Career Professionals of Canada News Feed
By Sharon Graham. 2012 was a tough year for many employment consultants and career practitioners. We heard about government contract cutbacks and restructuring of services. Combine this with a stagnant economy and you’ve got a reason for rethinking your career prospects. If you are a career practitioner who is ready for a change, you can enhance your own career either by engaging within your organization or by exploring outside of it. Whether you are planning to stay or thinking about going, it is crucial that you build relationships within your organization. By…
By Daisy Wright. I would like to share with you a part of an email from motivational speaker Jonathan Sprinkles in which he asks whether the people we associate with SUPPORT or STRETCH us. Do they support us because they care how we feel or do they stretch us so we can question the self-imposed limitations that we have? Great points to ponder! According to Jonathan: People who SUPPORT you care how you feel. People who STRETCH you care how you finish. People who SUPPORT you don’t want you to…
CPC is host to our very own LinkedIn group, Career Professionals of Canada. Here, all LinkedIn users who are working in – or working towards – a role as a career practitioner are invited to connect to… Foster new relationships with like-minded Career Professionals. Discover the latest emerging issues in the industry. Gain new core competencies and empower your clients to succeed. Learn about new strategies and share your ideas. Take away tools and resources to increase your efficiency and productivity. You don’t need to be a professional CPC member…
Thank you to CPC Board Advisor Tara Orchard who has volunteered to run and facilitate our CPC Mastermind Mentoring Group Program in 2013. If you want to mentor professionals and receive mentoring in return, CPC’s mastermind groups are for you. Participation is FREE for CPC members. Learn More about Mastermind Mentoring Groups.
A LinkedIn recommendation is a more thorough representation of a business relationship. It can be time-consuming to write so if you are requesting one, proactively write it up yourself then send to the person to whom you are making the request. If someone is asking you for one, have the requester write up something themselves and you can tweak and edit accordingly.
In working with you, I found that the process of resume development should be pursued with thoughtfulness and consideration. Taking the time to focus in on the accomplishments of my past and quantifying my value in each role has been one of the greatest practical skills I have learned from you. One of the first things I did at work was to quantify the mediation work I performed into legal/arbitrations savings for my Director. She was wowed by that information and immediately wanted to show it to her boss.