CERIC and the New Brunswick Career Development Association (NBCDA) have partnered on a new webinar series 30 Ways to Shine: A Skillset for Successful Job Retention with popular presenter Denise Bissonnette starting this October. Based on Bissonnette’s celebrated guide to job retention, 30 Ways to Shine as a New Employee, this webinar series empowers employment…
In our current era of longevity the realities of aging have changed, but attitudes, especially about work and retirement, have not kept pace. Despite the growing number of older adults pursuing entrepreneurial activities, this cohort has been largely ignored in entrepreneurship research and by funders or service providers. A free webinar from the Sheridan Centre…
Nearly four in 10 older entrepreneurs face gaps in the support they need to launch or develop their businesses, according to a new CERIC-funded study on The Status of Senior Entrepreneurship in Canada. The research report from the Sheridan Centre for Elder Research found that 37% of the respondents aged 50+ had challenges in accessing…
Registration for Cannexus19, Canada’s National Career Development Conference is now open with both 3-day ($450) and 1-day ($225) packages available! Take advantage of special rates for members of supporting organizations, students and groups. Super Saver deadline is September 5, 2018. Cannexus is designed to promote the exchange of information and explore innovative approaches in the…
Digital technologies are transforming the way we live and work. The potential of our emerging digital economy presents a lot of opportunities as well as challenges. CERIC’s latest literature search Digital Economy and Career Development examines the today’s digital economy and what it means to your future career. Topics covered in the literature search include:…
Along its 13-year journey, CERIC has come to be known as an enabling organization, a convening body, a research hub and a knowledge mobilizer. CERIC’s 2017 Annual Report captures how that journey continued in 2017 with an emphasis on collaboration, whether it was project funding partnerships, co-development of learning opportunities, community building through supporting organizations…
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…
CERIC will publish a non-profit edition of its popular Retain and Gain Playbook that addresses the challenges faced by charities and non-profits in attracting, retaining and engaging staff. Authored by Lisa Taylor of Challenge Factory, the bilingual publication, to be released this fall, will enhance capacity building across the non-profit sector, which employs close to…
CERIC has now released Disciplines informatiques : guide rapide à l’intention des étudiants et des conseillers en orientation, a French version of its popular free guide that explains the fast-changing field of computing and informs decision-making around related education and career paths. Computing Disciplines: A Quick Guide for Prospective Students and Career Advisors was originally…
A newly announced CERIC-funded project will map the career pathways and identify competencies of front-line workers in the settlement sector. Led by eCaliber Group and Calience Research and Consulting, the Settlement Services Workers Profile research project aims to better understand what front-line workers do, what steps they have taken to enter the settlement field, and…
