Career Professionals of Canada News Feed
By Cathy Milton. Many career professionals have a background in Human Resources, or they may simply know a lot about the various roles in HR via their professional networks and through helping clients land jobs. Among the positions that fall under the HR umbrella, one is unique, and that is the Human Resources Business Partner. Susannah Clements, when she held the Deputy Chief Executive role at CIPD (Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development), put it best when she said, “The business partner role has become popular because you’re looking out…
Sun, Nov 6: Paula Wischoff Yerama with the Career Development Association of Alberta joins Global Calgary with details on why it’s so important to develop career skills now before you find yourself in a career crisis.
By Lise Stransky. Informal referral relationships are a strong source for ongoing business, but small career services typically run into certain challenges. When I first launched Careers That Work For You, I partnered with almost anyone who approached me. Now, I am very cautious about working with friends and family, because the last thing I want to do is destroy a solid, pre-existing relationship. This is one of the reasons my husband and I have a no career coaching rule in our marriage! I’m too close to him to be objective. Fellow CPC mastermind, Adrienne…
CPC Member Snapshot: In modern culture, first impressions are often virtual. Holly Hagan employs elements of personal branding to help people put the best versions of themselves forward through the development of strategic, targeted resumes and optimized LinkedIn profiles. Holly is passionate about people advocating for themselves in the workplace. She supports her clients on their personal branding journey by helping them seek advancement, change career fields, return to work, look for a change, and be found by the right people. Welcome to our new PROFESSIONAL Members: Arno Markus Avtar Sidhu Gabrielle Musick…
By Adrienne Tom. Go online for resume advice and you can become overwhelmed rather quickly. To help you qualify advice and strengthen your resume strategy I gathered insights from some of Canada’s award-winning career experts on what every resume needs to succeed. Here’s what they had to say: Proof (Maureen McCann of Promotion Career Solutions) For a resume to succeed it needs to prove its claims. Use quantifiable evidence that demonstrates why you’re the best candidate for the job. For example: If you are a senior sales executive, instead of…
By Charmaine Johnson. Career Development is the process by which a person’s career identity is formed from childhood through a lifetime. There are a number of Career Development theories, but no one theory is comprehensive. As such, career practitioners need to be aware of each theory’s strengths, limitations, and biases. For instance, most theories are limited in that minorities, women, and socio-economic diversity are underrepresented in the research (most studies are based on middle class white males). Also, some theories may not translate across all cultures since the studies are…