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By Lotte Struwing. CPC Mastermind, Lotte Struwing shares her research and ideas about Career Development. Read about our past, present, and future. In this article, Lotte provides a synopsis of Innovation in Career Counseling, a benchmark article published in the Journal of Career Development. She draws from the recent CERIC publication, Career Development Practice in Canada – Perspectives, Principles and Professionalism. The piece closes with some contemporary ideas garnered from an interview with industry leader, Norman Amundson Ph. D. Professor, University of British Columbia. Our world is changing at an incredible pace and will continue to…
The Career Thought Leaders’ 2014 Global Career Brainstorming Day included career professionals from Canada, United States, and overseas. Their newly released 2014 Global Career Brainstorming Day White Paper covers trends in careers, resumes, job search, hiring, recruiting, and much more. Here are 20 intriguing predictions from the report reproduced, with permission, from the Career Thought Leaders (CTL): Identity theft concerns drive elimination of home addresses on resumes. Some predict use of only email and phone number and relying on LinkedIn as a primary way to protect personal information. Companies that specialize in erasing digital history will become…
By Sharon Graham. National Volunteer Recognition Week April 12 to 18, 2015 Have you noticed how many awards and acknowledgements there have been lately – thanking volunteers for their contributions? Volunteer Canada along with Investors Group conducted a Volunteer Recognition Study which indicated that many volunteers appreciate a genuine thank you. “Volunteers want to be thanked and shown how they have made a difference – they want to know the impact of their contributions.” Volunteer Canada, 2013 Volunteer Recognition Study Across Canada, we have a number of National and Provincial Award…
The pan-Canadian movement to certify Career Development Practitioners (CDPs) is well under way. The Career Development Practitioners’ Certification Board of Ontario (CDPCBO) is pleased to announce the successful launch of the Ontario certification model on April 1, 2015. Ontario is the fifth province to implement a certification model for practitioners, based on the Canadian Standards and Guidelines for Career Development Practitioners (S&Gs). In a recent survey of 1500 Canadians, The Canadian Education and Research Institute for Counselling (CERIC) and The Counselling Foundation of Canada found that half of those who…
By Lori Jazvac. Career Professionals of Canada’s recent tele-networking session on Personality Type and Career Development offered some insightful information. Some people may shun career assessments and believe that they are possibly equivalent to a daily horoscope, when in reality they are valuable tools in gaining a deeper understanding of ourselves. Career assessments can be applied for both personal and professional growth. Several years ago, I recall taking a lengthy Myers Briggs test and dismissed the results twice due to doubting its relevance and implications. In later years, I discovered that if I had paid…
TORONTO, March 10, 2015 /CNW/ – One in two Canadians who have not had career counselling say they would have sought professional career planning or employment advice if they could do it over again, a new survey has found. “There is recognition that just like you need a financial planner and other professionals in your life, you also need professional advice to successfully manage your career,” said Jan Basso, chair of the Canadian Education and Research Institute for Counselling (CERIC), which commissioned the survey along with The Counselling Foundation of Canada.…