Welcome to SkillsPath.
Your connection to
jobs, training and
career coaching.
SkillsPath is a free, personalized online platform that can help you navigate the next steps in your career journey.
It’s easy to get started – just create your profile. Then we’ll ask you to complete an online assessment that identifies your skills and experience and helps you define the right path to move your career forward. SkillsPath will lead you to job opportunities, training or personal career coaching. We’ve brought together some powerful technology to guide your journey and set you on the right path.
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About Tourism & Hospitality Emergency Recovery
Tourism & Hospitality Emergency Recovery (THER) is a national workforce recovery initiative to:
- Help people who have lost their jobs due to the pandemic reconnect to the tourism and hospitality sector.
- Attract new workers, particularly young people and recent graduates, to the sector.
- Support tourism and hospitality businesses as they embark on the path to recovery.
THER is led by OTEC and funded by the Government of Canada’s Future Skills Centre and the Government of Ontario.
About OTEC
OTEC, the Ontario Tourism Education Corporation, is a not-for-profit organization delivering award-winning skills training, consulting, research and insight – guiding workforce strategy and evidence-based investment for a wide variety of industries, business and destinations.
OTEC has built the SkillsPath Platform leveraging the technology of FutureFit AI.
About FutureFit AI
FutureFit AI uses over 350 Million global talent profiles, live labor market data and projections, and proprietary algorithms to identify an individual’s skills, recommend possible career paths, and create a personalized roadmap of learning programs, career support resources, and coaching to drive successful job outcomes. FutureFit AI’s work in using AI to support reskilling efforts and reimagine layoffs through outskilling has been recognized and covered by the Wall Street Journal, World Economic Forum, US Government, UK Government, and Nesta.
SkillsPath is a platform that makes it easy for you to find your next career. By highlighting your transferable skills and interests, as well as connecting you to online courses and resources, SkillsPath allows you to discover your path to your next job — whether that is in your current industry or a completely new path!
When you join and use SkillsPath, you will be asked to provide information such as
- Your name
- Your contact information
- Your employment history
- Your education history
- Your skills and employment interests
Depending on the availability of services where you live, and if you choose to take this path, we will connect you with a third-party employment service provider (ESP) in your city or town. They will help match you with potential employers. The employment service provider may also assign new training courses which you might want to take. These courses will help you develop the knowledge and skills required for new employment opportunities!
If you choose to connect with an employment service provider through SkillsPath, we will disclose the personal information you provide through SkillsPath to the employment service provider to help them assist you in finding employment.
We may also collect status updates on your job search and coursework, for the purposes of administering the SkillsPath program. For more information about how OTEC collects, uses and discloses personal information, please refer to our Privacy Policy.