Rich Feller is an internationally recognized keynote speaker, trainer and consultant. He has over 30 years of experience in teaching at the elementary, junior high, high school and university levels; he is currently a Professor and University Distinguished Teaching Scholar at Colorado State University where he teaches graduate courses in career development, counselling, and performance and change.
By Catherine Ducharme
I have a confession for you. Barely two years ago, I didn’t care much about the career development field. I studied political science with the dream of working abroad for the Foreign Affairs department – and I dreamed this at the worst time ever: I obtained my bachelor’s degree just as a worldwide recession kicked in, and I obtained my master’s just as the federal government announced massive cuts and layoffs. Well, so much for my career planning…
By Anne-Marie Rolfe
This lively, colourful book encourages the reader to think outside the box when it comes to creating work inside the reality of our new economy. The author makes the case early on that our economy has changed and relying on the traditional job search is simply no longer a viable option for many long-term jobseekers. While the book is targeted to those who may have given up on the traditional job search, it presents great ideas that would be helpful to those with an entrepreneurial spirit.
By Avra Davidoff
By Sharon Graham
If you are looking for advanced strategies to take your client’s resume to the next level, you are not alone. According to a 2011 CERIC survey of over 1,000 career service professionals, many practitioners seek additional professional development in the area of strategic resume writing. Clearly, they want to learn and use techniques that go beyond core concepts that are readily available on the Internet. Here are some strategies to help you create stronger resumes and improve client outcomes.
By Stephen Coseni
Imagine a client coming into your office, 26 years old, with a high school diploma and never held a job. He would like help finding a career. “I don’t know what to do”, he says. “I made this resume back in high school, but it hasn’t gotten me anywhere.” Upon speaking more with the client, you discover they’ve played baseball throughout their youth. “Tell me more about your experiences in baseball,” you say. “Well it’s all I know, I was training to go pro, but I hurt my knee,” your client says in a low voice and begins to rub his leg. “Now I’m stuck, I only ever imagined myself as a baseball player, now what am I?”
My Career Info is a new initiative from the Council of Ontario Universities that provides career planning guidance to students, new grads and entry-level jobseekers.
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By Don Presant
The Internet has had a big impact on career development and employment. In your work, you are probably starting to answer a lot of questions about the advisability and best practices for using ePortfolios, or similar solutions under different labels: online resumes, web CVs, personal career websites, video resumes, LinkedIn profiles, etc. This article, based on our experience with Career Portfolio Manitoba, should provide you with a useful framework for considering the available alternatives.
By Heather Powell
Career practitioners spend the majority of their time guiding clients through the transitions and challenges that come with unemployment: the emotional ups-and-downs that hit the ego when losing a job, creating job search materials, preparing for interviews, being rejected from opportunities or never hearing back at all. We provide words of comfort and guidance when faced with statements like, “I just wish I was still working. Everything would be fine if it wasn’t for the company closing,” or “I don’t know why they let me go. It’s not fair, I worked so hard,” and of course, “I feel like I am too old/overqualified/under-qualified to find a new job. No one wants me!” We respond by reaching into our toolbox of counselling techniques and provide support, positive feedback and suggestions. We tell them, “You can’t change the labour market, you can only adapt.”
In celebration of the Canadian Education and Research Institute for Counselling’s (CERIC) 10th anniversary in 2014, The Counselling Foundation of Canada has provided a grant to facilitate an online competition to increase the recognition of the value of career counselling as well as career development professionals in Canada.
