When the going gets tough, the tough get government jobs

Recessions suck. We all know it. And many, especially recent graduates looking to enter the job market, feel it firsthand. You’ve perfected your resume. You’ve edited your cover letter to death. And you’ve sent them out so many times that your postage bills match the GDP of a small country.

If you haven’t done so yet, apply to positions available through your governments: municipal, county, provincial/territorial and federal. For the most-part, government jobs are more secure, pay more, and have many additional benefits, compared with a lot of your other choices out there.

Municipal
We’re not going to list them all here because that would take up waaaay too much (of our) time. But the best way to obtain contact information for these sources is to simply Google them. “Toronto, Government, Careers” etc.

County
See above.

Provincial/Territorial
Yukon
Northwest Territories
Nunavut
British Columbia
Alberta
Saskatchewan
Manitoba
Ontario
Quebec
New Brunswick
Nova Scotia
Prince Edward Island
Newfoundland and Labrador

Federal
Canada