Goal setting for your next chapter
Explore your interests and set goals with Skill Squirrel
Your Career, Your Business
Your career is your business, and you deserve to be the one shaping it. Whether you’re entering or re-entering the workforce, Skill Squirrel supports you in exploring your interests, trying out new opportunities, and building the experience and transferable skills you need to move forward with confidence.
Entering the Workforce
Whether you’re still exploring possible career paths or already have a sense of the work you enjoy, taking your first steps into the workforce can be both exciting and overwhelming. It’s natural to face uncertainty around your productivity, consistency, and fit within a professional environment.
This stage is about experimenting, learning, and refining your understanding of where your strengths lie. By getting clear on what drives you, you can begin to align your goals with opportunities that support your growth.
Re-entering the Workforce
Returning to work after a break comes with a unique set of challenges and opportunities. You may feel pressure to “catch up,” but it’s important to acknowledge the valuable life experience and perspective you bring.
Take time to reconnect with your strengths, update your skills, and reflect on the type of work and workplace that fits your current needs and goals. You’re not starting from scratch — you’re starting from experience.
Build Your Future with Skill Squirrel
Your Skill Squirrel account contains tools to help you set goals and define your interests
Not Sure Where To Start?
Interest Assessments
interest assessments can be great resources to get started with.
O*Net Interest Profiler
*This quiz may also be accessed from within the “Pathways” section of your Skill Squirrel account.
A quick, easy tool that suggests careers based on your interests — with options to explore both tailored matches and broader interest areas.
Canada's Job Bank Career Quiz
Generates career suggestions for all experience levels, with a breakdown of your top three interest areas and a detailed list of job matches.
Myers-Briggs Personality Test
Free personality test to Identify personality types and workplace traits. Helpful for understanding how you respond to different work situations.
Skill Assessments
transitioning from military to civilian life, the experience you’ve
gained can open doors to new opportunities.
These skill assessments can help you uncover your strengths
and transferable skills before determining your next steps.
Skills for Success - Assessment and Training Tools
Find the right tools to assess or upgrade your skills. Most of these tools are free for individuals.
Military to Civilian Translator
Translate your military skills into civilian job options, identify equivalent careers, and connect with veteran-friendly employers.
Set Your Goals with Vision Boards
By visualizing your aspirations, they boost motivation, focus, and creativity.
Maximize Motivation and Creativity
Vision Boards can be powerful tools for professional growth.
Assess, Define, Execute
Use Vision Boards to evaluate where you are, outline what you want, and map out actionable steps.
Visualize for Success
Visualizing goals can boost focus, encourage creative thinking, and increase success rates.
Plan Your Future
Vision Boards make goal-setting fun and help turn an uncertain future into a clear, achievable plan.
Watch Workshop Videos
on the topic of setting goals and entering the workforce.