Career Professionals of Canada News Feed
By Sharon Graham. The field of Career Development has made significant strides towards certification, training, and quality standards. Here is an update on three important initiatives you need to know about. Start 2017 right with a clear understanding of your role and requirements within our profession of Career Development. Career practitioners across the nation have adopted the Canadian Standards and Guidelines for Career Development Practitioners (S&Gs). Practitioners have embraced the need for professionalism by registering with their respective provincial association. Many provinces have already launched certification programs for Career Development Practitioners (CDPs).…
CPC Member Snapshot: With more than six years of professional resume writing experience, and hiring expertise from both government and not-for-profit organizations, Natalie MacLellan and her team help clients to put their Best Foot Forward. Natalie founded Best Foot Forward in 2009 and purchased Virtual Resumes in 2015, having contracted for them for 5 years. She is in the process of merging the two businesses. Welcome to our new PROFESSIONAL Members: Anne Jeffers Aqila Hanseer-Rizvi Carol Roberts Christina Natalino Dave Hemphill Dawit Zegeyea Fatima Khan Francisca Budulai Joanne Savoie Malone Joyce Affroh-Konrad…
By Lise Stransky. This is a great time to reflect on the last year and consider what we want to do differently in the new year. As we say au revoir to 2016 and bonjour to 2017, instead of proclaiming another resolution for change, review this calendar action plan to get you thinking about your career resolutions for 2017. Every year, my husband and I sit down and brainstorm the things we would like to accomplish in the year to come. At the same time, we look back and revisit our…
By Janet Barclay. Although December is the busiest month in the retail industry, as a career professional, you may find that business is slow, as clients are busy with holiday shopping, parties, and preparations. Why not take advantage of this downtime to review your activities and achievements over the past year? If you have a formal business plan, hopefully you’ve been following it throughout the year, but if it’s just been sitting in a file, take it out and dust it off. Even if you started the year with just…
By Brent Warman. It’s hard to believe that another year has passed and that we’re already into a new Holiday Season. Along with celebrations comes end-of-year reflections. I like to capture all that I have learned and accomplished and add these to my tool box as resources that I can draw upon in my work. What can we do as Career Development Practitioners to capture our accomplishments, improve our practices, and provide our clients with practical strategies for reflecting on their own careers over the past year? Update Your Resume…
By Janet Barclay. With music and magic in the air and retailers telling you it’s time to go shopping, it can be hard for even the most dedicated entrepreneur to stay focused on business. Here are a few tips to help you continue networking, without missing out on all the fun! Attending holiday-themed networking events will help you to have that festive feeling without feeling guilty that you should be working on building your business. Take some time from away your usual networking activities to provide a service in your…