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Artificial intelligence is changing how people learn, work, communicate, create, and make decisions. Across the career development sector, professionals are exploring how AI can support research, writing, client service, teaching, business operations, professional learning, and many other areas of practice. Alongside these opportunities come important questions about professional responsibility, privacy, transparency, fairness, accuracy, and the role of human judgment. In response to this rapidly evolving landscape, Career Professionals of Canada has released its Position Statement on Artificial Intelligence, including 10 Guiding Principles for Ethical AI Use in Career Development Practice.…
This article is the second installment in a two-part interview series with Sharon Graham. A client can ask an AI tool to identify career options, rewrite a résumé, suggest interview questions, summarize a job posting, or explain what skills are in demand. In seconds, they can receive a polished response. Then what? What does that information mean for this person – at this point in their life, with their unique strengths, concerns, responsibilities, experiences, hopes, and constraints? Enter career development professionals. This is exactly when our work with clients is most…
For many people, there is pressure to have careers fully figured out. Mid-career adults feel they should already know exactly where they are going next, what role they want in the long term, and how their career path is supposed to unfold over time. When careers become uncertain, nonlinear, or difficult to explain, it is easy to assume something has gone wrong. Yet career professionals are increasingly recognizing that informed exploration and experimentation are becoming a normal and necessary part of modern career development. Rather than encouraging clients to rush…
There are moments in this field that stay with you. Not because they were dramatic, but because they quietly change the way you think about people and about the work itself. One participant arrived at every workshop with a doodle pad and a full package of coloured markers. She came prepared. Not because she planned to disengage from the workshop, but because she understood something important about herself: doodling helped her focus. Some facilitators might have interpreted that behaviour as a distraction or lack of attention. Instead, I had a…
Career development professionals have always helped people navigate change. And yet, the pace, scale, and complexity of change facing clients today requires us to think differently about how we support them. The labour market is shifting quickly. Technology is changing how work gets done and what jobs are available. Occupations evolve, skills change, and clients are exposed to a steady stream of labour market information, career advice, predictions, and opinions. The challenge is no longer simply helping clients find information. It’s helping them make sense of it. That was one…
There is a quote that routinely circulates in leadership and mentorship circles: “Every big opportunity starts with a little conversation.” It is worth adding that conversations are truly transformative when those engaged in the discussion look outside the box and act inclusively of other perspectives. When professionals seek a career aligned with their strengths and goals, are their skills mapped only to traditional career paths, or are unconventional opportunities considered as well? Looking Beyond Traditional Career Paths At the Airport Management Council of Ontario (AMCO), we consistently work to broaden…