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By Kamee Gilmore. “I’m really happy I found CPC. I think that it’s going to be a real game-changer for my company going forward.” – Gabrielle Suttis Recently, I was afforded the opportunity to once again collaborate with Maureen McCann as we headed Career Professionals of Canada’s 2nd annual Canada Career Month podcast. Following 2017’s podcast, in which we interviewed résumé experts all across Canada, Maureen and I were intent on exploring and revealing the value-add of CPC membership, particularly through the perspective and experience of those newest…
By Sharon Graham. Canadian job seekers who write their own résumés often list job duties and responsibilities. For the typical employer, the candidate’s contact information followed by a simple compilation of job descriptions is meaningless. To find and select the best candidate, the employer needs to understand the differences between applicants. The best way to help an employer select a candidate is to include meaningful accomplishment statements that feature individual strengths. Use Proven Strategies to Create SMART Accomplishment Statements Résumé strategists often liken the art of writing accomplishment statements to…
By Stephanie Clark. Browsing through the Canada Career Month 2018 website led me to reflect on this year’s theme, “I Know I Can Because…” It is an optimistic phrase and so fitting for an event that focuses on the breadth and depth of skills found in our Canadian workforce. It seems to me that when we are young, we are encouraged to say, “yes I can.” But when we become adults, we are besieged by seemingly realistic reasons as to why we cannot. If we share our hopes and dreams, often…
By Maureen McCann. Kamee Gilmore caught my attention and interest with a post she wrote for the CPC website back in the spring of 2017. The article was titled “Pricing Freelance Résumé Services.” Some months later, I reached out to Kamee following a tele-networking session on the topic of private practice pricing and marketing models. Before you knew it, we were collaborating on a national survey of the pricing of Canadian résumé services. That survey led us to create last year’s Canada Career Month podcast, called the “Résumé Expert Q&A Session.” This…
By Tanya Kett. “The winds and waves are always on the side of the ablest navigators “ ~ Edward Gibbon, English Historian ~ Ever feel like there is more information out there than can be consumed? We help clients navigate changes such as career transition due to employment loss, return to work after a prolonged absence, mandatory professional development, and strategies for achieving a promotion. The list could go on. We coach and counsel on how to effectively navigate all kinds of change, but how do we, as career professionals,…
NOVEMBER is Canada Career Month and we’ve got your back! Canada Career Month is an annual event designed to celebrate the skills of the Canadian workforce from coast-to-coast-to-coast. Career Professionals of Canada warmly invites all CareerPros to join the celebration and mark the significance of this initiative by engaging in and enjoying three unique offerings. Insider Secrets from CareerPros – Free eBook Career Professionals of Canada Masterminds Maureen McCann and Daisy Wright assembled words of wisdom and advice from career development professionals across the country. The result is an attractive,…