Career Professionals of Canada News Feed
We spend time every year preparing for the harsh winter — installing snow tires, getting the right snow removal equipment, clearing our sidewalks, tackling the daily commute, or getting stocked up to maintain a remote work lifestyle. To “winterize” means to prepare and make ready — a house or car, for example — to withstand cold weather and function smoothly. The same concept of preparing for harsh conditions can apply to our jobs, too. We’d like to offer ten strategies you can share with your clients to help them winterize…
Leaders in our sector are making a concerted effort to build awareness of the importance of career development and its significance to the complete outcome of a person’s work and life. Organizations like Career Professionals of Canada are working together to ensure that people outside of our sector understand the need for career development. This requires us to first establish career development as a recognized profession across Canada. What’s Happening in the Profession Key players are moving toward formalizing the industry. We are working together to build a consistent standard of professionalism…
November is Canada Career Month. This year, the theme is it’s possible. This month, CPC’s News Feed has been featuring a series of posts that builds on that theme. We believe it’s possible to create a bright future. New CPC member Ramona Karimi tells us how she’s creating a bright future for herself — she not only overcame her fear of failure, but embraces each new failure as an opportunity for learning and growth. Failure was something I ran away from my entire life. Even in early childhood, I would not…
It is overwhelmingly evident that the permanent job, for the most part, is extinct. Working Canadians rarely stay at the same company for any great length of time. In order to succeed in the workplace, rather than relying on others, job seekers must take a much more proactive position in creating their own future as “independent agents.” What this means is that Canadians need to adopt careerpreneurial strategies to become entrepreneurs who craft their own career direction. Canadians who keep a constant eye out for emerging and growing opportunities and embrace ongoing professional…
November is Canada Career Month. This year, the theme is it’s possible. This month, CPC’s News Feed is featuring a series of posts that builds on that theme. We believe it’s possible to create a bright future. Maureen McCann shares some ideas for helping young people embark on their bright career paths — starting with how we can make career decision-making less of a challenge. What do an Olympic gold medal diver, a lawyer, a political philosophy professor, and an HR professional all have in common? These are a few of the…
November is Canada Career Month. This year, the theme is it’s possible. This month, CPC’s News Feed will feature a series of posts that builds on that theme. We believe it’s possible to create a bright future. Young women emerging in the workforce today show us the possibilities. Reflecting on the Past As I reflect on CPC’s theme, “It’s possible to create a bright future,” I think of the late Beverly Mascoll, a trailblazer who paved the way for many Black women, including me, to start businesses. Bev was denied loans from…