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Marketable Skills for the Future

April 17, 2015 |

By Lori Jazvac. CPC Mastermind Lori Jazvac shares some Canadian trends and marketable skills that will be required in the future. This article brings together provincial, national, and international recommendations with tangible steps for career professionals and their clients. According to the Ontario Ministry of Training, Colleges, and Universities, data and analysis of trends in the labour market can provide valuable insights.  By forecasting future labour market trends, people can detect certain patterns. Knowing these patterns enables them to make better choices about the direction, growth, and development of their careers. Staying up to date…

Trends and Innovations in Career Development

April 15, 2015 |

By Lotte Struwing. CPC Mastermind, Lotte Struwing shares her research and ideas about Career Development. Read about our past, present, and future. In this article, Lotte provides a synopsis of Innovation in Career Counseling, a benchmark article published in the Journal of Career Development. She draws from the recent CERIC publication, Career Development Practice in Canada – Perspectives, Principles and Professionalism. The piece closes with some contemporary ideas garnered from an interview with industry leader, Norman Amundson Ph. D. Professor, University of British Columbia. Our world is changing at an incredible pace and will continue to…

20 Intriguing Predictions from Career Thought Leaders

April 13, 2015 |

The Career Thought Leaders’ 2014 Global Career Brainstorming Day included career professionals from Canada, United States, and overseas. Their newly released 2014 Global Career Brainstorming Day White Paper covers trends in careers, resumes, job search, hiring, recruiting, and much more. Here are 20 intriguing predictions from the report reproduced, with permission, from the Career Thought Leaders (CTL): Identity theft concerns drive elimination of home addresses on resumes. Some predict use of only email and phone number and relying on LinkedIn as a primary way to protect personal information. Companies that specialize in erasing digital history will become…

In Career Transition? Reward Yourself with a Volunteer Role

April 10, 2015 | Comments Off on In Career Transition? Reward Yourself with a Volunteer Role

By Sharon Graham. National Volunteer Recognition Week April 12 to 18, 2015  Have you noticed how many awards and acknowledgements there have been lately – thanking volunteers for their contributions? Volunteer Canada along with Investors Group conducted a Volunteer Recognition Study which indicated that many volunteers appreciate a genuine thank you. “Volunteers want to be thanked and shown how they have made a difference – they want to know the impact of their contributions.” Volunteer Canada, 2013 Volunteer Recognition Study Across Canada, we have a number of National and Provincial Award…

Special Offer – Free Assessment for all CPC Members

April 8, 2015 |

Career Professionals of Canada (CPC) has entered into an exciting joint venture partnership with the Consulting Resource Group (CRG) to provide members with access to products and services that may help them serve their clients more effectively. CRG has helped improve the lives of millions of people and increase the performance of thousands of organizations worldwide since 1979 with 100 + assessments and learning resources. CRG assessments (both print and online) and training resources are used in every conceivable application as it relates to human capital development: education, career development, business, talent management,…

Raising the Profile of Career Development in Ontario

April 8, 2015 |

The pan-Canadian movement to certify Career Development Practitioners (CDPs) is well under way. The Career Development Practitioners’ Certification Board of Ontario (CDPCBO) is pleased to announce the successful launch of the Ontario certification model on April 1, 2015. Ontario is the fifth province to implement a certification model for practitioners, based on the Canadian Standards and Guidelines for Career Development Practitioners (S&Gs). In a recent survey of 1500 Canadians, The Canadian Education and Research Institute for Counselling (CERIC) and The Counselling Foundation of Canada found that half of those who…