CERIC is pleased to announce the keynote speakers for Cannexus16, which marks the 10th anniversary of Canada’s largest bilingual National Career Development Conference. The conference takes place January 25-27, 2016 at the Shaw Centre in Ottawa and is expected to welcome 800 delegates.
CERIC will be hitting the road this spring, travelling to Atlantic Canada to offer a series of networking meetings. The events will feature Cathy Campbell, author of CERIC’s newly released book Career Crafting the Decade After High School: Professional’s Guide.
Mark July 7, 8 and 9 on your calendars and plan to join us in Toronto for the 2015 Summer Skills Academy. The Summer Skills Academy is back with a new format and new location but with the same intensive high-quality learning you have come to expect.
Canada’s largest employers are more likely to say that the skills gap has become worst compared to their small business counterparts, according to CERIC’s latest analysis of its Career Development in the Workplace: National Business Survey. The new findings present a breakdown of survey results by employer size—fewer than 10 employees, 10 to 49 employees, 50 to 99 employees, 100 to 499 employees, and more than 500 employees.
If you are a full-time graduate student whose focus is career development or a faculty member working with full-time grad students in career counselling or a related field, then you want to know about the CERIC Graduate Student Engagement Program (GSEP). Applications for 2015 are due by April 30.
Organizations seeking to reach Canada’s career development professionals can now consult CERIC’s new media kit with options that suit every budget. Opportunities range from full-page magazine advertisements to website banners and enewsletters sponsorships.
CERIC invites individuals or organizations with an interest in presenting at Cannexus16 to submit a brief outline for consideration using the Proposal Form and encourages them to inform colleagues or students of this opportunity.
CERIC looks at Vocational Education and Training in Canada and Prior Learning Assessment Recognition, as the topics for its latest literature searches. Vocational education focuses on individuals in school for a specific trade, while prior learning assessments take previous education and/or life experiences into account when considering whether or not someone can obtain credit in a specific area.
One in two Canadians who have not had career counselling say they would have sought professional career planning or employment advice if they could do it over again, a newly released CERIC survey has found.
Materials produced from the Legitimate Opportunities to Work from Home project are now available for free online. Created to educate career professionals, these resources allow practitioners to work confidently with clients who are seeking work-from-home opportunities and want to avoid the scams. The project also helped practitioners to engage traditionally underserved client groups including people with disabilities, rural communities, Aboriginal communities, newcomers, caregivers and older workers.