Activity: External Influences

This is a multi-page guide to help you identify external influences. You can navigate through the pages using the Table of Contents on the right of your screen (you may need to scroll down to the bottom if you are on a mobile device). You can also advance through the pages using the 'next' and 'previous' buttons at the top and bottom of each page.

Download the External Influences Worksheet

This worksheet has five components:

1. Labour Market Information (LMI).
2. Industries.
3. Trends.
4. Occupational information.
5. External factors.

An Important note about LMI

LMI seems dry as dust until it becomes personal, then it becomes relevant and interesting!

This worksheet provides an overview of LMI and specific areas, industries, trends, and occupational information including websites as examples in each of these areas. Then, you can personalize a LMI search like you would with an academic Boolean search, however using LMI terms instead.

Examples of LMI searches using boolean expressions:

Search terms: justice + labour market information + BC
These are a couple of results that were generated from this search:
Labour Market Statistics - Province of British Columbia
Labour Market Bulletin - British Columbia: April 2021 - Job Search

Search terms: leadership + future trends 2021
Results from this search:
Leadership Trends For 2021 And Beyond - Forbes
2021 Global Talent Trends Report - The Future of Work - Mercer

There are any number of LMI terms that you can use (as you will see throughout the worksheet) and then personalize the search by adding your program, current sector, industry, and/or occupation, or industries and occupations that you are interested in.

Keep in mind, we have added websites to review and learn about LMI. This research works in tandem with connecting with others is a current and rich source of LMI, which is covered in the Discovering Connections Unit.