Career Professionals of Canada News Feed
The start of a new year is a great time to reflect upon our journey over the past year. It’s also a great time to check in with our mental health. Ask yourself: What are my big wins? How am I feeling? What impact have the challenges of the past couple of years had on my nervous system? How can I make self-care a priority in 2022? Personally, I learned a lot on my journey of shifting my nervous system from a state of isolation and fear to return to…
In my last post, How to Chart a Successful Career Change, I underlined how making career decisions can represent a complex journey for some individuals. Every day, career professionals witness how professional reflection, reassessment, and “questionings” can trigger a wide range of feelings and states in their clients. Some of the emotions and reactions we witness include hope, excitement, confusion, fear, anxiety, hopelessness, and despair. Not every client who “enters our office door” presents a clear reason for seeking consultation and a readiness to work toward change. The reason is that between…
There are many reasons why people transition from employee to entrepreneur or from one career to another. For me, it was a lifelong existential question; which role was meant for me? Which one would give me satisfaction and make me feel fulfilled? Pursuing a business degree was a decision my family made for me; there was no formal career exploration or assessment done at the time. In fact, the concept did not even exist! Questions about my likes and dislikes, my values, and what I was good at were never…
As we launch into 2022, I think many will agree the past two years have been a rollercoaster of challenges. As I write this, we now face a new health crisis caused by the spread of the Omicron variant. As career professionals, we are the calm in the storm. We help clients follow their passion and find purposeful careers while we’re all immersed in a world of chaos. To be able to weather the storm, we need to be flexible and prepared. There is a way to protect your energy…
We spend time every year preparing for the harsh winter — installing snow tires, getting the right snow removal equipment, clearing our sidewalks, tackling the daily commute, or getting stocked up to maintain a remote work lifestyle. To “winterize” means to prepare and make ready — a house or car, for example — to withstand cold weather and function smoothly. The same concept of preparing for harsh conditions can apply to our jobs, too. We’d like to offer ten strategies you can share with your clients to help them winterize…
Leaders in our sector are making a concerted effort to build awareness of the importance of career development and its significance to the complete outcome of a person’s work and life. Organizations like Career Professionals of Canada are working together to ensure that people outside of our sector understand the need for career development. This requires us to first establish career development as a recognized profession across Canada. What’s Happening in the Profession Key players are moving toward formalizing the industry. We are working together to build a consistent standard of professionalism…