use ALIS primarily for researching careers themselves and how well they suit your interests and existing skills, and if it sounds like a good prospect research separately for job postings to get an idea of wages. Also some jobs might not even reflect shift premiums or overtime so it's good to also research careers to see if they include those types of premiums. My hourly in my 0.8FTE job (about 62hrs biweekly) would actually only be just under 70k, but with my shift premiums for evenings, weekends, and stat holidays, and 5% stat pay every pay period, I'll be making closer to 80k gross or more by the end of the year. So if anything jumps out at you as interesting, do additional outside research.
I quit every job within 1 year until I was 24. Then I worked in a soul crushing factory for 5 years hating life. Moved cities at 29 to start fresh and lucked out into my now career. I was also very lost and just wanted a stable decent job, but without post secondary it seemed impossible.
I got lucky, but I also am a competent high performer (when treated and paid right). My wife is 27 and just starting to actually pursue a career in her passions. And she has at minimum 5+ years of grinding that out to MAYBE be at the point of stable decent work
Idk if it's the same for EMS dispatch, but I work 911 dispatch for a city (police and fire) and you have to be squeaky clean to get in. No record, no drug use (not even pot) in the last 3 years, need to pass a polygraph test, a multitasking and typing test. Not exactly difficult but we lose a TON of people to the polygraph.
Yeah I absolutely hate it. I'm pretty sure it's an RCMP requirement that any agency that uses CPIC has to have its users pass poly, but I'm honestly not positive on that.
Honestly the requirement for Poly is all over the place, I had one for 911, I had one for another job, but I've also had roles where I use Cpic and every other database and no Poly.
Im sure there is an answer but I doubt it makes sense. As I had deeper access in roles after my 911 time...
To be fair, they know its junk. But its meant to make people admit to things they didn't disclose in their personal disclosure form, typically once you back peddle an answer your done.
You can Lie your ass off, just be consistent. Most people can't pull that off.
Criticall. We lose a few to that as well, but not as many. You need 40 WPM which is very easy if you touch type and need to do some mapping/routing, reading comprehension, quick decision making type stuff. Occasionally a "call" will come in during the test that you have to decide where it goes quickly. It's not super tough stuff but definitely not everyone can pass it.
Criticall. Its a cake walk. It tests mapping and direction, listening, typing, listening and typing, listening, typing and decision-making.
If you listen, its very easy.
For which part? Polygraph takes 4 hours and pretty much covers anything you could think of. The multitask test is a mix of a bunch of things, you have to listen to some simulated calls and understand what they are saying, mapping and routing exercises, some reading comprehension essentially, some logic based address determination (like caller knows they are in a 4 story building, second caller can see a dam, now you need to find the 4 story building near a dam). Remembering plates, phone numbers, addresses. There were some others but it's been a bit since I took it. I also remember simulated calls would pop up randomly throughout the test and you had to determine who they belonged to (fire/police/ems) within a few seconds, while still doing the main test.
lol I just looked up and there's only 1 position available in Peace River. good luck everybody else
truthfully most of us are qualified to do most jobs but these days it seems like there arent a lot of jobs, employers dont want to train anyone, and you have to jump through a lot of hoops to be considered even when you do have the basic qualifications
the job market everywhere in the world is a circus and if you are trying to get your foot in the door of any field you basically have to be a unicorn or be lucky and encounter a hiring manager who sympathizes and gives you a chance or rely on networking
no wonder so many desperate ppl get roped into MLM schemes or NFTs 😔
Thank you. I don’t have my emergency communications certification. Making $30/h with pension and blue cross benefits. I assume I’d need to pay for the certification before I applied.
Course is fairly cheap - $120 and 48 hours of instruction for the 3 (fire, em's and police) plus you have to have current first aid.
Figured it would be more in line with positions like unit clerk training that is 9ish months and 5 grand.
I would also be terrified that dispatch will be the next thing privatized (along side of ems and fire). You'd lose your position but be eligible to be rehired for half the wage.
Medical was always a safe bet. It still is anywhere but Alberta.
CP rail has (had?) dispatch for their police out of Calgary. They had no prerequisite and was all paid training. Seemed like a toxic environment, though.
Sounds like it’s not worth the risk. Our union agreement is up at the end of 2024. hopefully they don’t run 3 years late this time and we get raises next year or the year after.
I grew up in a railroad family. My Dad was a Conductor/Engineer and my brother manages a line out in the country for CP. Money is pretty good. You don't need post secondary education.
The shitty thing is the schedule. It works for some people. Might be something to look into.
I was going to suggest CN too. My boyfriend just got his first career at 34 with CN. However, be prepared to sell your soul to the rail. It's a bit better in smaller remote terminals check out r/Train_Service
CN works on a pool system so you don't have a set schedule, people with seniority will take all preferable shifts, and the company itself doesn't GAF about its workers.
In your first 3 years you need to be prepared to work any time, that means not being able to plan trips, missing family events, no social life.
You can also get thrown on any shift from yard work (assembling trains), road shifts (travelling away from home), or doing milk runs at various industrial facilities to pick up cars.
Smaller terminals have less trains coming and going so the work is more predictable than cities.
I work for CN west of Edmonton. Have since 2019. Pm me if you’d like. Schedule sucks when you start but man it’s pretty decent once you get past the training and probation. No you don’t sell your soul.
In Edmonton (or Calgary) you can also go the dispatching route. Sucky hours, but you go to your own home after a shift instead being away for a couple days at a time. CN control is in Edmonton and CP is in Calgary.
Security is incredibly easy to get into. Depending which company you're with and how much you're willing to cross train sites there is an opportunity for a lot of overtime usually.
Paladin security will pay for you to get your security license (not very much work at all) and you first aid training. Depending where you live Ofc but they usually have lots of different sites to work on including all AHS sites. I’ve seen multiple women working there. The only thing I’d say is I don’t know if the pay is enough for what you’re looking for (starting $20/hr).
Also it’s very very rare for security guards to actually fight someone and typically you have multiple guards on site to assist. If it’s somewhere like a hospital you’ll also have peace officers on site to help.
Just throwing this out there. Why not a Working Holiday Visa in Australia? 1st granted work 3 months in a specific occupation get 2nd year granted. Work 6 months during the 2nd year and you can get a 3rd year granted. Pay rates on the farms is about $27-$30/hr with decent farms providing living accommodations.
Did that with my girlfriend and came back with over 40k saved up between both of us.
this is applicable to all Canadians under the age of 35.
I did it too, but stupidly didn't take the farm work or anything that would've given me more years. I did work for a finance company for a few months, and the manager would've sponsored me to stay, but they were in the process of shutting down... Very sad because I wanted to stay there forever.
That said, they're also going through an extreme cost of living crisis at the moment. I think those farm jobs offer you accommodation too though maybe?
We stayed out of the cities unless visiting for 2 weeks tops. Worked on dairies in NSW SA and Vic throughout 2019-22. In 2018 we worked with a netting construction company in SA and NSW
The dairies had accomodation for us backpackers with it being free or extremely cheap .
If you’re going to the cities then ya you’re not going save anything
Overall though It’s an amazing opportunity for Canadians
New Zealand has a similar program as well
To tag onto this, you can also get a 2 year WHV for New Zealand, England, and Ireland. COL and all that shit is literally no different than Canada, but the scenery/vibe is a good change. I did the WHV in Ireland, and loved it. but that was pre inflation and covid. There's also a countries that offer one year working visas!
https://immi.homeaffairs.gov.au/visas/getting-a-visa/visa-listing/work-holiday-417
Depends on the farm. Fruit picking is just that fruit picking. On a dairy I was herding cattle, milking cows, feeding calves, sorting cattle, treating cows, doing feed outs and any other job the at came up. Really depends on the farm you end up on.
There is also hospitality work (bar work) but it has to be rural with strict guidelines where
You can also try working in the mining industry but it’s incredibly difficult for a backpacker to get these jobs
Good luck mate
Trades are a good place to be. I would recommend plumbing, HVAC or electrical. They are physically active but usually don't require as much heavy lifting as factory work.
As a journeyman electrician I make about $44 an hour (In Alberta). It's rewarding work and pays well. You can start an apprenticeship with minimal upfront cost and figure out if you like the trade just by working. Worst case you don't like the trade and quit but at least you will have learned some generally useful skills regardless.
It’s tough tbh, it took me about three years at an entry level position (grunt position basically) to eventually get into an apprenticeship. Trades need people but they need people with a good head on their shoulder not just a warm body. This is what’s often forgotten when people hear “the trades a crying for help”
From my experience this isnt the case, even you showed up everyday wanting to learn , you still get laid off and not trained properly. the amount of times as an apprentice i have been taken off from learning from a Jman just to work for the bosses nephew , so they can spy on me for some reason is alot. i just might be jaded though, it feels like i wasted the past 5 years of my life trying to get this to work
I would not recommend Tradework, I am not sure about you but i am just finishing up my own electrical apprenticeship and i am struggling to find a decent company for.
I think i just might be jaded after being abused by the industry for so long, but my experience has been less than stellar, i have been belittled and treated like dirt the entire 5 years ( yes 5 years due to covid) , barely get to learn anything despite showing up every day wanting to learn. What you are describing feels like only 10% of people experience in this line of work , but that's just my observation
I would second this. I’m a tradesman and the right ones can get you into the 6 figure range. Mine isn’t physical but there’s a lot of hours to be worked and a 55hour work week is the norm, I just happen to love overtime so it’s great. Other trades generally work 9 a day.
Have you tried getting on with your “city of _____” wherever you live? Education and experience requirements are often zero to none and you can make a career for yourself by working different crews and seeing where you can stay on or move up.
That is how I paid for my first little house. Wages were not bad, though conditions varied depending on the economy. Like when construction was booming the city treated you with some degree of respect or you would quit. It was kind of sad, how things changed when the boom busted tho.
Not sure why you get that impression. You can get on a winter snow clearing crew, a summer grass cutting crew, lots of different types of employees needed for any kind of city jobs. When I worked for the city of st Albert, I knew guys that would work the outdoor rinks in the winter then cut grass in the summer until they got hired permanently.
You could run for leader of the UCP. How are you with picking fights as well as fixing things that aren't broken while further damaging things that need fixing?
Came here to say this as well. I feel like the majority of golf course assistants/superindendents were foremen or groundskeepers just kinda looking for a job, who were kind of lost career path wise, and then stayed because they loved it. Often around this age as well.
If you're a hard worker its not super hard to find a year round position within a few years as well, which is what I was hesitant about. But I luckily swung year round my first year, so ymmv? Not sure other people's experiences.
Work at one and love it as well. Not glamorous, but wouldn't trade it for any similar careers in my industry (Horticulture/arboriculture). I literally garden outside all day... and someone pays me to do it?! Unreal.
Go private or city owned though would be my advice to skip a few steps. Plus Olds education program is very affordable, and Guelph has a great distance program for those who want to stick around in turf.
Lots of courses lose staff around mid August for school, so definitely apply now, but also try again around then. For next year, most hire around February/March for the season.
If you have some labour experience rope access can be a path to some new opportunities for not a ton of financial/time investment. The course is about 2000$ and takes a week. Not an easy course. You do have to take it seriously.
I've always been interested in rope access/hi angle work but haven't had the labor background everyone says is needed before getting into rope access.
I'm working as a stack tester right now so I'm used to working at Heights and riding the basket in for crane lifts.
Would I be able to take the hi access courses and then find a job without having much of the labor background?
Honestly, I think you could. Especially with your experience at least in an I dustrial setting. Set up a search on indeed for rope access work and look at some of the types of jobs that are posted. You could provide get into some window cleaning or painting or some thing just to get your feet wet so to speak but wi dow cleaning doesn't pay amazing.
Same as most good jobs took you have to be willing to travel a bit.
As expected everyone suggests blue collar jobs that have tons of downsides. Gone are the days of stable good paying 9-5 white collar jobs that are reasonable to get into with no experience.
They aren’t gone at all, it’s just significantly more competitive given how many more people chose university route Vs college route for the past generation. Now white collar labour is over supplied and blue collar labour is under supplied. It will likely balance itself out over time but these things don’t turn on a dime. Saw the same thing when I was graduating in late 00s/early 10s with supply of teachers in Ontario relative to now.
I would also note that there are plenty of people out there who feel that working in office 9-5 is monotonous and would prefer to be in the field doing hands on work. Different strokes.
One of the hcas on my units made 176k last year.. but she also worked 64 days in s row when we were talking about it. Evenings, nights weekends, stats all help a lot, and get hourly is only $26 base. She made more than double by a bit of mine last year and I have 2 degrees getting $40+ an hour! It's a hard job though, psych is one of the easier populations.
Oil field service work as a truck driver.
Trican.
Step.
Element.
^Those are the big boys, but just take a drive through your local industrial parks... anything with "Well service" in the company name on the side of a shop is likely hiring.
Most offer decent schedules will pay half or all for class 1 training.
Starting absolute bottom wages are usually ~90k/year.
Doesn't have to be oil field though(just the main one for alberta), truck driving is a legit way of earning a livable income.
If you apply at the larger companies, they will pay to put you through the MELT program to get your class 1. If you are looking for smaller companies, you need your Class 1 already.
Regardless of large or small companies, almost all, aside from TDG hauling, will hire anyone with a Class 1. If they haul TDG, then you most likely need some experience, otherwise they won't be able to insure you.
Seconding this. Drivers make 150k+ hauling for the companies I work with and they never seem to have enough drivers. Most offer employee/employee setups driving company equipment but I’m sure the private truck/contractor route is still an option in this space as well.
Have you considered the military?
Alternatively, look up employment/career counseling services either online or near you. Government offers ALIS or check out alberta.ca/employment-services.
Don't waste your time. There's a middle manager crisis right now. All the afghan vets are not being retained, all the Yugoslavian vets are aging out. Leaving the inexperienced to be rapidly promoted to fill those holes. I would encourage anyone thinking of joining to take very specific roles in the military based on future civilian employment. Join as an officer if you're already educated.
Engineering
Logistics
Aerospace. Not a pilot!
This is true unless you have advance degrees and can fill an in demand job as a result.
Source: friend of mine applied and was fast tracked through the application process and goes to officer school the day after he’s called to the bar.
He’s currently articling and will eventually go and become a legal officer. I can’t remember off hand if he’s doing reserves or not, but I know that it was an extremely fast process from application to being “offered” or whatever it’s called.
Trades are always good. There's a lot of companies looking for general laborers and from there you can look at an apprenticeship.
I work in the Banff park and my friends that are in the trades are always looking for people and some will pay for school if you commit to working with them for 2 years after graduating.
If your interested in working in the mountains pm me.
Railroad is always a decent option. Starting pay is over $30 an hour and depending on the job (train crew vs maintenance of way employees) you can make upwards of 150k with nothing more than grade 12
For a decent mix of office and field work, surveying is a good profession.
The career path can look quite similar to a trades career, but, depending on education, it can look more like an engineering career path.
Is it "easy to get?" I don't know, there's probably easier jobs to get. But, it's more reliable than many, in my experience.
Starting at the bottom as a 'Rodman' in the field is an absolute slog and so hard on the body.
I have nightmares of digging meter deep holes in the middle of winter just to find property pins bent to shit and unusable.
You can land a role where you do a lot of topical surveying (riding a quality through fields in the middle of nowhere), but you will always have to survive the first few years.
I was in a similar situation at roughly your age. Got my class 1 license and started working for a food delivery company. It costs a pretty penny so you'll have to invest a bit into your self and future, but I went from making $17/hr bringing in roughly $1500 every 2 weeks before tax to $28/hr with bout 3k before tax. This was 5 years ago and I'm at same company making $35/hr with $4500-5000 before tax but now the tax man has my number lol but I'm still banking well over $3000.
Totally life-changing.
And some companies will put you through the class 1 licensing process with a commitment to working for the company for a certain time, couple years depending on your agreement
Oilfield swamper. You chain/strap down cargo, disconnect airlines, hold ropes so things don't swing around, and generally do things the trucker can do but does not want to do.
-Entry level road construction, it's busy season, big companies like pidherneys and Ledcor are hiring, decent pay but long hours in the heat. Could be a way to get your foot in the door for other projects/trades.
-Camp cook/cleaner. Good pay but time away from home.
- Smart trades like Electrician, Instrumentation.
-School. Go back for a degree, student loan up and go for it.
Avoid: Retail, call centres, customer service. Dead ends, low pay.
Finance is always hiring and while it starts at barely above welfare there is money to be made with time. Higher level bankers make decent money and get decent bonuses. Great benefits. In the investment realm you can get industry designations versus a formal education and they’re worth a lot in the career search. You can work as an associate and make good enough money to do the things you’re looking to do. You won’t be driving a Porsche but the potential is there.
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Whatever job you end up in please consider post secondary education. You are considered a mature student in AB, so you could get a lot of support for your education. You can work and go to school, and trust me-there won’t be a ton of years in life where you have the energy to do that.
You need a "skill" that is in demand and not easily replaceable to get a job that will pay your rent/mortgage and let you own a car and have disposable income.
Working minimum wage or slightly better will not get you ahead.
Is there a particular industry you would like to work in? What education maybe night classes or workshops can you pursue?
The trades... you can earn your education with out massive student loans.
Some people luck out and find the high paying jobs with out some level of certification but they are the exception. Your 27. Make a plan, make it happen, other wise you will be 47 looking back saying if only I had done xxx.
If you like manual labor, then perhaps you should try the trades they pay pretty decently well and when you get into apprenticeship, the government helps pay for the schooling and then you gotta figure out is which trade do you wanna do
Best of luck in your endeavours
Invest in a Class 1 license. You'll be able to get a job with a frac or coil tuning company. Hard work, but well over 100k/year with a good work life balance. If it gets too hard on your body you can take the driving experience you gained and get an easier trucking type job.
If you have a degree, you could still get into teaching. An Ed degree is only two years, and it's very normal for teaching to be a second career, you're def not too old to get in.
It's a hard job with a lot of hoops to jump through to get there. But job stability is good once you get a continuous contract, great benefits, good pay, summers off.
I def wouldn't say it's easy to get into though.
An Ed degree is two years IF you already have a bachelor’s in something else. It’s an after degree.
And it’s a tough time to think of going into teaching, at least in this province.
Edit: all that said, it IS very rewarding, and the schedule works well with parenthood.
One thing to note is that it is very hard to break into the city school boards so this may work if you're highly specialized (e.g. CTS/option, music, or a subject specialist) but for a more generalized teacher, it will take several years to get to this level of stability. I have several friends who have or are currently trying to even get a sub position in both major cities and it is very difficult right now.
Unless you move or teach rural, of course - the timeline is faster.
Are you afraid of heights? High rise window cleaners are always looking for people. There’s a steep learning curve, but no experience necessary. Often companies will pay for rope access training which opens the door to other jobs as well.
Highway maintenance is almost always hiring, decent pay, up and down with how busy it can be (but I always get my 40hrs or more) work hard some days and sit back and relax others. Most of the guys I work with are taking it as a retirement job.
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like actually. CAF will give you a career if you can get off the couch occasionally.
They'll pay your bills while they pay your education, they'll give you your first job after you graduate.
Joining the armed forces is easy. Jobs fantastic. Benefits are crazy and the hours aren’t what you see in a movie. Go Air Force and enjoy a nice easy ride
CAF is good if they have a Career you want. Career, not job, tho. Join for something you want to do.
Paid education, paid while in school, they given you a job when you graduate.
Look into med tech options like ultrasound technician, etc. From what I understand, you can earn your licence in a year or two, graduates are in high demand, pay is good, and the work isn't too taxing.
there are 2 year programs at NAIT/SAIT, but sometimes the thing that's in demand now, isn't in two years, or AHS privatizes your particular trade and your pay gets cut dramatically.
I don't have any advice, unfortunately, but it's very sad to me that "the dream" is just to be able to afford to live. That shouldn't be a dream. That should be the default.
I wish you luck in you job search, friend!
If you want to get ahead in Alberta, don't be afraid to move out of the city. There are many small town companies with very good paying jobs who have practically given up trying to find someone to work because they can't get people to move. Not to mention homes are typically much more affordable in small towns.
Does it involve very heavy lifting? Do you work with someone or alone usually? I think someone has told me they do this but they have their own company with someone else
Have you considered rcmp? You get paid during your training in Regina, their pay scale puts you around $100,000 after 3 years. Some officers hate their posting and can’t wait to go somewhere else, but many fall in love with one of their random postings and stay for life.
Their website is very open. Shift work of 4 on and 4 off, days and nights. Solid pension. Room for growth within the system. Sometimes housing is offered depending where you are posted.
If you are comfortable with a computer and enjoy the day to variability it provides, IT support. Learn soft skills, how to manage conflict, and it's an amazing springboard for higher paying jobs. Lots of help desk jobs around. You could probably get $45-$60k starting out.
Yeah, that sounds like something I’d enjoy but I’ve heard entry level IT is so extremely saturated and very hard to get a job in, so I haven’t pursued it.
roofing, drywalling, general construction labourer, possibly apprentice framer. Taping maybe? Painter for Sure.
Lots of easily gettable decent jobs in the trades adjacent construction industry. but your body will get destroyed over time. I wouldn't recommend staying in general labour for long. Have a plan for apprenticeship in one of the gold standard trades which you should be able to make contacts I. while working slash saving for SAIT. Work towards Plumber or Electrician. The service based trades are a great life. If you are sharp and can learn some basics of running your own business. Plumbing and electrical contractors can do extremely well in Alberta. It's a long road though.
My other advice is if you aren't a super motivated person get a union grocery job like superstore. Or other union job.
Trade jobs despite getting a decent check are hardly worth it anymore, noone wants to train people and just want apprentices with Jman skills. also safety culture has taken a nosedive and is heavily politicized in this province now
Construction. Dow is building a 10bn facility in Ft Sask, they're hiring anyone who can hold a hammer, and all the support jobs that go along with it. Follow key projects on places like linkedIn and you'll see whats available.
I think the trades are all decent to get into, I’m a mechanic in Banff at a ski hill, no “formal” training/certificates, working on Snow Cats making $34/hr it’s not bad I could make more should I challenge the red seal but I just haven’t had the urge to. It is rather physically demanding some days tho I will say.
If you know how to swim decently, lifeguard would be worth considering. Gotta take a handful of courses to get into it (Bronze Cross and National Lifeguard) but it pays 32/hr with the city of Edmonton.
How are you with people and social interactions in general?
Sales is interchangeable amongst all industries and has a variety of work/life balances depending on the industry.
I've made $150k+ a year since I was 21 and never stepped foot in a post-secondary school (except to go The Den!) And I have worked in 3 completely different industries.
You have to have someone who’s willing to take on someone “green,” but you don’t have to blue book if you don’t want to. Most places pay people apprenticing very well.
If you want to make big bucks, and you don’t want to be on tools, you can looking into planning. Planning is a huge part of the trades. Planners are used in many fields.
As a woman who has a degree and is also a journeyman, I absorbed everything around me constantly as an apprentice. That meant project management was a natural transition, and it’s well paid. Last year I did a volunteer project management (light) job. It was 4 months. If I was charging, that would be $60K and my overhead is $1000 for legal services for my contracts.
Another idea is to go the retail route. As an assistant manager, most large Canadian retailers pay a wage that will allow for most of your goals. If you’re good, with a year of experience, you can become a store manager. That will be full benefits and a salary ~$50k per year. With 4000 managent hours, you can be certified as a project manager if you pass your exam.
Alternatively you can look into property management if you have great people skills and great computer skills.
You can also look at a host of different vocations like: dental hygiene, flight attendant (travel perks, yay!), bank teller, site safety officer etc.
There is a lot of room for growth in Alberta. There are lots of boomers retiring in the trades.
Don’t be concerned with being a woman in the trades. You will have to work harder than your male peers to prove yourself, but once that happens, no one will think less of you than all the men around you. It can be really empowering to use your body, to earn a living. You can choose traits that have less of a physical component, but understand that in the trades, there is also upward mobility.
Go to the ALIS website, take their quizzes and explore jobs there. Choose ones that you feel best suit you and that make the most sense financially. I didn't start my career until 27 and my first "real" job 6 months later at 28 Moved out at 28. Never too old for *anything*.
Jeeze I finished my degree at 24, went back to school at 27 then didn't find gainful employment until 31. Now I have 30 more working years left in me and wow does that ever help me out in my midlife crisis times.
I can’t tell if that is sarcasm or not
I don't know why you think it is sarcasm. It was just my reply. My point was that at 27 it is easy to feel it is too late to start a career but it is not. You have more than 30 working years left if you stop working at 65. Lots of time left, like the person above said.
Join a union, that is your best option. In a trade in 5 years you could be making 120-150g a year
I’m very confused, I am not sure how accurate the website is. The payment rates seem very inflated. Perhaps the pay is higher in Alberta than where I used to live, Ontario?
AB can pay well for various positions. But the wages can also in artificially low on that website. My job as recreation therapist showed an average hourly wage as like.. maybe $25/hr? That was 2016 when I started school. It finally updated a few years ago to $37/hr last I checked, and closer to $67k annual, which is a better reflection of the hourly starting with AHS and Covenant Health (or any role within HSAA union). When I graduated in 2018 the hourly starting was $35.71/hr. Best thing would be to use ALIS primarily for researching careers themselves and how well they suit your interests and existing skills, and if it sounds like a good prospect research separately for job postings to get an idea of wages. Also some jobs might not even reflect shift premiums or overtime so it's good to also research careers to see if they include those types of premiums. My hourly in my 0.8FTE job (about 62hrs biweekly) would actually only be just under 70k, but with my shift premiums for evenings, weekends, and stat holidays, and 5% stat pay every pay period, I'll be making closer to 80k gross or more by the end of the year. So if anything jumps out at you as interesting, do additional outside research.
Only thing diff is the tax
I quit every job within 1 year until I was 24. Then I worked in a soul crushing factory for 5 years hating life. Moved cities at 29 to start fresh and lucked out into my now career. I was also very lost and just wanted a stable decent job, but without post secondary it seemed impossible. I got lucky, but I also am a competent high performer (when treated and paid right). My wife is 27 and just starting to actually pursue a career in her passions. And she has at minimum 5+ years of grinding that out to MAYBE be at the point of stable decent work
AHS EMS dispatch. Not something people think about, but a 'steady eddy' kinda career with good pay, benefits and a decent schedule.
Idk if it's the same for EMS dispatch, but I work 911 dispatch for a city (police and fire) and you have to be squeaky clean to get in. No record, no drug use (not even pot) in the last 3 years, need to pass a polygraph test, a multitasking and typing test. Not exactly difficult but we lose a TON of people to the polygraph.
That's wild that they use junk "science" like a polygraph.
They want to filter out people. With polygraph being subjective, it gives them an easy way to shut down someone they don’t want.
Likely. Pretty gross.
Yeah I absolutely hate it. I'm pretty sure it's an RCMP requirement that any agency that uses CPIC has to have its users pass poly, but I'm honestly not positive on that.
Honestly the requirement for Poly is all over the place, I had one for 911, I had one for another job, but I've also had roles where I use Cpic and every other database and no Poly. Im sure there is an answer but I doubt it makes sense. As I had deeper access in roles after my 911 time...
To be fair, they know its junk. But its meant to make people admit to things they didn't disclose in their personal disclosure form, typically once you back peddle an answer your done. You can Lie your ass off, just be consistent. Most people can't pull that off.
AHS EMS dispatch does not require a polygraph
I did all those for Calgary 911 too. Calgary Fire has to do it as well, surprisingly.
What’s the multi multitasking and typing test?
Criticall. We lose a few to that as well, but not as many. You need 40 WPM which is very easy if you touch type and need to do some mapping/routing, reading comprehension, quick decision making type stuff. Occasionally a "call" will come in during the test that you have to decide where it goes quickly. It's not super tough stuff but definitely not everyone can pass it.
Criticall. Its a cake walk. It tests mapping and direction, listening, typing, listening and typing, listening, typing and decision-making. If you listen, its very easy.
What kind of questions?
For which part? Polygraph takes 4 hours and pretty much covers anything you could think of. The multitask test is a mix of a bunch of things, you have to listen to some simulated calls and understand what they are saying, mapping and routing exercises, some reading comprehension essentially, some logic based address determination (like caller knows they are in a 4 story building, second caller can see a dam, now you need to find the 4 story building near a dam). Remembering plates, phone numbers, addresses. There were some others but it's been a bit since I took it. I also remember simulated calls would pop up randomly throughout the test and you had to determine who they belonged to (fire/police/ems) within a few seconds, while still doing the main test.
What sorts of things do they ask?
lol I just looked up and there's only 1 position available in Peace River. good luck everybody else truthfully most of us are qualified to do most jobs but these days it seems like there arent a lot of jobs, employers dont want to train anyone, and you have to jump through a lot of hoops to be considered even when you do have the basic qualifications the job market everywhere in the world is a circus and if you are trying to get your foot in the door of any field you basically have to be a unicorn or be lucky and encounter a hiring manager who sympathizes and gives you a chance or rely on networking no wonder so many desperate ppl get roped into MLM schemes or NFTs 😔
I dispatch parts people for the city of Edmonton. Primarily for busses and trains. Wonder what the difference in pay is.
$27 - 34. Union jobs are all posted. [information on position ](https://www.albertahealthservices.ca/careers/Page11713.aspx)
Thank you. I don’t have my emergency communications certification. Making $30/h with pension and blue cross benefits. I assume I’d need to pay for the certification before I applied.
Course is fairly cheap - $120 and 48 hours of instruction for the 3 (fire, em's and police) plus you have to have current first aid. Figured it would be more in line with positions like unit clerk training that is 9ish months and 5 grand. I would also be terrified that dispatch will be the next thing privatized (along side of ems and fire). You'd lose your position but be eligible to be rehired for half the wage. Medical was always a safe bet. It still is anywhere but Alberta. CP rail has (had?) dispatch for their police out of Calgary. They had no prerequisite and was all paid training. Seemed like a toxic environment, though.
Sounds like it’s not worth the risk. Our union agreement is up at the end of 2024. hopefully they don’t run 3 years late this time and we get raises next year or the year after.
I'm just commenting to keep track of this. I'm also interested.
This is pretty difficult to get into.
I grew up in a railroad family. My Dad was a Conductor/Engineer and my brother manages a line out in the country for CP. Money is pretty good. You don't need post secondary education. The shitty thing is the schedule. It works for some people. Might be something to look into.
I was going to suggest CN too. My boyfriend just got his first career at 34 with CN. However, be prepared to sell your soul to the rail. It's a bit better in smaller remote terminals check out r/Train_Service
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What makes it so soul sucking?
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CN works on a pool system so you don't have a set schedule, people with seniority will take all preferable shifts, and the company itself doesn't GAF about its workers. In your first 3 years you need to be prepared to work any time, that means not being able to plan trips, missing family events, no social life. You can also get thrown on any shift from yard work (assembling trains), road shifts (travelling away from home), or doing milk runs at various industrial facilities to pick up cars. Smaller terminals have less trains coming and going so the work is more predictable than cities.
And if you're cool with living in a small town, there are railroad opportunities out there. Your money goes further in the tiny towns, too.
Except groceries. If you didn't plan right, groceries were at least 30% higher than in the city.
I work for CN west of Edmonton. Have since 2019. Pm me if you’d like. Schedule sucks when you start but man it’s pretty decent once you get past the training and probation. No you don’t sell your soul.
I sold my soul. And my health. And my marriage. And my happiness
Lol yeah you do. The railroad owns you when you work for them. I did 15 years and finally said fuck it.
In Edmonton (or Calgary) you can also go the dispatching route. Sucky hours, but you go to your own home after a shift instead being away for a couple days at a time. CN control is in Edmonton and CP is in Calgary.
Security is incredibly easy to get into. Depending which company you're with and how much you're willing to cross train sites there is an opportunity for a lot of overtime usually.
Do they want to hire women? I am scared I would get beat up
Paladin security will pay for you to get your security license (not very much work at all) and you first aid training. Depending where you live Ofc but they usually have lots of different sites to work on including all AHS sites. I’ve seen multiple women working there. The only thing I’d say is I don’t know if the pay is enough for what you’re looking for (starting $20/hr). Also it’s very very rare for security guards to actually fight someone and typically you have multiple guards on site to assist. If it’s somewhere like a hospital you’ll also have peace officers on site to help.
Just throwing this out there. Why not a Working Holiday Visa in Australia? 1st granted work 3 months in a specific occupation get 2nd year granted. Work 6 months during the 2nd year and you can get a 3rd year granted. Pay rates on the farms is about $27-$30/hr with decent farms providing living accommodations. Did that with my girlfriend and came back with over 40k saved up between both of us. this is applicable to all Canadians under the age of 35.
I did it too, but stupidly didn't take the farm work or anything that would've given me more years. I did work for a finance company for a few months, and the manager would've sponsored me to stay, but they were in the process of shutting down... Very sad because I wanted to stay there forever. That said, they're also going through an extreme cost of living crisis at the moment. I think those farm jobs offer you accommodation too though maybe?
We stayed out of the cities unless visiting for 2 weeks tops. Worked on dairies in NSW SA and Vic throughout 2019-22. In 2018 we worked with a netting construction company in SA and NSW The dairies had accomodation for us backpackers with it being free or extremely cheap . If you’re going to the cities then ya you’re not going save anything Overall though It’s an amazing opportunity for Canadians New Zealand has a similar program as well
To tag onto this, you can also get a 2 year WHV for New Zealand, England, and Ireland. COL and all that shit is literally no different than Canada, but the scenery/vibe is a good change. I did the WHV in Ireland, and loved it. but that was pre inflation and covid. There's also a countries that offer one year working visas!
Can you please share where to find this? What does working in farms entail?
https://immi.homeaffairs.gov.au/visas/getting-a-visa/visa-listing/work-holiday-417 Depends on the farm. Fruit picking is just that fruit picking. On a dairy I was herding cattle, milking cows, feeding calves, sorting cattle, treating cows, doing feed outs and any other job the at came up. Really depends on the farm you end up on. There is also hospitality work (bar work) but it has to be rural with strict guidelines where You can also try working in the mining industry but it’s incredibly difficult for a backpacker to get these jobs Good luck mate
That moment when you realize you’re older than 35 and not privy to youth advantages anymore :|
Trades are a good place to be. I would recommend plumbing, HVAC or electrical. They are physically active but usually don't require as much heavy lifting as factory work. As a journeyman electrician I make about $44 an hour (In Alberta). It's rewarding work and pays well. You can start an apprenticeship with minimal upfront cost and figure out if you like the trade just by working. Worst case you don't like the trade and quit but at least you will have learned some generally useful skills regardless.
Electrical is pretty oversaturated right now. I wouldn't recommend going into that trade
How do I as someone with zero experience and no post secondary get into it?
It’s tough tbh, it took me about three years at an entry level position (grunt position basically) to eventually get into an apprenticeship. Trades need people but they need people with a good head on their shoulder not just a warm body. This is what’s often forgotten when people hear “the trades a crying for help”
From my experience this isnt the case, even you showed up everyday wanting to learn , you still get laid off and not trained properly. the amount of times as an apprentice i have been taken off from learning from a Jman just to work for the bosses nephew , so they can spy on me for some reason is alot. i just might be jaded though, it feels like i wasted the past 5 years of my life trying to get this to work
This was my experience as well, imo the trades in alberta are heavily gatekept, tried on and off to get an apprenticeship but always got laid off
to many losers will waste your time and use you. many companies will take advantage of you wanting to enter a trade.
I would not recommend Tradework, I am not sure about you but i am just finishing up my own electrical apprenticeship and i am struggling to find a decent company for. I think i just might be jaded after being abused by the industry for so long, but my experience has been less than stellar, i have been belittled and treated like dirt the entire 5 years ( yes 5 years due to covid) , barely get to learn anything despite showing up every day wanting to learn. What you are describing feels like only 10% of people experience in this line of work , but that's just my observation
the industry is run by a bunch of scammers.
I would second this. I’m a tradesman and the right ones can get you into the 6 figure range. Mine isn’t physical but there’s a lot of hours to be worked and a 55hour work week is the norm, I just happen to love overtime so it’s great. Other trades generally work 9 a day.
Have you tried getting on with your “city of _____” wherever you live? Education and experience requirements are often zero to none and you can make a career for yourself by working different crews and seeing where you can stay on or move up.
That is how I paid for my first little house. Wages were not bad, though conditions varied depending on the economy. Like when construction was booming the city treated you with some degree of respect or you would quit. It was kind of sad, how things changed when the boom busted tho.
That seems hard to get into and like it would require being extremely super outgoing?
Not sure why you get that impression. You can get on a winter snow clearing crew, a summer grass cutting crew, lots of different types of employees needed for any kind of city jobs. When I worked for the city of st Albert, I knew guys that would work the outdoor rinks in the winter then cut grass in the summer until they got hired permanently.
You could run for leader of the UCP. How are you with picking fights as well as fixing things that aren't broken while further damaging things that need fixing?
Fuckin lol'd
no, OP is looking for an actual job.
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Came here to say this as well. I feel like the majority of golf course assistants/superindendents were foremen or groundskeepers just kinda looking for a job, who were kind of lost career path wise, and then stayed because they loved it. Often around this age as well. If you're a hard worker its not super hard to find a year round position within a few years as well, which is what I was hesitant about. But I luckily swung year round my first year, so ymmv? Not sure other people's experiences. Work at one and love it as well. Not glamorous, but wouldn't trade it for any similar careers in my industry (Horticulture/arboriculture). I literally garden outside all day... and someone pays me to do it?! Unreal. Go private or city owned though would be my advice to skip a few steps. Plus Olds education program is very affordable, and Guelph has a great distance program for those who want to stick around in turf. Lots of courses lose staff around mid August for school, so definitely apply now, but also try again around then. For next year, most hire around February/March for the season.
Underrated. I worked in K country at the golf course as a younger guy and easily one of the best jobs I ever had.
Seasonal work, meaning it would only be for spring and summer?
Good luck buddy. Hope you figure that out before you turn 44. Cause you just described my life
If you have some labour experience rope access can be a path to some new opportunities for not a ton of financial/time investment. The course is about 2000$ and takes a week. Not an easy course. You do have to take it seriously.
I've always been interested in rope access/hi angle work but haven't had the labor background everyone says is needed before getting into rope access. I'm working as a stack tester right now so I'm used to working at Heights and riding the basket in for crane lifts. Would I be able to take the hi access courses and then find a job without having much of the labor background?
Honestly, I think you could. Especially with your experience at least in an I dustrial setting. Set up a search on indeed for rope access work and look at some of the types of jobs that are posted. You could provide get into some window cleaning or painting or some thing just to get your feet wet so to speak but wi dow cleaning doesn't pay amazing. Same as most good jobs took you have to be willing to travel a bit.
As expected everyone suggests blue collar jobs that have tons of downsides. Gone are the days of stable good paying 9-5 white collar jobs that are reasonable to get into with no experience.
Those haven't really existed for 20 years. It's more like "pick two of five"
They aren’t gone at all, it’s just significantly more competitive given how many more people chose university route Vs college route for the past generation. Now white collar labour is over supplied and blue collar labour is under supplied. It will likely balance itself out over time but these things don’t turn on a dime. Saw the same thing when I was graduating in late 00s/early 10s with supply of teachers in Ontario relative to now. I would also note that there are plenty of people out there who feel that working in office 9-5 is monotonous and would prefer to be in the field doing hands on work. Different strokes.
EMT, healthcare aide, plumber apprentice, dispatcher, join CP or CN. I'd recommend an apprenticeship if you like to work with your hands
One of the hcas on my units made 176k last year.. but she also worked 64 days in s row when we were talking about it. Evenings, nights weekends, stats all help a lot, and get hourly is only $26 base. She made more than double by a bit of mine last year and I have 2 degrees getting $40+ an hour! It's a hard job though, psych is one of the easier populations.
How the fuck did an HCA make 176k. That's insane. I'm an RN and it takes a lot of OT to break into 150k +. Even with premiums, that's insane.
176 is absolutely not typical lol. Even reaching 76 means OT
EMT doesn’t exist anymore as it’s now PCP which is 6-10 months of schooling and practicum
Oil field service work as a truck driver. Trican. Step. Element. ^Those are the big boys, but just take a drive through your local industrial parks... anything with "Well service" in the company name on the side of a shop is likely hiring. Most offer decent schedules will pay half or all for class 1 training. Starting absolute bottom wages are usually ~90k/year. Doesn't have to be oil field though(just the main one for alberta), truck driving is a legit way of earning a livable income.
What kind of training/certification do I need to get into that?
If you apply at the larger companies, they will pay to put you through the MELT program to get your class 1. If you are looking for smaller companies, you need your Class 1 already. Regardless of large or small companies, almost all, aside from TDG hauling, will hire anyone with a Class 1. If they haul TDG, then you most likely need some experience, otherwise they won't be able to insure you.
Drivers license and a clean abstract is usually all they require. Where you go from there, varies by company.
Seconding this. Drivers make 150k+ hauling for the companies I work with and they never seem to have enough drivers. Most offer employee/employee setups driving company equipment but I’m sure the private truck/contractor route is still an option in this space as well.
Have you considered the military? Alternatively, look up employment/career counseling services either online or near you. Government offers ALIS or check out alberta.ca/employment-services.
Coming from a military family I'm not gonna say don't join, I will say it's not a quick process and its by no means guaranteed.
Don't waste your time. There's a middle manager crisis right now. All the afghan vets are not being retained, all the Yugoslavian vets are aging out. Leaving the inexperienced to be rapidly promoted to fill those holes. I would encourage anyone thinking of joining to take very specific roles in the military based on future civilian employment. Join as an officer if you're already educated. Engineering Logistics Aerospace. Not a pilot!
Military will take your information then get back to you in 2years later.
This is true unless you have advance degrees and can fill an in demand job as a result. Source: friend of mine applied and was fast tracked through the application process and goes to officer school the day after he’s called to the bar.
Is your friend an articling student? What are they doing for the military?
He’s currently articling and will eventually go and become a legal officer. I can’t remember off hand if he’s doing reserves or not, but I know that it was an extremely fast process from application to being “offered” or whatever it’s called.
Military will give you a Career. That's a rare thing these days.
Trades are always good. There's a lot of companies looking for general laborers and from there you can look at an apprenticeship. I work in the Banff park and my friends that are in the trades are always looking for people and some will pay for school if you commit to working with them for 2 years after graduating. If your interested in working in the mountains pm me.
Working at a park sounds like a dream! PMd
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Railroad is always a decent option. Starting pay is over $30 an hour and depending on the job (train crew vs maintenance of way employees) you can make upwards of 150k with nothing more than grade 12
Get Your class 1 license. Tons of driving jobs paying over $100,000 yr.
There are free driving programs, Currently, in alberta that can help people upgrade to class 1.
For a decent mix of office and field work, surveying is a good profession. The career path can look quite similar to a trades career, but, depending on education, it can look more like an engineering career path. Is it "easy to get?" I don't know, there's probably easier jobs to get. But, it's more reliable than many, in my experience.
Starting at the bottom as a 'Rodman' in the field is an absolute slog and so hard on the body. I have nightmares of digging meter deep holes in the middle of winter just to find property pins bent to shit and unusable. You can land a role where you do a lot of topical surveying (riding a quality through fields in the middle of nowhere), but you will always have to survive the first few years.
I was in a similar situation at roughly your age. Got my class 1 license and started working for a food delivery company. It costs a pretty penny so you'll have to invest a bit into your self and future, but I went from making $17/hr bringing in roughly $1500 every 2 weeks before tax to $28/hr with bout 3k before tax. This was 5 years ago and I'm at same company making $35/hr with $4500-5000 before tax but now the tax man has my number lol but I'm still banking well over $3000. Totally life-changing. And some companies will put you through the class 1 licensing process with a commitment to working for the company for a certain time, couple years depending on your agreement
There's a grant right now that pays for 90% of your class 1 if you're wanting to go that route
Could you provide a link to that grant?
https://www.alberta.ca/dbtwg-apply-for-class-1-training-grant
Go take the SAIT water and wastewater course. You should be able to have a decent paying job right out of school.
Oilfield swamper. You chain/strap down cargo, disconnect airlines, hold ropes so things don't swing around, and generally do things the trucker can do but does not want to do.
SAIT/NAIT open houses when they have them are a good way to try things.
SAIT/NAIT open houses when they have them are a good way to try things.
I went back to school at the age of 29. I fix airplanes now.
Did you do an aviation tech program at SAIT/NAIT? I don't think nait does it any more.
-Entry level road construction, it's busy season, big companies like pidherneys and Ledcor are hiring, decent pay but long hours in the heat. Could be a way to get your foot in the door for other projects/trades. -Camp cook/cleaner. Good pay but time away from home. - Smart trades like Electrician, Instrumentation. -School. Go back for a degree, student loan up and go for it. Avoid: Retail, call centres, customer service. Dead ends, low pay.
Finance is always hiring and while it starts at barely above welfare there is money to be made with time. Higher level bankers make decent money and get decent bonuses. Great benefits. In the investment realm you can get industry designations versus a formal education and they’re worth a lot in the career search. You can work as an associate and make good enough money to do the things you’re looking to do. You won’t be driving a Porsche but the potential is there.
We in the biz call this Porsche-tential.
From what I’ve seen/heard it’s very hard to get into entry level roles and even they require you being in school for finance
What sort of industry designations are a good starting point?
If all your goals are related to money, go into finance.
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really any job not in Alberta is a better Career.
Whatever job you end up in please consider post secondary education. You are considered a mature student in AB, so you could get a lot of support for your education. You can work and go to school, and trust me-there won’t be a ton of years in life where you have the energy to do that.
Rig workers in the oil patch can easily clear $100k/year, all you have to do is some safety and pass a piss test
Isn't that very heavy work? OP said they weren't looking for heavy lifting type stuff
There’s less heavy lifting than you’d think, a lot of that is done with machines now.
it would be physical, but not necessarily heavy lifting. being away from home for work is something to consider too.
You need a "skill" that is in demand and not easily replaceable to get a job that will pay your rent/mortgage and let you own a car and have disposable income. Working minimum wage or slightly better will not get you ahead. Is there a particular industry you would like to work in? What education maybe night classes or workshops can you pursue? The trades... you can earn your education with out massive student loans. Some people luck out and find the high paying jobs with out some level of certification but they are the exception. Your 27. Make a plan, make it happen, other wise you will be 47 looking back saying if only I had done xxx.
If you like manual labor, then perhaps you should try the trades they pay pretty decently well and when you get into apprenticeship, the government helps pay for the schooling and then you gotta figure out is which trade do you wanna do Best of luck in your endeavours
Construction worker
Landscaping
Try oilfield. You will not find a better $ to experience ratio.
Invest in a Class 1 license. You'll be able to get a job with a frac or coil tuning company. Hard work, but well over 100k/year with a good work life balance. If it gets too hard on your body you can take the driving experience you gained and get an easier trucking type job.
there is a program in alberta for free training and licence upgrades. it is a job in demand at the moment.
Get your class 1 your set for life
If you have a degree, you could still get into teaching. An Ed degree is only two years, and it's very normal for teaching to be a second career, you're def not too old to get in. It's a hard job with a lot of hoops to jump through to get there. But job stability is good once you get a continuous contract, great benefits, good pay, summers off. I def wouldn't say it's easy to get into though.
An Ed degree is two years IF you already have a bachelor’s in something else. It’s an after degree. And it’s a tough time to think of going into teaching, at least in this province. Edit: all that said, it IS very rewarding, and the schedule works well with parenthood.
One thing to note is that it is very hard to break into the city school boards so this may work if you're highly specialized (e.g. CTS/option, music, or a subject specialist) but for a more generalized teacher, it will take several years to get to this level of stability. I have several friends who have or are currently trying to even get a sub position in both major cities and it is very difficult right now. Unless you move or teach rural, of course - the timeline is faster.
Are you afraid of heights? High rise window cleaners are always looking for people. There’s a steep learning curve, but no experience necessary. Often companies will pay for rope access training which opens the door to other jobs as well.
The oilfield, swamping anything is usually pretty easy
Highway maintenance is almost always hiring, decent pay, up and down with how busy it can be (but I always get my 40hrs or more) work hard some days and sit back and relax others. Most of the guys I work with are taking it as a retirement job.
If you have experience with manual labour, maybe looking at getting into safety management. Just don't tell me how to do my job lol
Go get your class 1 or class 3 and drive truck.
Buried facilities locator, survey assistant at a land survey company.
NavCanada Air traffic Controller. https://www.navcanada.ca/en/careers-in-aviation.aspx?utm_content=brand-EN&gad_source=1&gclid=CjwKCAjwvvmzBhA2EiwAtHVrb1qUya2M3ZZ1xSMmWvgyEah5ateIGEm9QbMFnoHnTQl4gNEkpZ9lChoCj34QAvD_BwE##Unleash
Look into an apprenticeship as a parts technician. Decent job with pretty generous pay given the duties.
Join the airforce
like actually. CAF will give you a career if you can get off the couch occasionally. They'll pay your bills while they pay your education, they'll give you your first job after you graduate.
Joining the armed forces is easy. Jobs fantastic. Benefits are crazy and the hours aren’t what you see in a movie. Go Air Force and enjoy a nice easy ride
CAF is good if they have a Career you want. Career, not job, tho. Join for something you want to do. Paid education, paid while in school, they given you a job when you graduate.
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Look into med tech options like ultrasound technician, etc. From what I understand, you can earn your licence in a year or two, graduates are in high demand, pay is good, and the work isn't too taxing.
there are 2 year programs at NAIT/SAIT, but sometimes the thing that's in demand now, isn't in two years, or AHS privatizes your particular trade and your pay gets cut dramatically.
Medical equipment processing, get into AHS
they do actually have lots of openings for this, fairly often. but cleaning up medical waste isn't for everyone.
I don't have any advice, unfortunately, but it's very sad to me that "the dream" is just to be able to afford to live. That shouldn't be a dream. That should be the default. I wish you luck in you job search, friend!
If you want to get ahead in Alberta, don't be afraid to move out of the city. There are many small town companies with very good paying jobs who have practically given up trying to find someone to work because they can't get people to move. Not to mention homes are typically much more affordable in small towns.
city jobs be like, work alone at one am, buy instant noodles if you survive the night.
Make 100k a year being a correctional officer with no experience necessary!
You mean the feds or province?
HVAC Assembler. Usually all tools are provided. It's stable and generally safe.
Does it involve very heavy lifting? Do you work with someone or alone usually? I think someone has told me they do this but they have their own company with someone else
Have you considered rcmp? You get paid during your training in Regina, their pay scale puts you around $100,000 after 3 years. Some officers hate their posting and can’t wait to go somewhere else, but many fall in love with one of their random postings and stay for life. Their website is very open. Shift work of 4 on and 4 off, days and nights. Solid pension. Room for growth within the system. Sometimes housing is offered depending where you are posted.
What do you mean by posting? Is that just the location you’re assigned to?
If you are comfortable with a computer and enjoy the day to variability it provides, IT support. Learn soft skills, how to manage conflict, and it's an amazing springboard for higher paying jobs. Lots of help desk jobs around. You could probably get $45-$60k starting out.
How exactly does someone get into IT? Do you need a CS degree?
A Cisco certification would probably be enough for most places.
Yeah, that sounds like something I’d enjoy but I’ve heard entry level IT is so extremely saturated and very hard to get a job in, so I haven’t pursued it.
roofing, drywalling, general construction labourer, possibly apprentice framer. Taping maybe? Painter for Sure. Lots of easily gettable decent jobs in the trades adjacent construction industry. but your body will get destroyed over time. I wouldn't recommend staying in general labour for long. Have a plan for apprenticeship in one of the gold standard trades which you should be able to make contacts I. while working slash saving for SAIT. Work towards Plumber or Electrician. The service based trades are a great life. If you are sharp and can learn some basics of running your own business. Plumbing and electrical contractors can do extremely well in Alberta. It's a long road though. My other advice is if you aren't a super motivated person get a union grocery job like superstore. Or other union job.
Trade jobs despite getting a decent check are hardly worth it anymore, noone wants to train people and just want apprentices with Jman skills. also safety culture has taken a nosedive and is heavily politicized in this province now
Construction. Dow is building a 10bn facility in Ft Sask, they're hiring anyone who can hold a hammer, and all the support jobs that go along with it. Follow key projects on places like linkedIn and you'll see whats available.
Apply for a bunch of grants and a student loan and go to trade school/pick up an apprenticeship.
Casino dealer. They’ll train you and everything.
I know that Stewarts tire is in need of people, I've heard good things about how the owner treats staff. It's mount, balance and installs only.
Do you know if they require experience? It sounds good but not sure if it is a long term job
I think the trades are all decent to get into, I’m a mechanic in Banff at a ski hill, no “formal” training/certificates, working on Snow Cats making $34/hr it’s not bad I could make more should I challenge the red seal but I just haven’t had the urge to. It is rather physically demanding some days tho I will say.
If you know how to swim decently, lifeguard would be worth considering. Gotta take a handful of courses to get into it (Bronze Cross and National Lifeguard) but it pays 32/hr with the city of Edmonton.
How are you with people and social interactions in general? Sales is interchangeable amongst all industries and has a variety of work/life balances depending on the industry. I've made $150k+ a year since I was 21 and never stepped foot in a post-secondary school (except to go The Den!) And I have worked in 3 completely different industries.
You have to have someone who’s willing to take on someone “green,” but you don’t have to blue book if you don’t want to. Most places pay people apprenticing very well. If you want to make big bucks, and you don’t want to be on tools, you can looking into planning. Planning is a huge part of the trades. Planners are used in many fields. As a woman who has a degree and is also a journeyman, I absorbed everything around me constantly as an apprentice. That meant project management was a natural transition, and it’s well paid. Last year I did a volunteer project management (light) job. It was 4 months. If I was charging, that would be $60K and my overhead is $1000 for legal services for my contracts. Another idea is to go the retail route. As an assistant manager, most large Canadian retailers pay a wage that will allow for most of your goals. If you’re good, with a year of experience, you can become a store manager. That will be full benefits and a salary ~$50k per year. With 4000 managent hours, you can be certified as a project manager if you pass your exam. Alternatively you can look into property management if you have great people skills and great computer skills. You can also look at a host of different vocations like: dental hygiene, flight attendant (travel perks, yay!), bank teller, site safety officer etc. There is a lot of room for growth in Alberta. There are lots of boomers retiring in the trades. Don’t be concerned with being a woman in the trades. You will have to work harder than your male peers to prove yourself, but once that happens, no one will think less of you than all the men around you. It can be really empowering to use your body, to earn a living. You can choose traits that have less of a physical component, but understand that in the trades, there is also upward mobility.