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Feeling Isolated in Career Development? Strengthen Your Network and Join Your Professional Community
For many career professionals across Canada, the career development landscape has become increasingly challenging. Limited government and regional support, and decreasing career and business opportunities, can feel isolating and overwhelming. Many professionals are seeking meaningful work, struggling to stay connected to peers, and longing for guidance, collaboration, and community. Networking Within Your Career Community Matters If you want to grow your career development relationships and opportunities in Canada, you need to be part of the country’s national career development association. As the nation’s first and only professional community dedicated exclusively…
– By Lori Jazvac and Ksenia Lazoukova – For career development practitioners, fall is a great season to help clients refresh their résumés. Starting with September, the fall season often marks a new cycle—the peak hiring time for many employers and recruiters. Could there be a more perfect time to refresh our clients’ résumés? In Canada, the labour market is tightening under multiple pressures. Statistics Canada reported that the national unemployment rate rose to 7.1% in August 2025—the highest level since May 2016, excluding the pandemic years of 2020 and…
– By Adrienne Tom, MCRS, CES, CCS, CIS, CRS, CERM – There are many reasons why Career Professionals of Canada (CPC) has grown to be our national career development association! Read on to learn why CPC membership delivers a high return on investment. Career Professionals of Canada attracts professionals from coast-to-coast-to-coast. Are you a current member? If not, we encourage you to learn more about the enormous benefits that this member-run, volunteer-driven social enterprise offers career pros. Just a Few of the Benefits of CPC Membership A variety of programs…
Your clients have polished their LinkedIn profiles—now what? In this powerful follow-up to our LinkedIn profile workshop, you will discover how to transform a static profile into a proactive career tool that opens doors, builds meaningful connections, and gets results. Join us on October 21, 2025. What You’ll Learn ✔ How to identify and connect with high-value targets such as recruiters, decision-makers, and influencers✔ The Alumni Power Play—why alumni are more likely to respond and how to engage them effectively✔ “Where Are They Now?”—networking strategies to reignite old connections and…
Career development is a lifelong process, but most career practitioners have access to a limited number of career exploration assessments. Moreover, for most not-for-profit career services, the time and cost of administering a full battery of tests is prohibitive. The good news is that there are plenty of free career exploration and personality assessment resources available online. In the past, career exploration was used primarily during secondary or post-secondary education. The goal was to guide and assist students in making informed choices when preparing to enter the work world. But these days, most…
Are you a secondary or post-secondary career advisor working in the academic or educational sector? This CPC Special Interest Group (SIG) discussion panel is designed just for you. Join us for an engaging session with special guest Daniel Dorogi, Assistant Teaching Professor of Sociology at Thompson Rivers University and Registered Clinical Counsellor, and special guest Nicole Kleemaier-Raaijen, LLM, RCIC, an accomplished legal professional with a background in Dutch notarial law and immigration consulting. Together, we’ll explore pressing questions such as: How is the world of work evolving, and how can…