Career Professionals of Canada News Feed
For much of our professional history, access to good information had value. Career professionals knew where to find occupational information, labour market data, job-search strategies, résumé guidance, and resources that clients might struggle to locate on their own. That expertise still matters, but the surrounding environment has changed dramatically. Search engines began the shift, and artificial intelligence has accelerated it. For career professionals, AI is changing not only how people access information, but where professional value lies. People can now generate explanations, advice, ideas, comparisons, and recommendations almost instantly.…
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…
Supply and demand are usually discussed in economic terms. When something people value is readily available, we tend to take its availability for granted. When it becomes harder to obtain, we may notice and value it differently. What happens if we apply that same lens to human attention? For most of our lives, talking to another person has been an ordinary part of receiving a service. We called an organization, and someone answered; we walked into a business and dealt with an employee; or we had a question…
This is the second post in a two-part series. In part one of this series, I explored three challenges I’m seeing beneath the surface of today’s job search: job seekers searching for answers when gathering more evidence may be more helpful, relying on the safety of online applications, and hesitating to reach out because they don’t want to bother others. But two other job seeker challenges are showing up consistently in my client conversations, ones that have less to do with job-search tactics and much more to do with how…
A client may come to a résumé strategist because they need a résumé. That is the tangible product they expect to receive, and producing an effective one matters. But if we judge the engagement’s success only by the quality of the finished document, we may overlook something equally important: what the client understands about themselves when the process ends. Many people struggle to recognize their own value. They may dismiss accomplishments as simply “doing their job,” overlook strengths that come naturally, or struggle to see connections across seemingly unrelated…
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…