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When I started the Certified Future Strategist (CFS) course with CPC, I expected to learn about the future of work, labour market trends, technology, AI, and the many changes affecting careers today. And I did. But what surprised me most was not the information itself, but how much the course made me reflect on the way we support clients. As career professionals, we often work with people seeking answers. They want to know which career is safe, which program is best, which opportunity is worth pursuing, or what decision they…
Esmaeil Aghajari is a Work Readiness Counsellor with a Master of Education, specializing in helping newcomers navigate and thrive in the Canadian labour market. His background as a Certified Language Assessor provides him with a deep, technical understanding of Canadian Language Benchmark [CLB] frameworks and language barriers. Currently at the Regina Immigrant Women Centre, as a new career development practitioner, Esmaeil leverages his expertise in language assessment, interviewing, and teaching to provide holistic, individualized career counselling. From résumé writing and mock interviews to facilitating workshops on regulated careers and coping with…
Adaptive Career Development in a Changing Labour Market Not long ago, career discussions often focused on advancement, promotion, and long-term stability within a particular field or organization. While those conversations still exist, many clients today are arriving with a very different set of concerns. Some are restarting careers in their 40s and 50s after layoffs or organizational restructuring. Others are exploring multiple income streams or questioning whether the career path they spent years building is still sustainable in a rapidly changing economy. At the same time, labour markets continue evolving…
I can feel a hint of tension in the room…people shifting slightly, realizing I’m about to ask them to share something out loud. So, I pause and say, “How about if I start?” We are talking about answering hypothetical job interview questions, so I describe a “hypothetical” situation…the one we are in now. I say, “If I were facilitating a workshop with a larger group size than usual, I would have them share in pairs instead of sharing with the whole group to save time. I would take into consideration…
I have spent forty years working with people in career transition, and over that time I’ve developed a methodology that I’m told genuinely speaks to them. This July, I’d like to make it more widely available — and the best way I’ve found to do that is by having practitioners experience it firsthand. I’m reserving twenty complimentary seats in the Working on Purpose® Live Online Workshop for career practitioners — one per agency, with limited exceptions for larger organizations. I would like you to know what the experience feels like…
Each summer, a familiar pattern emerges among job seekers. Clients begin to ease off their job search. Routines shift, vacations take priority, and the urgency that carried them through the spring starts to soften. It’s common to hear, “I’m taking time off and will pick this back up in September.” For us career development professionals, this creates an opportunity for balance, and integrating what’s important in life, away from a job search. Summer often brings competing priorities, and we need to acknowledge and support this reality. Clients may be managing…