Career Professionals of Canada News Feed
By Lori Jazvac. There is a new generation that is only beginning to scratch the surface of the workforce and leave a profound mark on prospective employers and career practitioners alike – Generation Z. While we often can pinpoint the distinct differences between Generation X, Y, and the Baby Boomers, leaving behind a trail of a steady 30+ year career progression, Generation Z offers a different twist. Unlike their Generation Y counterparts, the age bracket born between 1994 and 2010 is distinguished for employing an entrepreneurial, self-motivated, and innovative approach…
“We only need to look at what we are really doing in the world and at home and we’ll know what it is to be Canadian.” ~ Adrienne Clarkson ~ Welcome to our new PROFESSIONAL Members: Lynne Bard Maurice Williams Ritu Ganju Sacha Brake Shabuz Pal Thank you to our renewing PROFESSIONAL Members: Anca Andronic Lidia Siino Sue Kersey Congratulations to our newly CERTIFIED PROFESSIONAL Members: Tami Cooper, CRS Much gratitude goes to all our other volunteers who work diligently throughout the year!
It is my pleasure to announce Career Professionals of Canada’s 2014 Awards of Excellence recipients. This year’s competition was extremely tight and all submissions were admirable – proving once again that our membership comprises some of the very best of the best in the industry. Congratulations to all! I’d like to offer special thanks to our adjudication panel who were presented with the difficult challenge of selecting the recipients from the stellar nominations – this was not an easy task! Here are this year’s Award of Excellence Recipients. Please do…
“Since there is nothing so well worth having as friends, never lose a chance to make them.” ~Francesco Guicciardini~ Welcome to our new PROFESSIONAL Members: Angela Busby Brent Warman Connie Hoffman Jaclyn Egan Navdeep Dhillon Speciose Kabanda Thank you to our renewing PROFESSIONAL Members: Angelika Trinkwon Valerie Boardman Congratulations to our newly CERTIFIED PROFESSIONAL Members: Connie Hoffman, CCS Natalie Abdai, CRS Vera Tachtaul, CCS Much gratitude goes to all our other volunteers who work diligently throughout the year!
By Sharon Graham. Are you like me? I’m frequently asked to provide references for colleagues, and I am always happy to do so – especially when I can say something meaningful about how they have enriched my life, career, or business. Perhaps you also share some of my biggest frustrations. Often, I have to decline the request to be a referee because I don’t know the person well enough. When I do endorse someone I know wholeheartedly, I seldom learn the outcome of my support. DEFINITION ref·e·ree n. A person who…
By Janet Barclay. Once you’ve attracted traffic to your blog, you need to convert them into subscribers, so they’ll continue reading your blog on a regular basis. Today I’m going to explain how to get subscribers for your blog. When it comes to blog subscriptions, there are two basic options: email and RSS. You will want to offer both, so your readers can choose how they’d like to subscribe. Although it’s better for you to have your blog posts going right into your subscribers’ inboxes, some people prefer RSS, and…