What’s New

The New Edition of the Canadian Journal of Career Development is now Available!

The Canadian Journal of Career Development is pleased to announce the release of Volume 6 Number 1. This issue includes the following articles:

• Report on the Canadian Career Counsellor Education Survey
• Job Search Outcomes for University Graduates: The Role of Economic Hardship and Work Involvement
• Making the Transition to Re-employment: Social Networks and Their Impact on Social Assistance Recipients

View the new issue of the CJCD here.

New CERIC Ipsos Reid Survey Reveals Interesting Results

April 30, 2007 – According to a new Ipsos Reid survey conducted on behalf of the Canadian Education and Research Institute for Counselling (CERIC), if Canadians were to start again to plan their career or work-life, over two-thirds (71%) would try to get more professional career planning or job information than they did initially. Looking Back, Four-in-Ten (41%) Regret Not Getting Professional Career Counselling.

Find out more.

Write an Article for the Bulletin!

Contact Point is looking for writers interested in submitting articles for an upcoming issue of the Bulletin newsletter.

The Bulletin offers articles on a variety of topics relevant to career practitioners and the field of career counselling. The newsletter also features book reviews, conference sketches, organization snapshots, and new publications and products. Most of the content submissions for the Bulletin have been contributed by volunteers. The newsletter is a quarterly publication available four times a year on-line and twice a year in hard copy.

Summer 2007

Special Contact Point Anniversary Issue:

Potential topics include:

• Special moments and historical milestones
• Articles – then and now
• Interviews with practitioners, Board Members (past and present), volunteers
• Practitioners in the field (continuation of articles from spring issue)
• Comments/messages from contact point subscribers

Deadline for submissions: June 30, 2007

Fall 2007

HR/Corporate/Workplace Issues:

Potential topics include:

• Organizational career development
• Human resource information for small and medium businesses
• Hiring practices of companies
• Privacy trends and practices affecting human services in private sector
• Conflict resolution in the workplace
• Conflict mediation
• Human rights in the workplace
• Workplace bullying
• Evaluation of training results in the corporate environment

Deadline for submissions: September 15, 2007

Winter 2007-08

Foreign Trained Professionals/New Canadians:

Potential topics include:

• Enhanced language programs/courses for newcomers
• Resources/career counselling for International students
• Employment barriers for foreign trained professionals
• Difficulties immigrants encounter in their job search
• Labour market integration of Internationally trained professionals/New Canadians
• Adjustment needs and coping strategies of immigrants
• Special population issues specifically immigrant employment/integration
• Addressing the fear of retirement and life after introduction to the field for newcomers and suggestions for how to become involved

Deadline for submissions: December 15, 2007

Spring 2008

Technology and Online Counselling:

Potential topics include:

• On line career counselling
• Cyber-guidance/cyber-counselling and helpful updates
• Technology – blogging, RSS feeds, chat sessions
• Discussion forums
• Online learning, teaching activities
• Practitioners forum, debate technology and career development
• Technology/use of the Internet (i.e. web based resumes, impact and accessibility of internet based learning)

Deadline for submissions: March 15, 2008
To submit an article or for more information, please contact Amber Taverner at amber@contactpoint.ca.