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Need assistance finding employees with just the right mix of technical, business and people skills? Looking for a way to help your graduates match their skills and aptitudes to the right ICT job? Trying to determine which skills and competencies you need for a successful career in the ICT industry?

Look no further than the ICT Competency Profiles, the first of its kind that lay out national occupation profiles for employment in the ICT sector in Canada. This innovative tool is available online and offers a wide range of customization options to employers, educators, ICT job-seekers, and seasoned professionals. The improved online features will allow users to create customized ICT job profiles based on the national standards of knowledge, skills and abilities within 36 ICT work streams in Canada.  Profiles include a description of the occupation, educational background, key activities, tasks and performance indicators, as well as technical, business and interpersonal competencies required to successfully perform each job.

If you are an employer, you will be able to:

• Review comprehensive job profiles from a national database, and match relevant competencies and behaviours with specific positions within their organization.
• Share, develop and archive effective interview guides in order to help ensure prospective employees align with required skills and experience.
• Perform, dispatch and review self - assessments and learning plans

For more information, please see The Facts for Employers: ICT Competency Profiles.
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If you are an educator, you will be able to:

• Assist in establishing and reviewing courses and curricula that reflect local or regional industry requirements for graduates of their programs.
• Enable teachers to assess students against ICT entry-level profiles.

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If you are an ICT professional or student, you will be able to:

• Determine competency levels, as a guide for making career plans, defining additional training or education needs, and enhancing job performance.
• Rate yourself against a number of criteria for functions ranging from testing and quality control to infrastructure, software products and management.

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Click here for a condensed version of what the ICT Competency Profiles have to offer.

For more information, please visit ICT Competency Profiles framework FAQs.

The framework is already being successfully implemented by educational institutions across the country.  Read about their experiences with the ICT Competency Profiles framework by clicking on the links below:

Northern Alberta Institute of Technology Case Study - “The framework allows us to continuously update the list of competencies and learning outcomes as the need arises, and introduces the flexibility necessary to keep up with the fast-paced industry. It has the potential to be an indispensible tool for all ICT stakeholders.”