Career Professionals of Canada News Feed
The world of work is changing quickly, and career professionals are at the forefront of helping clients navigate what comes next. As part of CPC’s new Community Insights initiative, we asked members to share their perspectives on the trends shaping our profession and the skills that will matter most in the years ahead. Here are a few of their thoughtful responses on this month’s theme: The Future of Work. What is one trend career professionals should pay more attention to? “One trend career professionals should be more aware of is…
Something is changing in career conversations. Clients are arriving with more information than ever before. They may have researched career paths online, explored labour market trends, watched countless videos, or even asked artificial intelligence tools for advice before ever speaking with a career professional. Yet access to so much information does not always make decision-making easier. Often, clients seem overwhelmed. Many still seem uncertain about what to trust, what matters, or how to move forward with confidence. As a career professional, you are increasingly being asked layered and emotionally complex…
At Career Professionals of Canada, Purposeful Kindness sits at the heart of everything we do. It guides how we support our members, build community, and approach our work as career development professionals. Purposeful Kindness was championed by CPC founder Sharon Graham, who recognized that while technical expertise is essential, it is often kindness, generosity, and genuine support that elevate both our profession and the communities we serve. Yet, despite it being one of our guiding values, we rarely stop to discuss what Purposeful Kindness means in our profession. At first…
For years, I believed I was supposed to discover one true calling. I searched for it anxiously through jobs, volunteer roles, creative pursuits, and eventually university in my forties. Whenever I found something I loved but could not imagine doing forever, I assumed it must not be “the one.” I worried about investing years into post-secondary education only to lose interest later. I looked at people who seemed to have a single, clear path and wondered why I could not settle so neatly into a single identity. Along the way,…
Career development has always been driven by a question. The question has evolved over time, and each evolution has represented a genuine attempt to better serve people. We are now ready for the next question. In the early days of publicly funded employment services — the 1980s, in my experience — the question was blunt and practical: What are you going to do? We handed people lists of available jobs and told them to get moving. I did this myself as a social worker with the BC Government. It was…
Olajumoke (Ola) Fatoki is the Founder and CEO of Thrive Careers Consulting, where she helps newcomers, internationally trained professionals, and career pivoters build careers that fit their lives, not just their résumés. Her guiding belief: hope is not a career strategy. A Career Development Professional and now a Certified Future Strategist (CFS), Ola pairs hands-on coaching with a clear-eyed view of where work is heading, including the rise of AI. She also hosts the award-winning Thrive Careers Podcast (Best Careers Podcaster, 2025 Women Podcasters Awards) and partners with the New…