Career Professionals of Canada News Feed
By Kerry Bell. Baby boomers are the largest section of the population. Retirement for this large group of people is changing dramatically, and many workplaces are seeing the value in specifically targeting and hiring older workers. The movie “The Intern” is a great demonstration of the value older workers bring to the workplace. Most people used to dream about stopping work completely, but many now realize that a full stop is not what they want and that it may not even be healthy. What are the top 3 impacts of…
By Lise Stransky. Today, I decided to walk the talk. Many of my clients come to me unhappy in their current role and ready to make a career transition. They often decide on new careers based on interest inventories or a desperation to get out of their current roles. They latch onto new titles, confident they could be happier. Most recently, one of my clients decided she wanted to move from HR to become either an esthetician or a personal organizer. While I applaud the decisive decision making, my first…
By Lori Jazvac. Recruitment is not a simple task, but a challenging one. Employers seek employees with appropriate skills sets and industry experience, along with values that harmoniously align with the company’s organizational culture. Search Party found that 54% of employers are unhappy with the candidates selected by their recruiters; 38% cited “culture mismatches” as one of their main concerns. The Harvard Business Review supports this notion suggesting that “Culture fit is the glue that holds an organization together.” Clearly, a gap exists between what leaders want and what recruiters deliver. The challenge for recruiters is…
By Lysa Appleton. Creative play is an effective tool for career exploration or refinement. For several years now, I have used “vision boarding” as a way to support my clients in gaining clarity on their career path. This year, I began incorporating storytelling as a method for career consulting. Over the last few years, I have become increasingly interested in how storytelling can work as an informal assessment, or alongside standardized assessments, to enhance and expedite the career change and job transition processes, or clarify career goals as part of a…
CPC Member Snapshot: Lise Stransky truly believes that every individual is entitled to find meaningful work. Lise is a CPC Mastermind and a Certified Career Development Practitioner, dedicated to ensuring clients have the resources, knowledge, and support to make job and career decisions. Lise volunteers with CPC as a Chat Facilitator. You can also see many of her feature articles in CPC’s news feed. Welcome to our new PROFESSIONAL Members: Dinal Perera Juliana de Souza Mark Granger Natalie MacLellan Paul Olson Timothy Power Wendy Read Thank you to our renewing PROFESSIONAL Members: Cassandra Barnard-Cleghorn…
By Karine Touloumjian. Successful businesses brand their products and services. We hear about this marketing strategy often; however, we don’t always know where to start when trying to conceive brand identity for our career service. According to the BusinessDictionary.com, branding is defined as “The process involved in creating a unique name and image for a product in the consumers’ mind, mainly through advertising campaigns with a consistent theme. Branding aims to establish a significant and differentiated presence in the market that attracts and retains loyal customers.” So what does this mean in actionable terms?…