Career Professionals of Canada News Feed
By Andrew Chalmers. This post is dedicated to my Dad who, many moons ago, gave me some great advice. Since then, I have told many clients the same thing he told me. On one of our many walks he said, “If you have an ambition in life, take 5 to 10 minutes a day to work on it. Just dive in. Start small and it will grow big.” I’ve never forgotten this. It became a mantra for me and it’s one I often share with my clients. As a result, I…
By Lori Jazvac. Every November during Canada Career Month, we celebrate the importance of helping jobseekers access meaningful work. We are reminded how career development enables growth, purpose, and builds stronger communities. Work impacts every aspect of our lives. As career professionals, we are motivated to provide our clients with high-level expertise and innovative career resources and tools. But, we also listen to our clients for what lies beyond their words. Sometimes career journeys are filled with triumphs and other times our clients face turbulent challenges: being downsized, facing a…
By Amit Kalra, Guest Contributor. Until a few months back, the behavioural interview process had proved to be the Achilles’ heel in my professional journey. Being an immigrant to Canada, and new to the process of job hunting in North America, I couldn’t manage to figure out exactly what the hiring managers wanted from me. I had been rigorously applying to positions and I was getting invitations to interviews, but ultimately, I wasn’t chosen as the successful candidate. Failure after failure to crack the secret of the interview process had…
Happy Canada Career Month! In November, we celebrate career development and this year we’ve got a very special brand new eBook lined up for you! We’ve compiled short stories featuring some very special career service providers. Download your eBook and celebrate the important work performed by career service providers development professionals across Canada. Download: The Story of Career Development in Canada === RELEASE: November 1, 2019 The Canadian economy is changing. Traditional industries are being disrupted, and the labour force is being asked to adapt. In 2019, the idea of a job for life is…
By Andrew Chalmers. As a student in CPC’s Career Development Theory, Models & Practices (CDP-02) course, I had the pleasure of studying the Value Proposition Model. A solid VPM offers a real marketing edge; an advantage that clients can develop and refine, and which will open many employment doors for them. A chance move brought me into the career development industry. Previously, I was a veteran of retail. Studying the Value Proposition Model reminded me of a selling technique that is well known in retail sales training. It’s FAB! Okay, I…
By Maureen McCann. What is the value of Canada Career Month? When we come together to champion and advocate for our profession, we raise the profile of career development professionals while simultaneously increasing the perceived value of the work we do to support Canadians. Canada Career Month (CCM) takes place every November. What used to be a week-long event has expanded to the entire month. Why is CCM such a big deal for our profession? As the CCM website defines it: “Canada Career Month advances the agenda of improving access…