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Critical Thinking in AI-Supported Career Development Many people are trying to understand AI and worry they may be falling behind. Some are curious and excited. Others feel overwhelmed, skeptical, cautious, or uncertain about how much to trust increasingly intelligent systems. People should not feel embarrassed about this uncertainty. Technology is changing quickly, and most people are still figuring it out, including younger generations who are often assumed to be naturally comfortable with emerging technologies. We are trying to understand what AI actually is, how it works, where information comes from,…
Sustaining Yourself Within a Changing Profession Many career professionals entered this field because they genuinely want to help people navigate uncertainty, change, and meaningful life transitions. Yet the profession itself is also changing rapidly. Technology continues evolving. Labour markets are becoming more complex. Client expectations are shifting. Information environments can feel overwhelming. Many professionals are trying to remain informed and effective while also managing growing workloads and continual pressure to keep up. They are also trying to remain adaptable, ethical, and emotionally present within rapidly changing environments. At the same…
As a Career Counsellor, I recognize that every client I work with is multi-contextual, or, to borrow a phrase from narrative therapy, “multi-storied”. Each client is always more than a typology, category, assessment, theory, skill set, or strategy. They are a distinct embodiment of their experiences, abilities, beliefs, and values; of their lives and relationships; of the world; of the communities and systems they belong to; and of their evolving relationship with work and career. That distinct person and the world enter every career session and conversation. Multiple voices, opinions, expectations,…
This article is the second installment in a two-part interview series with Sharon Graham. A client can ask an AI tool to identify career options, rewrite a résumé, suggest interview questions, summarize a job posting, or explain what skills are in demand. In seconds, they can receive a polished response. Then what? What does that information mean for this person – at this point in their life, with their unique strengths, concerns, responsibilities, experiences, hopes, and constraints? Enter career development professionals. This is exactly when our work with clients is most…
For many people, there is pressure to have careers fully figured out. Mid-career adults feel they should already know exactly where they are going next, what role they want in the long term, and how their career path is supposed to unfold over time. When careers become uncertain, nonlinear, or difficult to explain, it is easy to assume something has gone wrong. Yet career professionals are increasingly recognizing that informed exploration and experimentation are becoming a normal and necessary part of modern career development. Rather than encouraging clients to rush…
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…