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Raise Your PAW — Submit a Nomination for a CPC Award of Excellence!

April 7, 2023 | Comments Off on Raise Your PAW — Submit a Nomination for a CPC Award of Excellence!

Are you struggling with the decision of whether or not to submit a CPC Award of Excellence nomination? As a new career professional starting out in mid-2013, I felt unprepared to submit a nomination for an Award of Excellence. However, I wanted to challenge myself and tackle seemingly impossible goals while improving my résumé writing skills. In my journey as a career professional, I have discovered the importance of the Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP) concept of “PAW”: Possibility, Ability, and Worthiness — three keys to achievement. I learned that in order…

CPC Member of the Week: Michelle Precourt

April 3, 2023 | Comments Off on CPC Member of the Week: Michelle Precourt

Michelle Precourt is a Chartered Professional in Human Resources, course instructor for Career Professionals of Canada, and Principal Consultant/Founder of Mindful HR Services Inc. Along with offering traditional HR consulting services, Michelle and her team offer mindfulness at work programs, driving engagement, productivity, and employee retention. She also hosts a monthly LinkedIn Live broadcast called Mindful Monday’s that has garnered attention from around the world. Michelle’s goal is to create healthier humans and sustainable workplace cultures through the sharing of collective wisdom on a variety of HR related topics like…

Why Sustainable Career Development Matters for Career Professionals

March 31, 2023 | Comments Off on Why Sustainable Career Development Matters for Career Professionals

As a career professional, you play a critical role in helping your clients navigate the ever-changing job market while also considering the long-term implications of their career choices on society and the environment. Sustainable Career Development is an approach that you can use to support your client in the development of a career path that contributes to a sustainable future. Why Sustainability is Important to Career Development Traditional career development may not always align with the principles of sustainability, contribute to the betterment of society, and encourage career paths that…

CPC Member of the Week: Lama Shaath

March 27, 2023 |

Lama Shaath is the creator and founder of Lama Shaath Mine Your Inner Power Coaching, which is her most valued accomplishment. A Certified Career Strategist (CCS) and Certified Work-Life Strategist (CWS), Lama has been nominated for the Outstanding Career Leader in CPC’s Awards of Excellence Program. She is a career development practitioner, certified transformational coach, wellness coach, and cognitive behaviour therapy practitioner. Combined with her complementary experience in the health, fitness, and well-being industry, Lama has more than 17 years of experience. CPC Members Matter! Contact us to let us…

Legal and Ethical Case Management in Career Development

March 24, 2023 |

The practice of case management is a professional and collaborative process that assesses, plans, implements, and evaluates services required to meet a client’s career development needs and goals. As a career professional, you play an active role in meeting the diverse and complex needs of your clients. Whether you are a coach, consultant, counsellor, or educator, you likely manage a caseload of clients. As such, you have a legal and ethical duty of care for your clients. Part of this duty of care involves careful, thorough, and effective case management. Legal…

CPC Member of the Week: Fanie Zis

March 20, 2023 | Comments Off on CPC Member of the Week: Fanie Zis

Coming from a background in psychology, counselling, and career development, Fanie Zis works as a Life Smart Coach for the EFAP program at Homewood Health. She helps clients in various ways: career coaching, career counselling, relationship coaching, family support, grief and loss, stress management, and pre-retirement planning. Fanie also works as a freelance life and career coach, supporting clients through personal and professional development. An active member of CPC and a volunteer certification assessor, she enjoys supporting the growing membership and gives back to the community in many ways. Of…