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By Brigid Murphy
The top three critical barriers noted by NYIC are: lack of education due to early independent living and the need to focus on meeting basic survival needs; no personal support networks – family or otherwise; and no financial resources. For others it is: court ordered client resistance; lack of work experience; confusion about vocational choice; health issues; poor adaptation skills; lack of problem solving skills; low self esteem; lack of trust; and, an unstable home life.
By Marc Verhoeve
Cybercounselling is quickly becoming an acceptable form of professional helping. In 1996 I first coined the term for my Internet-based column hosted on the website of the Ontario School Counsellors Association. I played around with terms such as web-counselling and e-counselling, but chose cybercounselling because it most accurately reflected this new professional vehicle. Three years later, this new dimension of counselling has passed from its infancy into adolescence.
Parched by the summer heat? Put your feet up and come to Career Café. You may have to provide your own refreshments, but a visit won’t cost any money and all you need is a TV set. Career Café is a new half-hour television program devoted to career and work information. Although it is targeted toward youth 18-30, many of the resources on this program will also be of interest to career-changers and career development professionals working with youth.
Each program features regular segments such as Job News, with all the latest information on employment and labour market trends, new youth programs, and recruitment, and The Toolbox, brimming with practical tips on getting a job. Hosts Derek Miller and Lauren McNabb interview several people per show, including young entrepreneurs, key hiring personnel, industry experts, and individuals working in just about every occupation imaginable — from acting to trucking, and public affairs management to funeral directing.
A review of recent shows turned up the following info:
Upcoming shows will feature advice on market research for new business ventures, information on Aboriginal Business Canada, an organization devoted to the needs of Aboriginal entrepreneurs, the scoop on jobs in Canada’s National Parks, and information on occupations in fundraising, fashion, and tourism. Move over Starbucks!
Career Café can be seen Monday through Friday on Rogers Community TV and Shaw TV; the French version, Café de l’emploi, is on Canal Savoir Monday to Thursday and Sunday, and CTV broadcasts Career Café across Canada on a weekly basis — check local listings at the show’s website: www.rogerstelevision.com
Have you launched a new program or initiative?
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By Keltie Creed
I work exclusively online, and have done so since the fall of 1997. I have never met most of my clients. I never make eye contact with them, seldom hear the emotion in their voices. But I do get to know their minds, their way of expressing themselves, their hopes and dreams. We work together on action plans, resumes, interview preparation, decision making and a myriad of other issues. They do find work. On the surface, it may seem like my practice is something far removed from your own, but in reality, the work that we do is probably very similar. The difference is the tools that we use, and the medium of communication.
By Jan Basso
In early June, the Canadian Association of Career Educators and Employers held its annual recruitment and career services national conference in Thunder Bay, Ontario. Over 200 delegates attended the event which brought career services professionals and co-op practitioners from within post-secondary educational institutions together with human resources professionals who recruit on campuses across the country.
The Millenium Candidate: How to Realize Your Potential in the New World of Work – A Practical Approach for Job Hunters and Career Changers, Kathy Wilson, 1999 – ISBN 1-86204-3809
Networking is More than Doing Lunch: Big Networking Ideas for Your Small Business, Larry Easto, 1999 – ISBN – 0-07-560544-9
Learning Disabilities and The Workplace, Esther Benezra, Carol Crealock and Christina Fiedorowicz. 1993 – ISBN – 0-919053-31-9. Available from the Learning Disabilities Association of Ontario, (416) 929-4311; Also available in French (ISBN – 0-919053-33-5).
What Works: Career Building Strategies for Special Needs Groups, Alberta Advanced Education and Career Development, 1999 – ISBN – 0-7732-1743-6.
Career Counselling for the Academically Gifted Student by John B. Stewart, in the Canadian Journal of Counselling, Vol 33:1, 1999, p 3-12
If you work in a school setting, you are undoubtedly aware that career counselling high academic achievers poses some unique challenges. This article addresses 7 career development/occupational decision-making difficulties frequently experienced by academically gifted students. The problems covered are: Narrowing Occupational Choice, Indecision, Vocational Identity Formation, Lack of Occupation Meaningfulness, Early Occupational Choice, Pressure from Significant Others, and the Need for Occupational Role Models. Stewart discusses each of these challenges and recommends counselling interventions. Social learning theory provides the theoretical framework for this discussion.
A Proactive Strategy for Attracting Women into Engineering Gilbride, Kimberley A., Kennedy, Diane C., Waalen, Judith K., and Zwyno, Malgorzata Canadian Journal of Counselling, Vol 33:1, 1999, p 55-65
Ryerson University (then Polytechnic) initiated the Discover Engineering Summer Camp in 1991. The camp was designed to provide young women with little-known information about engineering: to show women that engineering is a viable career to consider, to increase understanding of what engineers do, and to demonstrate the challenges and rewards of a career in this area. In a follow-up study, sixty percent of camp participants pursued education in engineering, and cited their attendance at the camp as a primary factor in their decision to become engineers. This paper gives more detailed information about the camp as a tool for introducing women to this predominantly male occupation.
Is your University Career Centre up to snuff? Check out the Summer 1999 issue of the Journal of Career Planning and Employment, p 38, for Beyond Surveys: Using Focus Groups to Evaluate University Career Services. Step by step instructions are included for conducting focus groups at your school.
Check your newsstands for the July/August edition of Fast Company magazine. This issue, entitled “How to Design a Life that Works” features articles on the gaps between the techno have and have-nots, ideas for re-designing a too-hectic life, the life of consultants, and a very telling survey: “How Much is Enough”. Features are also available online at www.fastcompany.com The site also features a career centre with lots of interesting articles.
Enneagram 99: Making Connections – International Enneagram Association, Toronto, ON., August 5 – 8, 1999.
Partners For Prosperity: Creating Community Wealth – Ontario Municipal Social Services Association, Toronto, ON. September 29 – October 1, 1999.
Transition to Work for the New Millenium – Canadian Vocational Association, Swift Current, Saskatchewan, October 21-24, 1999.
OSCA ’99: Living the New Millenium – Ontario School Counsellors Association (OSCA), Toronto, ON. November 18 – 20, 1999.