Useful websites to look for Jobs

NOTE: We would like to acknowledge the creation of a document created by Steve Bouchard, member of the Ottawa Chapter/Section d’Ottawa. With permission, we have made a modified version available to you, our members.  The Executive would like to thank Steve, for allowing us to share this document with our membership.

 Useful websites to look for jobs

*Please select one of the categories below.  Examples and sources can be found below:

*This list contains links pertaining specifically to the National Capital Region (Ottawa/Gatineau), Ontario and Québec. Please note that this is not an exhaustive list. Additional suggestions can be submitted to our Head, Communications Committee.

Sources of information

This document was compiled using a variety of sources such as:

• The job boards and placement agencies
• List of Field Placement choices and Job Opportunity categories (Colleges and Universities, Placement Agencies, Federal government, etc.) distributed in the Algonquin College Library and Information Technician Program (Field Work II)
• Suggestions received during the OALT/ABO and CLA annual conferences in 2012
• Links found while looking at specific links
• List of employment resources prepared by Youth Zone (City of Ottawa Employment Services)

The typical entry

Name of Organization: City of Ottawa
Organization’s website: http://ottawa.ca/en
                 Careers Website: https://careers.ottawa.ca/extjobsearch?sap-language=EN#

*Please note that some websites are only available in 1 language. We will attempt to provide in both languages if possible.

Search tips

It was found that simply entering the word “library” in most job boards and placement agency websites will retrieve results for “library technician”, “library assistant” or “library clerk”.

In job boards and placement agency Websites that list a lot of available jobs on the same page (see link below for an example), It was  found that doing Ctrl and F and entering the first few letters of a word will speed up your search (“lib” for the word “library”); however, this will only work for one page at a time; if there are four pages of available jobs listed, you will have to do Ctrl and F four times…

https://www2.excelhr.com/Search?DefaultSearchTypeNo=0

Make sure to look all over a Webpage to find the jobs link – sometimes, it can be found under “About Us” or in the Site Map. Available jobs are often listed under tabs such as:

If you are fluent in French, you may want to look for job titles such as “technicien ou technicienne en documentation”, “bibliotechnicien ou bibliotechnicienne”, or “technicien ou technicienne de bibliothèque”.

Be aware that the same job ad can be posted in several job boards and/or placement agencies Websites simultaneously.

 National Occupation Classification (NOC)
Human Resources and Skills Development Canada

• Code 5211 applies to Library and public archive technicians
• Code 1451 applies to Library assistants and clerks;
• Code 1253 applies to records management technicians;
• Code 5111 applies to Librarians;
• Code 5113 applies to Archivists;