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NCDA Regional Career Practitioner Institute: Practical Techniques and Strategies for Career Development Service Providers
OCTOBER 17-18, 2013
Denver, CO, UNITED STATES
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Hiring Canada’s Youth: Community Voices
As a not-for-profit employer in downtown Toronto, we cannot find enough experienced and trained career/employment counsellors or job developers. Our mission as an organization is to help thousands of disadvantaged youth to find jobs each year.
10 Questions for Gray Poehnell
Gray Poehnell is an experienced author, trainer and presenter interested in holistic approaches that cultivate hope, practical spirituality, creativity and career integrity. He focuses on developing alternative career approaches, especially for those outside the mainstream. Gray currently trains career practitioners both nationally and internationally.
Gray will be a keynote speaker at the New Brunswick Career Development Action Group conference in November 2013 and will also present at Cannexus in January 2014.
Off the Diving Board: Making the Transition to Work
By Susan Forseille
What are the variables that influence the transition from higher education to meaningful career? How can career development professionals help? Susan Forseille shares the results of research she undertook during her MEd studies.
A student about to graduate from Thompson Rivers University (TRU) told me that education “is a diving board: through our coursework, we slowly make our way to the end of the platform, where we are expected to dive or jump into our career… but we don’t know how to dive, if we can swim, or if there is even water in the pool!” This metaphor brought up profound images for me, making me wonder why some students seem to transition so easily from education to meaningful career, while others really struggle. This led to questions on what career educators can do to better support students in their transition from post-secondary education to meaningful career.
The Art and Science of Finding a Good Vocational Fit
By Addie Greco-Sanchez
Sometimes temperament and skills blend together perfectly; but often, potential is diminished when it slams up against barriers of attitude, discipline and cultural expectations. Addie Greco-Sanchez gives an introduction to the science – and the art – of vocational evaluation and its contribution to career development.
It’s been said that art is I and science is we. In vocational evaluation, science consists of tools, processes and protocols proven through years of experience and thousands of applications to distilability to its key dimensions. Art is how an individual, a beautiful oddity, can be reconciled with standard vocational test scores.
Editor’s Note
In 2013, mental health is being put at the top of the agenda in Canada. Last January, the Canadian Mental Health Association (CMHA) released its National Standard for Psychological Health and Safety, to promote good mental health practices in the workplace; May 6-12 was Mental Health week, CMHA’s annual national awareness and education week; CMHA and Partners for Mental Health (PFMH) organized the Not Myself Today workplace mental health campaign across Canada, which ran from May 9 to June 6, culminating with a national Not Myself Day @ Work on June 6.
Career Briefs
National Challenge seeks ideas to promote career development in Canada
In recognition of CERIC’s 10th anniversary, The Counselling Foundation of Canada is launching an online competition this summer to solicit ideas and create a national dialogue that can enhance and promote the image of career development in Canada.
Being a Mindful Employer
By Richard Frost
Helping employers to support staff with psychological and mental health conditions
“The vision for a psychologically healthy and safe workplace is one that actively works to prevent harm to worker psychological health, including in negligent, reckless, or intentional ways, and promotes psychological well-being.” Such is the ambition of a new National Standard of Canada: Psychological health and safety in the workplace1 published in January 2013.
10 Questions for Jennifer
Jennifer Browne is the Director of Career Development & Experiential Learning at Memorial University of Newfoundland. She has worked in the area of career development in both community/non-profit and post-secondary settings.
Career Counselling & Mental Health: Bridging the Gap
By Tara Shuster
As career professionals, we encounter a large number of people with some kind of mental health issue, yet most of us do not have any specific training in the mental health field. This can lead to feelings of ineffectiveness and frustration. A well-publicized statistic is that one in five people experience some form of mental health issue in their life. As such, it’s not surprising that many of our clients may be struggling with something – especially when you consider the stress they’re under.