Career Professionals of Canada News Feed
Skill Stacking and Adaptive Career Development Many people still think about careers in terms of finding one primary strength and building around it over time. For years, career development often emphasized specialization, encouraging people to choose a direction, develop expertise, and gradually establish themselves within a particular profession or industry. That approach still has value, but many career professionals are noticing a shift toward transferable skills that address emerging opportunities across evolving labour markets. Increasingly, some of the strongest opportunities are emerging not from a single area of expertise, but…
Human Judgment in an AI-Supported World Clients are arriving at career conversations with AI-generated advice already in hand. Some bring detailed career plans generated through AI platforms. Others arrive with résumé revisions, interview strategies, labour market information, or lists of recommended occupations produced within seconds through increasingly sophisticated systems. In many cases, the information appears polished, thoughtful, personalized, and highly convincing. This moment is especially important to understand because it is changing the role you play within career development conversations. AI systems may organize information quickly and generate highly confident…
Critical Thinking in AI-Supported Career Development Many people are trying to understand AI and worry they may be falling behind. Some are curious and excited. Others feel overwhelmed, skeptical, cautious, or uncertain about how much to trust increasingly intelligent systems. People should not feel embarrassed about this uncertainty. Technology is changing quickly, and most people are still figuring it out, including younger generations who are often assumed to be naturally comfortable with emerging technologies. We are trying to understand what AI actually is, how it works, where information comes from,…
Sustaining Yourself Within a Changing Profession Many career professionals entered this field because they genuinely want to help people navigate uncertainty, change, and meaningful life transitions. Yet the profession itself is also changing rapidly. Technology continues evolving. Labour markets are becoming more complex. Client expectations are shifting. Information environments can feel overwhelming. Many professionals are trying to remain informed and effective while also managing growing workloads and continual pressure to keep up. They are also trying to remain adaptable, ethical, and emotionally present within rapidly changing environments. At the same…
Artificial intelligence is changing how people learn, work, communicate, create, and make decisions. Across the career development sector, professionals are exploring how AI can support research, writing, client service, teaching, business operations, professional learning, and many other areas of practice. Alongside these opportunities come important questions about professional responsibility, privacy, transparency, fairness, accuracy, and the role of human judgment. In response to this rapidly evolving landscape, Career Professionals of Canada has released its Position Statement on Artificial Intelligence, including 10 Guiding Principles for Ethical AI Use in Career Development Practice.…
For many people, there is pressure to have careers fully figured out. Mid-career adults feel they should already know exactly where they are going next, what role they want in the long term, and how their career path is supposed to unfold over time. When careers become uncertain, nonlinear, or difficult to explain, it is easy to assume something has gone wrong. Yet career professionals are increasingly recognizing that informed exploration and experimentation are becoming a normal and necessary part of modern career development. Rather than encouraging clients to rush…