Find postings on Job Bank and on alis

The Government of Canada’s Job Bank is a free website where you can browse thousands of jobs across Canada. Job Bank’s find-a-job page (opened 10 November 2026) says you can narrow results with filters such as hours of work, benefits, and salary. You can sign up for Job Alerts, a free email service that sends new postings, and you can search on the Job Bank mobile app.

Job Bank also says a search is bigger than one website: you can attend job fairs (online or in person), contact recruiters, and use social media to grow a work network. This basic course will not teach you how to build a LinkedIn profile or how to message strangers safely. Everyday online-safety habits belong in the safety courses; sending email belongs in *Outlook and Workplace Email Habits*. Today the skill is: open an official board, type what you are looking for, and read the list with care.

If a result looks nothing like the hours or town you wrote in Lesson 1, skip it. Filters help, but your own plan still comes first. A salary filter is a search tool, not tax advice and not a promise that the posted number is what you will be paid.

You do not have to create an account to browse many Job Bank postings. Accounts, Job Match, and alerts come in Lesson 7. For now, practise the public search so you can read a list without sharing extra personal details.

A simple Job Bank search uses words an employer might use — a job title or a skill — and a place, such as your town or a nearby city. If your town is small, try the nearest larger centre as well, and be honest about travel (Lesson 1). If the list is long, use a filter that matches your plan, such as part-time hours.

Read more than the first line. Two postings can share a title and ask for very different duties, shifts, or ways to apply. Open the full posting before you decide anything. Write the closing date and how to apply on your master list. Alis reminds people that employers may take a posting down before interviews start, so capture a copy when you are preparing an application — do not rely only on a link.

Screens change. If the live Job Bank page does not match a practice drawing, ask a tutor rather than guessing at a hidden setting. This course will not invent extra buttons. Try more than one wording if the first list is thin — *attendant*, *front desk*, or *weekend* may each surface different ads. If your town returns nothing, add the nearest city you can actually reach, then use the hours filter so weekday-only jobs do not fill the screen. Never type a SIN, a password, or a bank number into a search box. Those facts do not help Job Bank find a shift, and they do not belong in a practice note on a shared computer.

Alis is Alberta’s official careers and work-search site. The Look for Work section (opened 10 November 2026) gathers articles on work-search basics, resumes and references, how to apply, interviews, and offers. It is not itself a giant national job board in the same way Job Bank is. Use it to learn how to search and how to prepare, and use Job Bank (and other boards the employer names) to find current postings.

Alis’s work-search basics also say it pays to look at more than one source. Employers sometimes hire through networks, job fairs, or people they already know. You can tell an employer a little about yourself and ask whether your skills might help — without waiting for a posting — if that feels safe and respectful. This course will not ask you to walk into a workplace uninvited or to share private numbers with a stranger.

If you want to talk to a person in Alberta, the Look for Work page lists the Alberta Supports Contact Centre at 1-877-644-9992. Ask your adult learning council as well. Keep using your Lesson 1 plan so a long list of links does not pull you toward work you cannot take.

1. Open Job Bank’s find-a-job page if you have a safe internet connection, or use the practice screen if you do not.
2. Search with one title or skill and one place that fit your Lesson 1 plan.
3. Try one filter if the list is long.
4. Write one posting’s title, place, closing date, and how to apply on your master list. If you are only using our sample posting, write those details from the sample file.
5. Do not apply yet.

When would you search your small town first, and when would you add a nearby city?