Career Professionals of Canada News Feed
By Lynda Reeves. As a competent resume strategist, you know the large role that skills and expertise play in your client’s ability to gain employment. In fact, you are probably imparting lots of information about your client’s competencies in his resume and career portfolio. This approach will help others learn something about him, but will the professional portfolio reflect your client’s market knowledge effectively? By gathering and documenting market knowledge, you can express how your client will fulfil the needs of his next job, company, and industry. If you want…
Carrie Wakeford has recently launched three online courses at www.learncache.com. She has combined her passion for online learning with her experience in career management and web design. The LearnCache site offers two resume writing courses; one course for people just starting out in their careers and one course for the seasoned worker. The site also offers a free course to help people determine if online learning is a good fit. These courses have been designed with the individual job seeker in mind; however they can also be used by counsellors…
By Sharon Graham. 2012 was a tough year for many employment consultants and career practitioners. We heard about government contract cutbacks and restructuring of services. Combine this with a stagnant economy and you’ve got a reason for rethinking your career prospects. If you are a career practitioner who is ready for a change, you can enhance your own career either by engaging within your organization or by exploring outside of it. Whether you are planning to stay or thinking about going, it is crucial that you build relationships within your organization. By…
By Daisy Wright. I would like to share with you a part of an email from motivational speaker Jonathan Sprinkles in which he asks whether the people we associate with SUPPORT or STRETCH us. Do they support us because they care how we feel or do they stretch us so we can question the self-imposed limitations that we have? Great points to ponder! According to Jonathan: People who SUPPORT you care how you feel. People who STRETCH you care how you finish. People who SUPPORT you don’t want you to…
CPC is host to our very own LinkedIn group, Career Professionals of Canada. Here, all LinkedIn users who are working in – or working towards – a role as a career practitioner are invited to connect to… Foster new relationships with like-minded Career Professionals. Discover the latest emerging issues in the industry. Gain new core competencies and empower your clients to succeed. Learn about new strategies and share your ideas. Take away tools and resources to increase your efficiency and productivity. You don’t need to be a professional CPC member…
Thank you to CPC Board Advisor Tara Orchard who has volunteered to run and facilitate our CPC Mastermind Mentoring Group Program in 2013. If you want to mentor professionals and receive mentoring in return, CPC’s mastermind groups are for you. Participation is FREE for CPC members. Learn More about Mastermind Mentoring Groups.