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By Cathy Milton. Should you ever be fortunate enough to meet Wayne Pagani and sit down for a chat together, you’ll want to set some time aside. It will be time well invested as Wayne has very compelling stories to tell about his career path and how it led to his current successful business. Through the stories, what shines out is Wayne’s fundamental desire to help people. Wayne’s firm, W.P. Consulting & Associates, is a comprehensive career transition management service based in Canada’s capital, Ottawa. The firm’s focus is on…
Message from Sharon Graham, Founder and Executive Director of Career Professionals of Canada. Dear Colleagues, Ten years ago, a small group of career professionals came together to network and share their experiences at a luncheon in Mississauga, Ontario. This pioneering group of practitioners became the founding members of Career Professionals of Canada. I am fortunate to ride along as CPC has evolved to become a leader in the Canadian Career Sector. From the start, I have marvelled at the wide range of ideas, expertise, and services that career professionals bring to our workforce. After…
Are you regularly watching TED Talks? If you’re not, you are missing out on free professional development. To give your clients the best chance for success, you need to remain on the leading edge. TED.com is a nonprofit devoted to Ideas Worth Spreading. The organization believes passionately in the power of ideas to change attitudes, lives and ultimately, the world. For this reason, they have built a free clearinghouse that offers knowledge and inspiration from the world’s most inspired thinkers. Here’s a compilation of Ted Talks recommended by Career Professionals…
When all is said and done, the real citadel of strength of any community is in the hearts and minds and desires of those who dwell there. ~ Everett Dirksen. Welcome to our new PROFESSIONAL Members: Dannielle MacDonald. Girish Chandra Ananthanarayana. Jan McColm. Nathan Greer. Nicola Edwards. Philipa Hardy. Thank you to our renewing PROFESSIONAL Members: Adrienne Tom. Carole Marinier. Charmaine Johnson. Elizabeth Piergeti. Jennifer Miller. Kevin Schafer. Lamia Fahmi. Laura Mitchell. Lori Rubinger. Lotte Struwing. Pat Harper. Saima Zuberi. Sarah Anne Spencer. Yanny Oi-Yan Yeung. Zahra Hirji. Congratulations to…
Nominate yourself for an Award of Excellence. Winning an award in your field as a career professional and resume writer provides you with free marketing for your business, increases your credibility as a writer, and attracts clients to you like a magnet. Former Awards of Excellence winners report: An increase in client inquiries and sales Increased traffic to their website Proven credibility to add to their profile and bios as one of the BEST in the Canadian industry Nominations are easy! Please review the CPC Awards of Excellence page for…
CareerBuilder recently released the results of a national (US) survey of 2,201 hiring managers and human resource professionals across industries and company sizes. The survey indicated some interesting findings: 68% of hiring managers spend two minutes or less, on average, reviewing résumés. The survey indicated that “Hiring managers prefer strong action words that define specific experience, skills and accomplishments. Subjective terms and terms and clichés are seen as negative because they don’t convey real information. ” according to Rosemary Haefner, vice president of human resources at CareerBuilder. Following are the results of the CareerBuilder survey: The Worst…