What’s New

Two New Books Available for Purchase in the MarketPlace!

Contact Point is pleased to announce the release of:
The Decade After High School: A Professional’s Guide
Authors: Cathy Campbell, Michael Ungar

The Decade After High School: A Parent’s Guide
Authors: Cathy Campbell, Michael Ungar, Peggy Dutton

Both publications are a product of the ‘Stories of Transition: Exploring the Antecedents of Career and Educational Choices among Young Adults’ Project—a CERIC Partnership Project with Dalhousie University.
Please visit the MarketPlace for more information.

Write an Article for the Bulletin!

Contact Point is looking for writers interested in submitting articles for an upcoming issue of the Bulletin newsletter. Deadline for submissions is June 15, 2009.

To submit an article or for more information, please contact us at admin@contactpoint.ca.

The Summer 2009 issue will feature articles on the subject of Diversity: Working with Specific Client Groups .

Potential topics could include: Older Adults

• Career Development/Job Search for Older Adults
• Baby Boomers and Career Development
• Resources for Over 50 Industrial Workers

Foreign Trained Professionals/New Immigrants

• Career Services for Foreign Trained Professionals
• Working with New Immigrants
• Challenges for Professional Immigrants ie. certification
• Career Development Information and Resources for Newcomers ‘
• The Culture of The Canadian Workplace

Persons with Disabilities

• Working with Learning Disabled Adults
• Topics on Disabilities
• Special Needs Clients and Career Development
• Career among Persons with Disabilities
• New Programs for Special Needs Clients
• Learning Disabilities and Work
• Duty to Accommodate, Rights and Obligations

Youth

• Working with At-Risk Students
• Career Resources for Teenagers
• Student Career Development
• School to Work Transition with Secondary School Teachers as the Intended Audience
• Direct Entry Employment Opportunities for Recent High School Graduates
• Recruiting Today’s Youth
• Secondary and Post Secondary Students
• Post Secondary Training for Non-University Bound Students

Other Client Groups

• Employment Counselling and Clients With Barriers
• Models of Service for Individuals with Mental Illness
• Dealing With Difficult Clients
• Working with People with Addiction/Criminal Histories
• Vocational Counselling For Cardiac Patients
• Aboriginal Career Counselling
• Career Development and Counselling for GLBT clients

Are You Interested in Reading Articles in French?
Don’t miss the last issue of the OrientAction Bulletin!

The Fall edition of the OrientAction Bulletin includes articles on a variety of subjects: Preparation for Retirement and Identity, Emotional Health, A Review of the 16 PF, 5th edition (a psychometric test) and more. Please visit www.orientaction.ca to view the newsletter.

Share your expertise by submitting an article for the OrientAction Bulletin to admin@orientaction.ca.