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The nominees for Career Professionals of Canada’s 2014 CPC Awards of Excellence program have been selected. The full list of nominees are below. Congratulations to all the 2014 nominees! Outstanding Canadian Career Leader Nominee: Sashie Steenstra Outstanding Canadian Online Profile Developer Nominee: Janet Barclay Outstanding Canadian Resume Categories Best Internationally Educated Professional (IEP) Resume Nominee: Angelika Trinkwon Nominee: Blanche Pilkington Nominee: Christine Boucher Nominee: Mary Whitaker Nominee: Stephanie Clark Best New Graduate Entry Level Resume Nominee: Christine Boucher Nominee: Dorothy Keenan Nominee: Jennifer Miller Nominee: Karen Shane Nominee: Lori Jazvac Nominee: Stephanie…
By Janet Barclay. Not everyone who reads your blog is going to become a client. In fact, most probably won’t. For this reason, you need to proactively work on driving new traffic to your blog. Promoting individual blog posts via social media and email is important, but there are many other ways to attract new visitors to your blog. Here are just a few. Guest post on other blogs that are read by your target market. This is a great way to get your name and your expertise in front…
By Janet Barclay. Social Media Examiner recently published their 2014 Social Media Marketing Industry Report, after surveying nearly 2900 marketers. As a blog developer and blogger for members of Career Professionals of Canada, I know how busy you are, so for your convenience, I’ve captured the highlights of their findings specific to blogging. 43% of the survey participants who blog reported that their blog is optimized for mobile devices. The percentage of business-to-business (B2B) marketers was somewhat higher than that of business-to-consumer (B2C). Blogging is used by 55% of the…
93 percent of practitioners are proud to say they are Career Professionals. The 2014 Career Professionals Survey 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. CAREER PROFESSIONALS come from provinces and territories across Canada – from coast to coast to coast. The inaugural annual Survey of Career Professionals is a valuable tool for collecting information about our field. By learning…
“There are no strangers here; only friends you haven’t yet met.” William Butler Yeats. Welcome to our new PROFESSIONAL Members: Andrea Maliczewski Antony Godwin Candice Deleurme Cheryl Campbell Johanne Caron Thank you to our renewing PROFESSIONAL Members: Christine Boucher Linda Arsenault Margaret Goslin Naomi Kolke Paulette Gill Sashie Steenstra Congratulations to our newly CERTIFIED PROFESSIONAL Members: Dorothy Keenan, CRS Laura Mitchell, CRS Much gratitude goes to all our other volunteers who work diligently throughout the year!
Feature post by Colin Holbrow of The Holbrow Group. Colin is an executive and team leadership development coach with extensive experience in many sectors of our Canadian economy. Whether you operate your own independent business or make a valuable contribution to a to a large enterprise; having a steady flow of business is critically important. Networking is an essential tool to building and sustaining a business pipeline. Targeted networking helps identify, create and act upon business opportunities. At times, business can be slow and even uncertain. During these times, use…