Career Professionals of Canada News Feed
By Makeda Waterman, Guest Contributor. There is a popular misconception that December is an unfavourable time for clients to find quality job opportunities. Clients may believe this for various reasons. They may think that most organizations do not have the budget at year end to hire new employees, that it is a busy time of the year for human resources to conduct interviews, or that the economy tends to slow down in December. All of these pre-conceived notions are often untrue and may be detrimental to a client’s job search. According…
By Maureen McCann. If you are anything like most career professionals, you are so busy that you barely have time to manage your own career and professional development, let alone the many clients you serve every day, week, month and year. Now is the perfect time to start planning for your Certified Career Development Practitioner (CCDP) certification! What you need to know Career Professionals of Canada (CPC) launched its Career Development Practitioner (CDP) courses designed with busy career professionals in mind. The program allows you to earn your CDP certification through CPC with…
By Lori Jazvac. Organizational culture is an important, but often overlooked aspect of career-related exploration and decision-making. This component should be addressed with clients in order to help them secure a rewarding role aligned with their particular career goals and values. Workplace culture: the glue that holds an organization together Clients often share that they dislike the way things are done in their organization, or they don’t agree with company policies. Some have been advised by recruiters during interviews that they may not be the best fit. These scenarios demonstrate…
By Cathy Milton. November 2017 is Canada Career Month, an annual initiative of the Canadian Council for Career Development. This year, the flagship event is Canada’s Most Informed School Competition, hosted online by ChatterHigh. If you’re wondering who or what ChatterHigh is, read on! ChatterHigh’s Beginnings Since the 1950s, higher education and career organizations participate in annual “Career Day” events, setting up their tables in high school gymnasiums or conference centers and sending boxes of print materials to school counselling offices. In 2009, ChatterHigh’s founder, Lee Taal, set out to…
By Lori Jazvac. The best resumes are crafted with a career narrative. They convey career stories that enrich the reader’s understanding of the candidate’s background and offerings. As career professionals, we need to help clients view the resume as more than a document outlining skills and responsibilities so that they can effectively communicate why and how they stand out. By coaching our clients to view the resume as a brand marketing tool, we can help them articulate their unique promise of value, the milestones they have achieved, and the challenges they have successfully overcome. The…
By Kamee Gilmore. “If you think it’s expensive to hire a professional, wait until you hire an amateur.” Red Adair While we all have strengths, resume writing is very rarely at the top of most people’s list of skills, especially when it comes to writing their own. As recently as a decade ago, a resume was often just a simple black-and-white “career obituary” – a history of past employment. Today, though, this important document has the dual challenge of competing with potentially thousands of other applicants for those all-too-rare opportunities,…