CERIC and the New Brunswick Career Development Association (NBCDA) have partnered on a new webinar series Looking Beyond Job Titles: How to Prepare People for the Future of Work with SparkPath founder JP Michel, starting this fall. Economic, technological and societal changes are making the concept of job titles obsolete. To prepare people for the…
By Philip D. Gardner Tips for students, career professionals, employers and faculty on how to respond to disruption
By April Dyrda Post-secondary education is increasingly viewed as necessary to a person’s successful integration into our competitive workforce. Fortunately, this reality comes as no surprise to today’s youth, with approximately 60% of students across North America choosing to continue their education after high school1. Unfortunately, post-secondary learners are not always prepared for the demands…
With the development and adoption of new artificial intelligence (AI) and robotics technologies, one in seven people will need to find a new occupation by 2030: one in two for women and peoples of colour. A new CERIC and Career Development Association of Alberta (CDAA) webinar series – AI-Powered, Human-Centred Career Development & Coaching: Preparing for…
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Students can prepare for their future careers by first reflecting on their past Dustin Edwards and Frederick Mills Every fall at the University of Alberta, roughly 500 second-year engineering students enrol in ENGG 299: Introduction to Co-operative Education. This course is a mandatory, for-credit “bootcamp” designed to help students develop their job-ready skills in preparation…
By Kimberley Rawes and Barbara A. Smith The working world has valued reductionist and analytical approaches, and the medical profession is a classic example of this “left brain” emphasis (Pink, 2006). Globalization and the use of technology to outsource medical procedures that depend on rule-based logic, like diagnosis which often involves decision trees, have transformed…
By Kimberley Rawes and Barbara A. Smith The working world has valued reductionist and analytical approaches, and the medical profession is a classic example of this “left brain” emphasis (Pink, 2006). Globalization and the use of technology to outsource medical procedures that depend on rule-based logic, like diagnosis which often involves decision trees, have transformed…
