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The Results Are In!

In November of 2003, Contact Point launched its first on-line survey, asking you, our users what you thought of the site, its content and your profession. Here is a small snapshot of those results. We would like to thank everyone who filled out the survey.

Read the results here .

The Canadian Research Institute for Counselling

Over two years ago, in December 2001, a new and exciting organization unlike any other existing organization stewarding the interests and development of an increasingly changing profession, entered the Canadian career counselling landscape. The efforts of CERIC – the Canadian Education and Research Institute for Counselling – are directed at increasing the economic and social wealth and productivity of Canadians through improved quality, effectiveness and accessibility of counselling programs, especially in the areas of career counselling and career education. Specifically, CERIC will encourage and provide education and research programs related to the development, analysis and assessment of the current counselling and career development theories and practices. CERIC will leverage private sector funding to facilitate and support the implementation of corporate partnerships which provide a non-government, non-partisan umbrella under which all segments of the career counselling field can flourish in Canada. To this end, CERIC immediately entered into long term partnership agreements with The Canadian Journal of Career Development (www.contactpoint.ca/cjcd) and Contact Point (www.contactpoint.ca) – two well known and widely respected organizations serving the career counselling profession in Canada.

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Contact Point’s Privacy Statement

With recent changes to the privacy laws in Canada, we are featuring the first of 3 articles on privacy in the Winter 2003/04 issue of the Bulletin. Read the article here.

We encourage our you to view our own privacy statement available on the website.

We are sensitive to your information. Please review your account periodically to ensure the information is correct and up-to-date.

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Do You Know What a Career Decision Making Facilitator Does?

Check out the Sample Job Postings section!

You will find a listing of Responsibilities and Qualifications for over 35 different positions in the Career Development field. Use the samples learn about the job requirements and education level for a particular position, or to prepare for interviews and develop job search documents.

View sample job postings at www.contactpoint.ca/job/dbase.php?type=user_list_sample.

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