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Living with a hidden disability is challenging enough, but when we try to hide it from our workplace we only end up suffering in silence. October is Disability Employment Awareness Month (DEAM), a good time to start some conversations and share our personal stories of living and working with hidden disabilities. Don’t “DIS” Our “ABILITY” The question often comes up with our clients about if and when they should self-declare a disability to an employer. Everyone’s circumstance is different but, at the core, we all share the same internal experience.…
I recently found out that it’s highly likely I’ll be working from home until the summer of 2021. That will make it a total of 16 months — and it could be even more! My personal situation aside, I do know that many people have already returned to their physical work locations, with many new safety and social-distancing measures in place. Whatever situation we find ourselves in, we all need to focus on self-care. Every day, we hear and read terminology such as “wellness” and “self-care,” but why are these…
Work-life balance is important to career development in many ways — for careerpros and our clients. Here are three self-help articles that are sure to stimulate thought on how you can work towards gaining balance between your personal and professional lives. Personal Time: How To Regain Balance In Your Life Overview: Helps people to evaluate what is important to them and then how to use the time available accordingly. There are no simple answers to these questions. From an evaluation perspective, it would be possible to use this with individuals in career…
I was browsing through some good reads when I came across Voices of Inspiration: Real Life Wisdom for Living Your Best Life by Marlon Smith. The book is the third volume in the Success By Choice, Inc. series and was an Amazon #1 bestseller when it was published in 2015. What drew me to this book were the amazing stories of turnarounds and transformations experienced by people from around the world. The strategies used to overcome obstacles were truly inspired and inspiring. Serve as a Supportive Change Advocate for Your Clients…
Thanksgiving weekend is a time for showing gratitude and I have a lot to be grateful for. I would like to wish all our CPC members and colleagues a very Happy Thanksgiving! CPC is a social enterprise, and so I extend special thanks to all our members for participating so actively in our various events, programs, and forums. As I reflect on our successes this year, I owe a great debt of gratitude to all of our very generous volunteers for contributing to CPC’s unprecedented growth. I personally extend my heartfelt thanks for being such a vital…
Emotional Intelligence (EI) is a field of study that came to the forefront in the 1990’s. In recent years, it has gained momentum as a key aspect of career development. With experience, you can deliver various strategies, techniques, and methods to help clients increase their own degree of emotional intelligence and enhance personal competencies to their benefit. Typically, you cannot change a client’s personality, but you can help a client to strengthen personal competencies. For example, if your client is introverted, nothing will change that. However, you can employ strategies…