Welcome to the Career Handbook

Please be aware that the Career Handbook has been archived as of October 31, 2024. The archival does not affect the data or regular search functions; however, the Advanced Search functionality is no longer available. An offline tool for the Advanced Search is available and can be requested by emailing NC-CNP-NOC-GD@hrsdc-rhdcc.gc.ca.

The Career Handbook is the counselling component of the National Occupational Classification (NOC) system. The Career Handbook 2016 represents the transposition of content from the Career Handbook 2003 to the structure of NOC 2016.

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