Cyber-Counselling: Panacea or Can Of Worms?

By Mark Swartz

My prediction is that an increasing number of ‘traditional’ counsellors (both in the career sphere and other areas as well) will try their hand at cyber-counselling. Thus, we’ll see practitioners experimenting with CHAT groups for instantaneous communication; e-mail to respond to more involved questions; phone sessions to deal with immediate issues; and the use of Web-based resources (e.g. self-assessments, career exploration sites, research areas etc.) to assist in the overall delivery of the counselling process. Affordable video-conferencing is just down the road, and may add a whole new wrinkle of its own.

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Publications + Products

Career Counseling: Process, Issues and Techniques, Normal C. Gysber, Mary J. Heppner and Joseph A. Johnston. 1998, Allyn and Bacon, Toronto. ISBN: 0-205-17508-2.

Career Counselling: Applied Concepts of Life Planning (5th ed.), Vernon G. Zunker. 1998, Brooks/Cole Publishing Co. ISBN: 0-534-34668-5.

Essential Interviewing: A Programmed Approach to Effective Communication (5th ed.), David R. Evans, Max R. Uhlemann and Allen E. Ivey. 1998, Brooks/Cole

Publishing Co. ISBN: 0-534-34949-8.

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Upcoming Events

NATCON 1998

The National Consultation on Career Development (NATCON) 1998 will be held in Ottawa, Ontario, January 26-28, 1998.

Sponsored by The Counselling Foundation of Canada, Human Resources Development Canada, and the University of Toronto Career Centre, NATCON is the largest international bilingual conference addressing career development and employment-related issues. Topics include: career counselling and development; future trends; career and work transition; organizational development; occupational information; technological resources; work and well being; partnership initiatives; job search skills; equity issues; training programs; motivation and self-esteem; career and life management issues; career education programs; professional development programs. A more comprehensive program will be available in October.

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Hot Sites

Canadian Content

Career Edge: www.careeredge.org

Career Paths Online: www.careerpathsonline.com

Government of Saskatchewan’s New Careers OnLine: www.careers.gov.sk.ca

Skills For Change: www.skillsforchange.org

University of Manitoba’s Career Resource Centre: www.umanitoba.ca/counselling/crc.html

The WORK Place

WorkInk: www.workink.com

World of Work Directory: www.hrdc-drhc.gc.ca/common/work.shtml

 

Go Global

American Counseling Association (ACA): www.counseling.org

Catapult on Job Web: www.jobweb.com

European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training: www.cedefop.eu.int

Kiwi Careers: <span”>www.careers.co.nz

OnLine Career Center: http://content.monster.ca/

University of Northumbria at Newcastle: http://northumbria.ac.uk

 

 

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Snapshot

By Paul Kitchin, Executive Director, National Association of Career Colleges (NACC)

NACC is an “umbrella” organization representing private career training institutions from across Canada and companies offering products and services to those institutions. NACC represents, supports and protects the interests of its membership by identifying the issues affecting private career training institutions and by contributing to the decision-making process. It keeps members informed and helps government understand the important role of private training institutions in providing skills training in Canada. It also helps provincial associations and individual members by providing them with relevant information, support and assistance.

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New Programs and Initiatives

Federal Public Sector Internship Project

The Federal Public Sector Internship Project, a partnership between the Canadian YMCA and Career Edge, will provide 3,000 unemployed or underemployed youth with 12 months of work experience within Federal Departments, agencies and Crown Corporations. Hosted by Treasury Board Secretariat, this initiative will be co-delivered by both Career Edge and the YMCA. It will commence on October 1, 1997 in Vancouver, Edmonton, Toronto, Montreal, and Halifax, and in other communities in January 1998. The program ends on September 30, 2000.

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