Careering

Selling Career Professionals

By Jaime Watt

What can we do to help Canadians understand the value of career services?

The first time I came in contact with a career professional was about 40 years ago. I was a confused kid, suffering from an embarrassment of too many options and lacking one clear passion. So I met with a specialist who gave me lots of tests to do, and the verdict was pronounced: I was to be a funeral director.

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Careering

Road to Employment: Advice for Youth that Just Makes Sense

By Rebecca McCarthy

Clinton Nellist and Denis Luchyshyn are blazing trails across Canada. Packing all their things, throwing caution to the wind and relying on the kindness of strangers, they lived out of their car for three months. Why would two perfectly employable 20-somethings quit their jobs and live on the open road? To meet over 150 career professionals, employers and recent graduates who were willing to share the best employment advice with the nation through the Road to Employment docuseries and web resource.

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