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Career Professionals of Canada’s 2021 Career Development Foundations course is designed to provide you with the core competencies that you require to perform effectively as a Career Development Practitioner. You will learn what is required of you in The Canadian Standards and Guidelines for Career Development Practitioners (S&Gs) and the national Career Development Practitioners (CDP) Competency Framework. CPC has completely updated our Career Development Foundations course and the associated Certified Career Strategist (CCS) designation. We are excited for you to see the 202-page Canadian Career Strategist eGuide that comes with this program.…
The following post published on March 11th, 2020, on the website of The Ontario Nonprofit Network (ONN) and is being republished here with permission from ONN. It provides many excellent tips and resources for nonprofits operating during the COVID-19 pandemic. The resources provided may be highly useful for those working in other settings, as well. Nonprofits are on the front lines of our communities — in good times, challenging times, and times of community crisis. Dealing with a fast-moving virus-like COVID-19 is not and will not be an isolated incident. It…
Dear colleagues, The holiday season is upon us once again. 2020 certainly was challenging and it caught many of us by surprise. We now find ourselves looking forward to a new year filled with promises of happiness and health. As I take a look back, I am reminded of our welcoming community of members. Throughout this demanding year, we have been blessed by the generous efforts of our very responsive volunteers. Career development is a helping profession and the work you do plays a great part in our mutual quest…
Wikipedia describes the career as an individual’s metaphorical “journey” through learning, work, and other aspects of life. What jumps out at me here is the word “journey.” It reminds me of a famous quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson; “Life is a journey, not a destination.” I used to feel so much pressure to try to decide what I wanted to be when I grow up until I realized that the goal is not about striving to reach a final destination. It’s about being happy, being balanced, being authentically ourselves along the way — being…
CERIC, the Canadian charitable organization dedicated to advancing education and research in career counselling and development, helps us to make sense of career development through the lens of a canoe metaphor. In their Guiding Principles of Career Development, CERIC explains how the canoe represents our career, stating: “We use it on our journey, we stock it with the tools we need, and we proactively steer it to our destination; sometimes we face rapids, and as conditions change, so might our course.” Personally, I’ve discovered that powerful revelations — “aha moments”…
The last seven months have presented an unprecedented period of uncertainty and disruption for all of us. As I work to support undergraduate students and recent alumni in their career development and job search, I have been amazed by the resilience demonstrated by many of these young people. Not everyone has found success during these times. Some have experienced rescinded job offers, while others have questioned their career direction. However, I have found that by employing some proven tactics while coaching students on navigating the job market in these unsettling…