The latest CERIC Survey of Career Service Professionals is a national survey that was completed by a total of 1,350 career professionals across Canada in November 2019 – our largest response yet. The findings help CERIC, and the field at large, to better understand interests and challenges among career service professionals, as well as priorities for professional development.
This comprehensive survey is only done once every four years and presents a critical opportunity to take a snapshot of the profession. It was previously run in 2011 and 2015 and provides rich data on the state of the career services community in Canada and how it has changed over time.
The 2019 survey includes:
- Demographics, salary, career progression, competency improvement and research gaps in the career development field
- A special section on K-12 career education in our schools, exploring what form career programs are taking and whether career is infused into curriculum
- New questions focused on the needs, anxieties and myths that career professionals are hearing about from the students and clients they advise
Media Release: Canadians experiencing high degree of career regret, new national survey finds (January 27, 2020)
National Survey Findings (Download as PDF)
In the News!
- Are you having second thoughts about your career choice? – The Globe and Mail (February 14, 2020)
- Tips to Avoid Career Dissatisfaction – Daytime Ottawa (February 5, 2020)
- Changing Careers – 680 News Toronto (February 2, 2020)
- 7 in 10 workers wish they chose a different career path – Canadian HR Reporter (January 27, 2020)
- New national survey reveals surprising results about Canadian’s career choices – Global News (January 24, 2020)
- More than 70% of Canadians regret the careers they got into: Survey – BNN Bloomberg (January 22, 2020)
View the CERIC Survey of Career Service Professionals through our Regional Analysis:
CareerWise blog:
- Are career professionals ready for the challenges facing the field? by Lindsay Purchase
- The professional development dichotomy by Paula Wischoff Yerama
- What does it look like to work in career development in BC? by Janet Morris-Reade
- In Atlantic Canada, career professionals adapt to local challenges by Elayne Greeley
- Learning at the speed of change: An essential competency for career professionals by Barbara Wilson
