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Emerging Trends – the Successful Careerpreneur’s Strategy

January 2, 2014 | Comments Off on Emerging Trends – the Successful Careerpreneur’s Strategy

As career professionals, we all need to keep vigilant and focused on our future and that of our employees, colleagues, and clients. Security, privacy, ethics, transformation, knowledge, and health are at the top of every progressive organization’s wish list. Moreover, if we want to deliver, our employees must become unsurpassed careerpreneurs. Career Professionals of Canada researched a wide variety of Canadian career trends for the development of their most recent certification program, the Certified Employment Strategist (CES). What we found is that the permanent job, for the most part, is a thing…

CPC Member Appreciation – December 2013

December 30, 2013 | Comments Off on CPC Member Appreciation – December 2013

Welcome to our new PROFESSIONAL Members: Julie Colantonio Kieran Hartle Vanessa Boila Thank you to our renewing PROFESSIONAL Members: Howard Halpern Linda Simpson Mary Whitaker Pat Shepherd Vicki Martel Congratulations to our newly CERTIFIED PROFESSIONAL Members: Linda Arsenault, CCS Saima Zuberi, CES Much gratitude goes to all our other volunteers who work diligently throughout the year!

Stu Conger – Innovator, Instigator, and Leader

December 4, 2013 |

Message from the Canadian Career Development Foundation Dear colleagues, It is with sadness that we announce the passing of Stu Conger, founder of the Canadian Career Development Foundation and innovator, instigator and leader in our field. [Please see below] the obituary that appeared in the Ottawa Citizen.  The Citizen website is listed in the announcement and you can sign a guest book directly if you so wish.  You may also access a guest book through the funeral home which is Hulse, Playfair and McGarry, McLeod Street location.  You will note…

CPC Member Appreciation – November 2013

November 30, 2013 | Comments Off on CPC Member Appreciation – November 2013

Welcome to our new PROFESSIONAL Members: Andrea Torraville Loreen McDonald Paula Wischoff Yerama Tammie Hunter Thank you to our renewing PROFESSIONAL Members: Catherine LeBrun Mary Whitaker Maureen Farmer Much gratitude goes to all our other volunteers who work diligently throughout the year!

Meet CPC Member Daisy Wright

November 27, 2013 | Comments Off on Meet CPC Member Daisy Wright

By Cathy Milton. Published author, prolific writer, teacher, counsellor, public speaker, sports enthusiast, woman of faith… Daisy Wright could be called a modern renaissance woman – someone whose expertise and interests span a wide range of subject areas. A passion for personal growth and learning is a recurring theme in Daisy’s life and career. After working in the corporate world for years, Daisy had reached a crossroads in her career when, out of frustration, she asked herself, “What’s next?” Drawing on her love of writing, and a background in public…

Maximizing Clients’ Visibility through Online Technology

November 20, 2013 | Comments Off on Maximizing Clients’ Visibility through Online Technology

Career Professionals of Canada’s Career Innovators Mastermind Group recently completed a comprehensive analysis and review of existing and emerging online technology. The study focused primarily on maximizing clients’ visibility through social media (online tools) and social networking (online networking). Here is a snapshot of their recommendations for Canadian Career Practitioners. Keep up with innovations in online technology In general, many Canadians are conservative about leveraging online technologies. However, we need to be open to the fact that recruiters and employers increasingly value and employ virtual tools and resources. As the…