Career Professionals of Canada News Feed
If you follow the news, it may be easy to become filled with despair, and to feel cynical. But, the media often presents a skewed view of what’s going on in the world. To attract audiences, the news tends to lean disproportionally toward the negative. However, it’s important to remind ourselves, especially during the holiday season, that there is still a lot of good in the world. And, there are many good people. Here, CPC members share their stories of memorable acts of kindness. Enjoy! How My Network Welcomed Me…
As Career Professionals of Canada embarks on its first fiscal year as Canada’s national, not-for-profit career development association, members of the board of directors share their thoughts about CPC’s bright future. Dorothy Keenan This is the start of a new chapter for Career Professionals of Canada! CPC continues to evolve and grow. I became a member in 2014, and at that time, we had 350 members; now we are on the cusp of having 1000 members. What an achievement! As of December 1, 2022, CPC officially started its first fiscal…
On July 1, 2004, I founded Career Professionals of Canada (CPC) with a big dream. I hoped to develop a national association that would support career professionals from coast-to-coast-to-coast. On Canada Day 2022 we were thrilled to re-introduce CPC as a not-for-profit corporation. This December will mark the start of our first full fiscal year and the beginning of a new chapter for CPC. We have finalized the transfer of all business assets to our new not-for-profit association. CPC members are always at the heart of everything we do, and…
Lori Jazvac is an award-winning Master Certified Résumé Strategist (MCRS), Certified Career Transition Coach and Employment Strategist, author, career storyteller, and Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP) practitioner. She embarked on a career restructuring in 2013, which sparked the launch of her own entrepreneurial venture, Creative Horizons Communications, a one-stop Halton, Ontario-based holistic career services firm. Lori supports jobseekers around the globe, in all fields, levels, and stages of transition. As a career change advocate, she uses an innovative and customized approach to help jobseekers realize and re-channel their purpose, and harness empowering brand…
Britt-Mari Sykes PhD is a Career Counsellor and founder of Canvas Career Counselling. Based in Ottawa, Britt-Mari works online, which gives her the opportunity to collaborate with clients of varying ages and stages of life and career from across Canada. Drawn to career counselling by a fascination with the personal life-long relationship we develop with work and career, Britt-Mari believes this relationship reflects our deep yearnings to live with purpose, meaning, and dignity. It reflects our desire for affiliation and contribution; our desire for self-expression and for growth. Committed to life-long…
Are you torn about how to price your career services? Are you afraid of pricing too low or too high and ending up frustrated? Pricing is a delicate issue that many practitioners struggle with when it comes to offering career services to the public. I would like to share some insights and tactics—gathered from the 2022 CPC Mastermind Mentoring Group—to help you decide on pricing strategies for your entrepreneurial career service. Check the prices of other career professionals and determine the income you want to make. There are plenty of…