Editor’s Letter
January 19, 2013The Canadian Education and Research Institute for Counselling
January 31, 2013Canada’s virtual community dedicated to the professional development needs of career practitioners has relaunched, harnessing the power of social media, offering an updated mobile-friendly design and adding fresh content on the most current topics.
Come and discover how the new ContactPoint can support you with enhanced learning, resources and networking! This is YOUR community – by and for Canada’s career development professionals in all sectors. Post content, comment, make connections – or just search for the information you need!
The features you know and love about the web site, including the job board, events listings and publications remain. Some of the exciting additions to the new contactpoint.ca include:
- Create a profile, upload a picture and start or contribute to discussions with other community members via discussion forums and groups
- A new directory of Promising Practices that will showcase and celebrate successful career development programs and initiatives across Canada and beyond
- Post your resume to an enhanced job board that includes the option to sign up for job alerts when new postings are added that meet your criteria
- Easily accessible on all of your mobile devices such as smartphones and tablets
- A wiki section enables you to share your expertise in this people-powered encyclopedia of career development
- New listings on Literacy & Essential Skills, Self-Employment, Mental Health, Labour Market Information, Funding and more
- A dedicated home for Legacy Projects, creating a knowledge centre for the field of career development
Get started exploring and engaging with the ContactPoint site today. Register and post a listing or comment by February 22 and you could win an iPad mini!
The ContactPoint website was first launched in 1997 and has since become the “go-to” interactive hub for Canada’s multi-sectoral career development community with an average of more than 10,000 visitors a month. The site is also home to the popular CareerWise newsletter and the new Careering magazine.
A special thanks to our ContactPoint launch partners for their support. Read how these organizations can help you in your work.
OrientAction, the French sister site to ContactPoint, has also been redesigned and offers great resources and support for francophone career development professionals.
ContactPoint is a program of CERIC, funded through a grant from The Counselling Foundation of Canada.
