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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,…
By Maureen Farmer. Without a doubt, serving as a career professional is rewarding; helping people win a promotion, get a new job, or change careers is the pinnacle of success. In performing this vital work, you are trusted with important information, which you must keep confidential. As a business owner and career professional, I have noticed a phenomenon that alarms me: breach of client information. The inappropriate disclosure of client information can derail your client’s career as well as your business. Even an innocent conversation in a coffee shop, restaurant, or other public…
By Maureen McCann. “Resume writers are not just typists who can make a document look nice. It takes a trained individual with knowledge in labour market trends and job search techniques, as well as with solid skills in interviewing, information gathering, strategic thinking, technical savvy, wordsmithing and so much more.” Christine Cristiano, CCS I recently set off to answer the question, “How much does a Canadian resume cost?” I had a lot of help along the way. I first reached out to the CPC Facebook Community. I polled group members by asking…
By Lori Jazvac. Dr. Viktor Frankl, a neurologist and psychiatrist, believed that the search for meaning of human existence, coined as “Logotherapy,” represented one of humanity’s most powerful driving forces. Translated into our world of career management, when clients lack meaning, they may experience career stress and anxiety. For employers, a deficit in meaning might produce higher employee absenteeism, high turnover, and low employee engagement rates. Dr. Frankl would explain that we have an “inner pull” to search for better opportunities. We can see examples that support the pursuit of meaning in today’s world.…
In your employment service, you need to increase clients’ knowledge, understanding, and skills, and motivate behaviour change. That’s not new. What is new, and has been evolving in recent times, is your funder’s expectations. You are doing more with the same resources, and sometimes with even less, yet with greater accountability than ever before. It is time to reflect on your practices, as something must give. We know that digital learning is ESSENTIAL to creating more capacity, so staff have the time to focus on those clients that need the most attention. It’s easy…