Career Professionals of Canada News Feed
By Lori Jazvac. The labour market is increasingly competitive. Employer and recruiter expectations, changing technology, and shifts within certain industries are forcing job seekers to stay relevant or reinvent themselves. None of us wish to go through challenging career transitions. But, the reality is that we do not have a crystal ball to forecast career changes, and career transformations can arrive quickly – at a moment’s notice – and often without warning. Ironically, the one thing that we can count on is change. Whether change involves our role, company, team, industry, field, or even…
By Natalie MacLellan. Resources for Career Development Practitioners Whether you are new to the field or have been around for years, a good practitioner realizes it’s not possible to know it all. What you do need to know is where to find the answers when you need them. The following report is by no means an exhaustive guide to the resources available. To be more immediately useful to the reader, it includes almost exclusively online resources. In addition, as no report could hope to list everything, I have divided research…
By Lysa Appleton. There is a Japanese proverb that says: A vision (goal, objective) without action is a daydream; an action without vision (goal, objective) is a nightmare. By now, you’ve likely seen a plethora of news posts regarding resolutions, goal setting, intentions, etc. I was reminded this week that according to research conducted by Stephen Covey, the author of 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, only three percent of people write their goals down, but of those three percent, ninety-seven percent or better achieve their goals. So why is that? …
By Lori Jazvac. Do you ever wonder why some clients leave their roles after only a few weeks or months while others remain in the same role for years? As career practitioners, we can use Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs to identify and weigh our clients’ career values and engagement levels as they encounter the various stages of the hierarchy. Although now over 75 years old, Maslow’s theory stands up today. Maslow’s Hierarchy suggests that self-actualization is a driving force for humans, but we can’t (and should not) attempt to help all clients reach this pinnacle. If…
By Lise Stransky. This is a great time to reflect on the last year and consider what we want to do differently in the new year. As we say au revoir to 2016 and bonjour to 2017, instead of proclaiming another resolution for change, review this calendar action plan to get you thinking about your career resolutions for 2017. Every year, my husband and I sit down and brainstorm the things we would like to accomplish in the year to come. At the same time, we look back and revisit our…
With a goal of bringing greater clarity and consistency to our national conversations about career development, the Canadian Education and Research Institute for Counselling (CERIC) has developed a set of Guiding Principles of Career Development. These Guiding Principles reflect multiple voices at CERIC and are intended as a starting point to inform discussions with clients, employers, funders, policy-makers and families. The Guiding Principles include an exploration of the word “career” and outline the many benefits of career development. GUIDING PRINCIPLES Career development… Is a lifelong process of blending and managing…