CPC Communications Team
ATTENTION: CALL FOR Communications Team News Feed Writers and Bloggers.
Do you have a way with words?
Due to the great interest in CPC's News Feed articles, our Communications Team is expanding. We are currently looking for team members who are interested writing and blogging. This is a great opportunity to build your expertise and increase your visibility. You must be a CPC member in order to join this volunteer effort.
Contributing to Career Professionals of Canada’s Communications Team is an excellent opportunity to “give back” to Canada while building your own credibility as a career professional and a leader in your field.
If you are an avid blogger or a career practitioner with some great tips, tricks, and ideas you’d like to share with your colleagues, this may be the role for you. Here's how you can contribute an article.
CPC Communications Team
Cathy Milton, after a long career in the telecommunications industry, embarked on the path to becoming a résumé writer. She has been a member of CPC since October 2010 and has earned the MCRS, MCWS, MCIS, MCCS, and MCES designations. Cathy is a Senior Board Advisor for CPC, the organization’s Communications Manager, and a course instructor. She is an avid sailer, a fairly decent cook, and active “pack member” in her pet menagerie.
Beverly Marchand is a bilingual résumé writer and career coach based in Montréal, Quebec. Through her practice — Beverly Marchand — she specializes in providing transformative and supportive services to clients who are seeking renewed confidence and energy as they go through the job search process. Coming from a background in academia, Beverly stays connected with her roots in research by providing her clients with leading-edge insight into the labour market.
Having honed her craft as an administrative professional for 20+ years in the health and public service sectors, Debbie Lapointe launched her own virtual assistant business in 2011. In 2019, she became CPC's Administrative Manager and recently earned her Certified Work-Life Strategist (CWS) designation. Debbie loves technology and always adds a creative touch to her work with Microsoft Office. When she discovered screencasting, her creative flair and expression was unleashed to its full potential, allowing her to add screencast and animated video creation to her service offerings. To relax, Debbie enjoys listening to music, watching movies, reading, and keeping up with news and politics.
Dorothy Keenan is an experienced career advisor and professional résumé writer based in Vancouver, British Columbia. She is the owner and principle of FutureWorks where she provides résumé and cover letter writing services, job search coaching, career advice, and outplacement services. Her many clients – from new grads to senior level executives - cover a wide spectrum of industries - technology, science, biotech, gaming, administration, business, finance, logistics, trade, and education. In addition, Dorothy is a Board Advisor for Career Professionals of Canada and serves as the Program Lead of CPC’s Ambassador team.
Felisha Ali is a Project and Program Coordinator and a part-time professor teaching Career Planning at Seneca College. She is a CPC member and Certified Work-Life Strategist. In her full-time role, she provides career development knowledge and guidance, and facilitates career development workshops for employees. She’s a strategic and decisive leader, focused on projects and continuously learning current trends to improve efficiency. In her part-time role, Felisha is dedicated to helping her students succeed on their career paths. When she is not working, Felisha loves to cook and is kept very busy caring for her energetic 4-year-old daughter.
Janet Barclay is a former employment counsellor who supports Career Professionals of Canada as technology manager, and many of its members with her web design services and website care plans. When she’s away from her desk, she enjoys reading, photography, cooking, watching movies, spending time with her family, and walking her dog.
Jayne Barron is an award-winning Certified Career Development Practitioner (CCDP) who supports individuals around the globe in career transition, and trains career practitioners across Canada and the USA. She is also a Certified Professional in Human Resources (CPHR) with more than 20 years’ experience specializing in Learning and Development. Jayne has been a member of Career Professionals of Canada (CPC) and the BC Career Development Association (BCCDA) since 2010, and has since become a Board Advisor for CPC.
Lori Jazvac is a passionate, award-winning Master Certified Résumé Strategist and Certified Employment Strategist through Career Professionals of Canada. As a multi-certified Master Résumé Writer and Certified Career Transition Coach, she specializes in helping clients navigate challenging career transitions. In 2013, an empowering vision inspired Lori to launch Creative Horizons Communications, a holistic career services firm where she virtually supports jobseekers around the globe to embrace their next career milestone. In her spare time, Lori enjoys dance, blogging, watching comedies and reality shows, yoga, and taking long walks in nature.
Michelle Precourt is a Career Coach, Recruitment Expert, and Registered Yoga Teacher based in Vancouver, Canada. In addition to providing first-rate career coaching, she draws from her yoga and meditation expertise, instructing clients in calming techniques for better interview performance and workplace success. When Michelle is not working, you will find her practicing yoga at a local studio or hiking in nature with her husband. Learn more about Michelle and her work at michelleprecourt.com
Rita Kamel is a Career & Employment Consultant, an Award-Winning Résumé & Interview Strategist, and the founder of DossierPro. Her mission is to empower international job seekers by providing tools and information to help them generate career opportunities. She earned the Career Development Practitioner (CDP), Certified Career Strategist (CCS), Certified Employment Strategist (CES), Certified Resume Strategist (CRS), Certified Interview Strategist (CIS), and Certified Work-Life Strategist (CWS) designations through Career Professionals of Canada. Rita holds a master’s degree in marketing and has extensive experience in recruitment. You can connect with her on LinkedIn and Twitter.
Sharon Graham is founder and executive director of Career Professionals of Canada. Committed to setting the standard for excellence in the career development profession, Sharon has authored top selling paperback publications and textbooks, and has established a range of certification, professional development, community development, mentoring, and award programs. As executive director of CPC, she provides foresight and leadership within the sector and ensures that the mandate of this national organization is upheld with integrity.
Volunteer Opportunities
As a CPC News Contributor, you will write relevant, timely, interesting, and informative articles geared towards career professionals.
We welcome original content. Posts must be leading-edge; we primarily post informative content that is hard to find elsewhere. Content should be related to Canadian career, work-life, interview, employment, and or résumé strategy.
Your writing needs to be article-quality with fully proofed content – Canadian English grammar and spelling. We reserve the right to edit your posts as needed.
No sales pitches are allowed within your posts, but each post will include a short author bio for enhanced visibility.
Submit your articles here. We will review your submissions and post those that are appropriate directly on our news feed.
If you are a CPC member, we’ll link your article back to your CPC member profile, which you can edit to include all your contact information, including a link to your website.
Responsibilities & Commitment:
- Research and write a minimum of one original-content News Feed article every month.
- Write timely, interesting, and informative articles geared towards career professionals.
- Focus content on Canadian résumé, work-life, interview, employment, and/or career strategy.
- Proofread content to ensure that it meets CPC specifications for grammar and style.
- Attribute / link to reference material and websites.
- Promote CPC membership, certifications, and courses.
- Discuss CPC’s initiatives, benefits, and programs.
- Disseminate promotional materials and themed content via social media.
All CPC members are welcome to contribute news articles for publication. However, only regular news contributors are listed here.
Are you a pro with the written word? Do you have a strong grasp of proper grammar and punctuation? If so, we would like to offer you the opportunity to edit our News Feed posts and Career Connections eNewsletter. You’ll get a sneak peek at all our articles before anyone else sees them.
Responsibilities & Commitment:
Responsibilities & Commitment:
- Proofread and edit the latest issue of Career Connections on a weekly basis.
- Proofread and edit one News Feed post per week. This is the post that will appear in the next edition of the Career Connections Newsletter.
CPC’s websites, careerprocanada.ca, careerprocanada.org, and careerprocourse.ca are the core of our virtual services and we are dedicated to making sure that the content is appropriate, spelling and grammar are correct, and that the structure is user-friendly. This volunteer role will allow you to support CPC while gaining a deeper understanding of our services, programs, and resources.
Responsibilities & Commitment:
- Proofread and edit new website pages as they are added.
- Review site pages on a regular basis.
- Suggest changes to content to ensure that they meet our standards for content and grammar.
- Recommend changes to structure and design to enhance marketability of CPC membership, courses, certifications, and programs.
We’re working together for YOUR success!