Career Professionals of Canada News Feed

Congratulations to our 2011 Awards of Excellence Recipients!

October 3, 2011 |

It is my pleasure to announce our 2011 Awards of Excellence recipients. We had a record number of submissions this year and the competition was tight – proving once again that our membership comprises some of the very best of the best in the industry. Congratulations to all! I’d also 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! We will announce when samples from this year’s winning…

Informational Interviews 2.0 — The New and Improved Job Search Method

September 7, 2011 | Comments Off on Informational Interviews 2.0 — The New and Improved Job Search Method

Informational interviews are awesome networking tools — but they can be hard to get, time consuming, and they can be awkward. It’s not comfortable to reach out to strangers. Social media is changing that, though. In the business world, like in many other areas, social media is breaking down barriers and changing social dynamics to permit more casual relationships with people we don’t know. Seize this change — use it to your advantage by intertwining your client’s job search with their general career exploration — it will help advance both…

CPC Member Appreciation – August 2011

September 6, 2011 | Comments Off on CPC Member Appreciation – August 2011

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 CPC is proud to acknowledge the following individuals for being such an important part of this community. New PROFESSIONAL Members: Barbara Marcell Linda Smith Lisa Murray Renewing PROFESSIONAL Members: Angelika Trinkwon Diane Lee Karen McGregor Pamela Martin Stephanie Clark Newly Certified PROFESSIONAL Members: Anna Novak, CRS

Opportunities

August 12, 2011 |

By Stephanie Clark, Owner of New Leaf Resumes, www.newleafresumes.ca I love to write and that is where I concentrate my marketing efforts. My first steps were to compose articles to post on EzineArticles.com, after which I added a weekly column for a local daily paper, to which I also added my own blog, an interview blog, and this peer-focused periodic blog with CPC. Oh yes, I also add my opinions to many questions posted on LinkedIn as well as those on our Forum. I really enjoy writing! And it is that…

CPC Member Appreciation – July 2011

August 2, 2011 | Comments Off on CPC Member Appreciation – July 2011

The community stagnates without the impulse of the individual. The impulse dies away without the sympathy of the community. ~ William James New PROFESSIONAL Members: Valerie Elliott Hyman Constance Wun Janice Peters Renewing PROFESSIONAL Members: Brenda Collard-Mills Christina Epondulan Henock Teklemariam Kate Dance Karen Shane Daisy Wright Newly Certified PROFESSIONAL Members: Julie McMahon, CRS

CPC Member Appreciation – June 2011

July 4, 2011 | Comments Off on CPC Member Appreciation – June 2011

This world of ours… must avoid becoming a community of dreadful fear and hate, and be, instead, a proud confederation of mutual trust and respect. ~ Dwight D. Eisenhower CPC is proud to acknowledge the following individuals for being such an important part of this community. New PROFESSIONAL Members: Erin Pocai Sophie Sun Tricia Dey Twomey Renewing PROFESSIONAL Members: Barbara Stefaniak Byron Thomas Didie Smith Imran Muhammad Ismail Pat Slatten Paulette Gill Sashie Steenstra Newly Certified PROFESSIONAL Members: Aman Dhesi, CRS, CIS Lisa Cartaginese, CRS Lotte Struwing, CCS Stefanie Neth,…