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[Online Exclusive] Remote Employment 3.0: Legitimate Opportunities to Work From Home?

January 19, 2013By Norman Valdez0 comment

By Anne-Marie Rolfe

Work from home: scam or opportunity? That was the question that clients posed. We did not have an answer, so we clicked, emailed, live chatted, and Skyped our way to an answer. Yes, there are legitimate opportunities for remote employment.
The opportunities available include telephone-based work, transcription services, virtual assistant services, online tutoring and teaching, careers in e-learning, technology, design, editing and writing, to name a few. What we did not find was the ability to make a living playing video games, or any legitimate opportunities to stay home and get rich quick!

[Online Exclusive] THEORY CORNER: Pasture-izing One’s Career Path

January 19, 2013By Norman Valdez0 comment

By Marc Verhoeve

In an earlier article I wrote, A Look at Donald Super’s Stages of Career Development in the 21st Century, I ended with a discussion about Super’s redefinition of the Decline Stage. As I have just reached the “65 Level”, I thought that I would discuss this stage… as a member of the first wave of Baby Boomers edging into retirement.

Teaching and Learning Career Development Practice: Students’ Perspective of Blended Learning

September 1, 2012By Norman Valdez0 comment

By Cheryl Jeffs

Abstract

This research investigated a blended learning format in a career development practice (CDP) program. The primary focus of this study was adult students’ perspectives of and experiences in a blended learning course, compared to traditional courses (face-to-face). Overall, the blended learning format appears beneficial to the students’ learning and development.