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Skill Stacking and Adaptive Career Development Many people still think about careers in terms of finding one primary strength and building around it over time. For years, career development often emphasized specialization, encouraging people to choose a direction, develop expertise, and gradually establish themselves within a particular profession or industry. That approach still has value, but many career professionals are noticing a shift toward transferable skills that address emerging opportunities across evolving labour markets. Increasingly, some of the strongest opportunities are emerging not from a single area of expertise, but…
This is the second post in a two-part series. In part one of this series, I explored three challenges I’m seeing beneath the surface of today’s job search: job seekers searching for answers when gathering more evidence may be more helpful, relying on the safety of online applications, and hesitating to reach out because they don’t want to bother others. But two other job seeker challenges are showing up consistently in my client conversations, ones that have less to do with job-search tactics and much more to do with how…
Human Judgment in an AI-Supported World Clients are arriving at career conversations with AI-generated advice already in hand. Some bring detailed career plans generated through AI platforms. Others arrive with résumé revisions, interview strategies, labour market information, or lists of recommended occupations produced within seconds through increasingly sophisticated systems. In many cases, the information appears polished, thoughtful, personalized, and highly convincing. This moment is especially important to understand because it is changing the role you play within career development conversations. AI systems may organize information quickly and generate highly confident…
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,…