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At Career Professionals of Canada, we take social responsibility seriously. As a social enterprise, our mission is to inspire and enable practitioners in advancing their career, business, and professional development goals. Career development is a helping profession and the work we do plays a great part in our mutual quest for social justice. CPC Annual Report CPC’s 2020 Annual Report tells you all about our association’s outstanding accomplishments and documents our commitment to social responsibility. Thank you to our advisors, managers, and volunteers for supporting our evolution. Your expertise and…
Career Professionals of Canada’s 2021 Career Development Foundations course is designed to provide you with the core competencies that you require to perform effectively as a Career Development Practitioner. You will learn what is required of you in The Canadian Standards and Guidelines for Career Development Practitioners (S&Gs) and the national Career Development Practitioners (CDP) Competency Framework. CPC has completely updated our Career Development Foundations course and the associated Certified Career Strategist (CCS) designation. We are excited for you to see the 202-page Canadian Career Strategist eGuide that comes with this program.…
Dear colleagues, The holiday season is upon us once again. 2020 certainly was challenging and it caught many of us by surprise. We now find ourselves looking forward to a new year filled with promises of happiness and health. As I take a look back, I am reminded of our welcoming community of members. Throughout this demanding year, we have been blessed by the generous efforts of our very responsive volunteers. Career development is a helping profession and the work you do plays a great part in our mutual quest…
As COVID-19 continues to reshape how we work, many practitioners are leveraging the LinkedIn community. Boasting 706+ million users in more than 200 countries, LinkedIn represents the largest network of educated, experienced, and influential people in the world! How we interact with professional contacts may have changed, but connecting and cultivating relationships with others remains a key career development strategy. Even though social distancing, contactless exchanges, and work from home arrangements will likely be in place for the foreseeable future, that does not mean we can or should disconnect from others…
It is my pleasure to announce Career Professionals of Canada’s 2020 Awards of Excellence Program recipients. This year’s competition proved rigorous, as always. A record 72 candidates were selected from all the submissions received. I’d like to offer special thanks to our 2020 team of judges who were presented with the difficult challenge of selecting the recipients this year — this was not an easy task! CPC’s membership comprises some of the very best in our profession. Please do send your congratulations to this year’s Awards of Excellence winners, honourable mentions, and…
Career Professionals of Canada is proud to be partnering once again with CERIC to deliver an outstanding webinar series. Join CPC members Wayne Pagani, Carol Brochu, and Michelle Precourt for The Wellness Paradigm: Preventative Self-Care Techniques to Help Career Professionals & Their Clients Succeed in the “New Normal”. Register now and don’t miss out on this one-time special event that takes place this fall. The Wellness Paradigm: Preventative Self-Care Techniques to Help Career Professionals & Their Clients Succeed in the “New Normal” CERIC, along with its partner associations, are offering…