Career Professionals of Canada News Feed
By Cathy Milton. First, I have a confession to make. For a while, I’ve been hooked on a game I play on the iPad called “Scramble with Friends”. My opponents – my ‘friends’ – are people I actually don’t know. We came together through a feature called “random opponent” where the game matches up two players of similar skill levels. I have been playing long enough with some of these people that they do seem like true friends. They are all living in various spots on the east coast of…
By Eilidh Sligo. For many people, December means one thing – the countdown to the holidays. Office parties, seasonal workplace events and extended vacation can make you think that business slowly comes to a halt through the last month of the year. The usual stresses and busy schedules during the holiday season creates a widespread belief that “no one hires in December.” So, many job seekers put their search “on-hold.” However, all good career professionals know that recruitment is a year-round activity. Final Quarter Hiring Trends Research has shown that organizations typically…
Career Services Guide seeks to improve employment for people with mental health issues A new CERIC-funded Career Services Guide is seeking to improve the employment outcomes for people living with mental health problems and illnesses at a time when one in five Canadians experience a mental health issue, with an annual cost to the economy of more than $50 billion. Entitled Career Services Guide: Supporting People Affected by Mental Health Issues, the guide, along with supporting videos, has been developed by the Nova Scotia Career Development Association (NSCDA) with project…
By Janet Barclay. Earlier this month, I had the pleasure of giving my How to Write Blog Posts that Get Results presentation at WordCamp Hamilton 2015. If just the thought public speaking makes you anxious, you might be questioning how I can describe such an experience as a pleasure. I get it! Not long after I started my business, I was invited to speak at a local bookstore, and it was just too good a marketing opportunity to turn down. I was so terrified, that I was actually relieved when…
By Adrienne Tom. This year’s CAREERPRO Development Conference, hosted by Career Professionals of Canada, brought together career experts (Career Pros) from all across Canada for an intensive week-long review of current industry trends and hot topics. A popular area of discussion at the conference was resumes, more specifically the topics of: mitigating ‘red flags’ in resumes….resumes from the HR perspective…the “next” resume….resume best practices….and creating resumes with impact. Here is a breakdown of 6 resume trends that are important for a job search today, and will continue to play a big role…
By Anthony Ladipo. For over a year, oil prices have been on the decline due to surplus supply to the market. This has diminished profitability for oil producing countries like Canada. The reduction in margins has also reduced capital investments in major projects, directly affecting the number of people being hired to execute the work. The Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers (CAPP) says Alberta has already lost 35,000 oil patch jobs since oil prices started to fall. These combination of reduced investments and mass layoffs will inevitably have cascade effects across…