Professional Associations
The following list reflects some of the professional associations that a student may want to consult for career advice, work search assistance and labour market information. There might also be volunteer and/or conference opportunities, either locally or distance, available for students.
Directories are databases or collections of links to companies and professional organizations that operate in a specific industry or sector. Directories can help you identify organizations that operate in your area of study and directories may be found on professional association pages that include member companies or sponsors.
- Association of Canadian Search, Employment & Staffing Services (ACSESS)
- Black Business and Professionals Association
- BusinessLink
- Business Students Association
- Canadian Accelerator and Incubator Network
- Canadian Association of Career Educators and Employers
- Canadian Association of Management Consultants
- Canadian Council for Indigenous Business
- Canadian Council for Small Business and Entrepreneurship
- Canadian Federation of Independent Business
- Canadian Entrepreneurship Initiative
- Charted Managers Canada
- Chartered Professionals in Human Resources
- CPHR Alberta
- Data Management Association
- Edmonton Unlimited
- eHUB
- Engineering Incubator
- Federation of Canadian Municipalities
- Futurpreneur
- Human Resources Professional Association
- Institute of Public Administration Canada
- National Aboriginal Capital Corporations Associations
- National Angel Capital Organization
- Society for Human Resource Management
- Strategic Management Society (US)
- Women's Enterprise Organizations of Canada
Depending on the time and effort that the professional association has put into developing its career information, an association’s website can include the following information::
- How to join the professional association, especially as a student member
- Information about certification and licensing
- Access to professional events
- Contact information to find a mentor, or a graduate advisor, or to set up an information interview
- Niche job boards that are relevant to the profession - job boards that are password protected cannot be scraped by Indeed or LinkedIn.