Career Professionals of Canada News Feed
The 2014 Career Professionals Survey Report provides insight into the work and life of career practitioners who support the Canadian labour market. In particular, we compare and contrast the work/life of SELF-EMPLOYED Career Professionals versus those who are EMPLOYED by organizations within the sector. By learning about our colleagues, we can gain a new understanding and better perspective, so that we can come together, value, and support each other. By understanding the benefits and challenges of self-employment and employment, we can all make more informed career and business decisions. Want to…
“Having somebody that you admire and respect tell you that you’ve done something well, makes an enormous impact.” ~ Paulette Bourgeois – Canadian Author Welcome to our new PROFESSIONAL Members: Ashley Yuill Garnet Ayres Jennifer Mackey Kat Oue Thank you to our renewing PROFESSIONAL Members: Audrey Taylor Bev Braun-Allard Carrie Wakeford Howard Halpern Iris Jacobson Linda Simpson Lisa Cartaginese Pat Roberts Rita Pittman Vicki Martel Congratulations to our newly CERTIFIED PROFESSIONAL Members: Adrian Schuurmans, CCS Candice Deleurme, CRS Jennifer Mackey, CCS Ritu Ganju, CES Much gratitude goes to all our other…
By Janet Barclay. I recently suggested a few ways to drive new traffic to your blog. Once you’ve succeeded in attracting new visitors to your site, your next goal is to keep them there. The more time they spend on your blog, the more opportunity you have to make a lasting impression. To keep people on your blog longer, you need to ensure that they can find the information that interests them, quickly and easily. The most common way to do this is to organize your posts into categories and…
By Janet Barclay. New bloggers often ask me, What should I blog about? Another question that seems to come up a lot is How often should I blog? Although many experts (self-appointed and otherwise) claim to have the definitive answer, you actually need to answer a few other questions before you can determine the blogging frequency that’s right for you. 1 – Why are you blogging? If your primary goal is to improve your search engine optimization, the more often you blog the better. Every time you publish a post,…
By Janet Barclay. I recently participated in the Social Media Success Summit, a four-week online conference featuring 45 sessions by top social media experts. As you can imagine, I learned about a lot of different strategies and tactics, but one thing that really stood out was the many tools that are available to support us in our social media marketing endeavours – and not just the well-known ones like HootSuite and Buffer. This is by no means a complete list, but I’m sure you’ll find a few here that you…
By Janet Barclay. To grow your network, you need to constantly meet new people and nurture your existing relationships. Here are 10 tips to help you get the most from your networking activities. 1. Make an effort. Networking doesn’t just happen. Apply your organizing skills to your own business by planning a schedule of events to attend or other opportunities to network, along with following up and developing your new relationships. 2. Face-to-face networking is better than virtual. Social media makes it easy to network, but it shouldn’t be the…