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October 1, 2026, would have marked my grandmother’s 102nd birthday. My grandmother was a remarkable woman: strong, fierce, and determined. But more than that, she was smart beyond her years. No matter what life threw at her, she always found a way to stand tall in her own truth. She experienced enormous change throughout her lifetime. Adapting because she had to, as so many people of her generation did, she never lost sight of who she was. She taught me that resilience isn’t about pretending things are easy. It is…
Skill Stacking and Adaptive Career Development Many people still think about careers in terms of finding one primary strength and building around it over time. For years, career development often emphasized specialization, encouraging people to choose a direction, develop expertise, and gradually establish themselves within a particular profession or industry. That approach still has value, but many career professionals are noticing a shift toward transferable skills that address emerging opportunities across evolving labour markets. Increasingly, some of the strongest opportunities are emerging not from a single area of expertise, but…
Human Judgment in an AI-Supported World Clients are arriving at career conversations with AI-generated advice already in hand. Some bring detailed career plans generated through AI platforms. Others arrive with résumé revisions, interview strategies, labour market information, or lists of recommended occupations produced within seconds through increasingly sophisticated systems. In many cases, the information appears polished, thoughtful, personalized, and highly convincing. This moment is especially important to understand because it is changing the role you play within career development conversations. AI systems may organize information quickly and generate highly confident…
A client arrives with a resume they did not write, or a confident answer about a labour market that is clearly wrong. You ask where it came from and get a shrug, or the name of a chatbot. Many career development professionals across the country can describe some version of that appointment. Nobody in the profession voted for it. It arrived anyway, on both sides of the desk, well ahead of the training and the guidelines that should have come with it. Adoption Has Outpaced Preparation The adoption of AI…
Trust is central to every client relationship. For our latest CPC Community Insights, we asked members to share how they create an environment where clients feel heard, respected, and supported. Here’s what they said. What is one thing you do early in a client relationship to build trust? “I start by listening. Many of my clients come to me with years of experience, but they may not know how that experience fits into the Canadian skilled trades system. I want them to feel heard and understood before we talk about…
Many people are trying to understand AI and worry they may be falling behind. Some are curious and excited. Others feel overwhelmed, skeptical, cautious, or uncertain about how much to trust increasingly intelligent systems. People should not feel embarrassed about this uncertainty. Technology is changing quickly, and most people are still figuring it out, including younger generations who are often assumed to be naturally comfortable with emerging technologies. We are trying to understand what AI actually is, how it works, where information comes from, and how much confidence we should…