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Whether you want to excel at work, prepare for a career transition, keep your mind sharp, or simply satisfy your curiosity, you’ll need to learn new skills to reach your goals. Learning new skills can open a range of possibilities by making you adaptable, current, and relevant. The good news is that you don’t have to spend a lot of money to acquire new skills. Here are 10 ways to get free professional development. 10 Ideas for Getting Free Professional Development Take free online courses. They’re out there! Check out the big MOOC (Massive…
The practice of case management is a professional and collaborative process that assesses, plans, implements, and evaluates services required to meet a client’s career development needs and goals. As a career professional, you play an active role in meeting the diverse and complex needs of your clients. Whether you are a coach, consultant, counsellor, or educator, you likely manage a caseload of clients. As such, you have a legal and ethical duty of care for your clients. Part of this duty of care involves careful, thorough, and effective case management.…
On July 1, 2022, Career Professionals of Canada (CPC) incorporated as a national not-for-profit associationdedicated to the advancement of the career development sector in our country. This step forward in CPC’s evolution ensures the longevity of an organization that—since 2004—has been the community of practice for career development professionals serving the Canadian labour market. What is a Community of Practice (CoP)? Community of Practice.ca tells us: A community of practice (CoP) is a group of people who share a common concern, a set of problems, or an interest in a…
I had the pleasure of facilitating Career Professionals of Canada’s Mastermind Mentoring Group once again this year. This is the 13th time we’ve been able to support career professionals in the development of their entrepreneurial ventures. What a thrill it was to watch these ten masterminds build and grow their businesses over the last four months! If you have wondered about starting your own private practice, you will gain inspiration by reading some of their stories. Cindy Visser I have been a high school Career Counsellor for over ten years…
Note-taking in career development? Yes! As career practitioners, we love working with our clients one-on-one, but many of us dread the administrative and reporting part of the work. Yet, note-taking is a vital skill for all career pros to master. Read on to learn how successful management of our clients’ cases involves elevating our note-taking abilities to a level of excellence that will improve the quality of results and outcomes. What is the Role of a Case Manager? Case managers are professionals who help clients resolve difficult work-life situations and…
There are many reasons why people transition from employee to entrepreneur or from one career to another. For me, it was a lifelong existential question; which role was meant for me? Which one would give me satisfaction and make me feel fulfilled? Pursuing a business degree was a decision my family made for me; there was no formal career exploration or assessment done at the time. In fact, the concept did not even exist! Questions about my likes and dislikes, my values, and what I was good at were never…