WESA – Workplace Essential Skills Assessment
The WESA (Workplace Essential Skills Assessment) is an online assessment that can predict how well students will do in the workplace. The website will assess an individual’s workplace reading, document use and numeracy skills. The assessment uses authentic workplace materials from a cross-section of Canadian jobs and industries. A sample is below. Keep in mind that the assessment is workplace focused and uses materials found in any Canadian workplace. The results provide a “here and now snapshot” of one’s job readiness. The online tool is easy to use and provides immediate results along with a general learning plan.
Click the link below to access your Assessment:
https://wrt.essentialskillsgroup.com/?o=4f70417c2f0836966a1f353161ead330
Don’t forget you code you received from your employment counselor !
Essential Skills
What are Essential Skills?
- they are needed for work, learning and life
- they are the foundation for learning all other skills
- they help people evolve with their jobs and adapt to workplace change
Essential skills include the skills associated with literacy (i.e. reading, writing, document use and numeracy) but goes beyond to also include thinking skills, oral communication, computer use/digital skills, working with others and the skills associated with continuous learning. They provide the foundation for learning all other skills and enable people to better prepare for, get and keep a job, and adapt and succeed at work.
For more information: https://www.canada.ca/en/employment-social-development/programs/essential-skills.html
CAREER CRUISING
Career Cruising programs help people by assisting with career exploration and planning. Users can start with assessments to identify career matches based on their interests and skills. From there, they can explore in-depth information on hundreds of occupations, which include multimedia interviews, workplace photos, sample career paths, and more!
Please contact a SASET employment Counselor to set you up!
After your employment counselor has set you up with Career Cruising, please click the link below to get started:
https://public.careercruising.com/en/
***Please note Career Cruising is now called Xello
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