Career Spotlight Form

thinkAG is Agriculture in the Classroom Canada's (AITC-C) nation-wide initiative that provides resources and learning tools to help students envision fulfilling and fitting future careers for themselves in agriculture and food.

There's no better way to showcase the great careers along the agriculture and food value chain than hearing directly from people who work in and on it every day. By featuring people like you, students will be able to learn about the multitude of diverse careers in our important industry.

AITC-C 's thinkAG website allows students to explore careers tailored to their interests, skills and aptitudes. By completing this form and sharing your info with us, you’ll have the opportunity to be featured on thinkAG.ca and/or on AITC social media. To view a current career profile on the website, please click here.

AITC-C has partnered with Let's Talk Science (LTS) to help students better appreciate the wide range of interesting careers that benefit from a background in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM). If you work in a STEM career, we invite you to also fill out LTS's online questionnaire.

Your name, employer’s name (if applicable) and location will be listed along with your information. Please ensure you have your employer’s permission to provide this info.

Note - You can save your progress at any point and come back at a later time to complete the form.

Thank you in advance for providing your career info. We're looking forward to sharing your career story with Canadian students.

First Name
Last Name
Email
Phone
Website
Employer/Organization/Company

First Name

Last Name

Phone

Website

Employer/Organization/Company

19-25
26-30
31-40
40+
Do not wish to disclose

Just as Canadian agriculture is diverse, so are the people working in it. AITC-C strives to showcase diversity and be inclusive. This information is for internal purposes only.

Select all that apply.

Non-Hispanic White or Euro-American
Black, Afro-Caribbean, or African American
Latino or Hispanic American
East Asian or Asian American
South Asian or Indian American
Middle Eastern or Arab American
Indigenous, Native American or Alaskan Native
Do not wish to disclose
Other

If you selected Indigenous, what is the name of your community?

Please share as much information as you are comfortable providing. If there is more than one name for your community or its territory, we invite you to list as many as you wish.

Are you working in a job that suits your interests, talents, and aptitude?

Take the Holland Code Career Test!

In an effort to help students understand how their skills and interests can translate to working in meaningful careers suited to them, we are developing ways for students to learn more about themselves, using the scientific Holland Code model as our guide. Holland codes are a way of classifying people according to their interests so they can be matched with appropriate careers.

Please share your results here. If you had any tied scores among interest areas, rank higher the interest area you feel more closely represents you.

	#1	#2	#3	#4	#5	#6
BUILDING	#1	#2	#3	#4	#5	#6
CREATING	#1	#2	#3	#4	#5	#6
HELPING	#1	#2	#3	#4	#5	#6
ORGANIZING	#1	#2	#3	#4	#5	#6
PERSUADING	#1	#2	#3	#4	#5	#6
THINKING	#1	#2	#3	#4	#5	#6

JOB INFORMATION

Job Title

*What is your job/position title?

Can you think of 2-3 other similar job titles for the type of job you do? If so, please list below:

Job Highlights

*How does what you do affect people's lives?

Suggested length: 3-4 bullet points

What makes your career relevant and fulfilling? Why does your career matter? How do the things you do or produce affect others?

*What's the best part about working in agriculture and food?

Suggested length: 3-4 bullet points

*If you could explain your job in a nutshell, what would you highlight?

Suggested length: 3-4 bullet points

What are the key takeaways about your type of job that you want to leave students with?

Job Specifics

$30,000-50,000
$50,000-70,000
$70,000-90,000
$90,000+
Minimum Wage ($11/hr)

$11hr-$15/hr
$16/hr-$20/hr
$21-$25/hr
$26/hr+
Other

Check any/all that apply.

Company vehicle or paid mileage
Health/medical compensation package
Pension/retirement contributions
Working from home/remotely
Overtime possibilities
Other

Select all that apply.

AB
MB
QC
NS
NL
YT
Not sure

Select all that apply.

Arts Education
English Language Arts
Health Education
Math

Practical Applied Arts (Food, Business, Technology, etc.)
Science
Social Studies (Social Science, History, Geography, etc.)
Other

Education, Training + Skills

Select all that apply.

Secondary school
On-the-job training
Apprenticeship
2-year diploma or degree (or college)
4-year degree (or university)
Master's degree
Doctorate
Other

Resilience
Problem solving
Critical thinking
Financial literacy + money management
Interpersonal
Verbal communication
Public speaking
Coaching + mentoring
Leadership
Persuading

Negotiating
Conflict resolution
Customer service
Analytical thinking
Decision-making
Active listening
Planning
Organizational
Written communications
Research

Computer + technological
Creativity + innovation
Mechanical
Adaptability
Artistic
Detail-oriented
Independence
Multi-tasking
Patience
Physical

*Describe how these 4 skills are used and why they are needed:

Suggested length: 4 bullet points

*Where did you/can you go to take the schooling or training required for this job?

Please provide details about post-secondary institutions and name of program(s). Include links to post-secondary programming if possible. If you didn't follow a formal training or post-secondary program, please describe how you prepared yourself for your current job.

About the Job

*What types of challenges do you run into on the job?

Suggested length: 3-4 bullet points

*What would a day in the life of this job look like?

Suggested length: 5-7 bullet points

*What regular tasks are part of your job?

Suggested length: 5-7 bullet points

Ie: Workplace environment

Indoor
Outdoor
Combo
Other

*Describe your workplace.

Suggested length: 2-3 bullet points

What is the job outlook?

Excellent
Good
Fair
Not sure

*Do you know of any online resources that you can direct students to for more info on this job?

Please include hyperlinks to websites, videos, etc.

Final Items

Please provide a portrait orientation photo (taller than it is wide) of you demonstrating your favourite part of your job, or something you would do on a regular basis.

No selfies please! Make sure you appear pleasant or happy, and that you're wearing safety gear (if necessary).

Save in JPG or PNG format and upload here.

Browse

*When it comes to choosing a career, what do you know now that you think everyone in high school today should know?

Suggested length: 3-4 bullet points

The info/images you provide, in whole or in part, may be used to create a career spotlight on AITC-C's thinkAG website or could be featured on AITC social media. They may also be used to promote and/or develop the free educational resources provided by AITC-C.

Upon receiving your info, we may suggest edits for clarity. We'll contact you prior to it being published to provide you an opportunity to review and approve the info, and to let you know where it will be located and when it will be posted.

By submitting this form, you agree and confirm that Agriculture in the Classroom Canada and its provincial member organizations have the right and permission to use, reproduce, publish, transmit, distribute and display your photographs and your profile in whole or in part, for educational, promotional or research purposes.

At any time, you can request that your feature be updated or removed from our site.

Before You Go

Do you work in a STEM career in ag and food? AITC-C has partnered with Let's Talk Science (LTS) to help secondary students better appreciate the wide range of interesting careers that require a background in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM). Please consider also completing LTS's online questionnaire.

Absolutely!
Not interested, thank you

Questions? Please contact Shayla Hertz, AITC-C's thinkAG Manager, at shertz@aitc-canada.ca.

Thank you for taking the time to share your career story. Your contribution will help inspire students to consider a career in this exciting and dynamic industry!