From ‘Me’ to ‘We’
By George Dutch
Entrepreneurship Will Become a Must-Have Career Skill for Navigating Technological Change and an Uncertain Future
By Sarah Lubik
This article also appears in the 2017 Summer issue of Career Developments,
the National Career Development Association (NCDA) print magazine.
Career Briefs
New CERIC study identifies “impressive” post-secondary career service models
A new national CERIC study has identified seven publicly funded Canadian universities and colleges with the most “impressive” models of career services. The study, undertaken by Dr Peter Dietsche and Jim Lees of PSE Information Systems, also examines the level of institutional commitment across the country to providing career services for post-secondary students.
Becoming Talent Entrepreneurs
By Andrea Dine
Welcoming career changers into career services
10 Questions for Natan Obed
Natan Obed is the President of Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami. He is originally from Nain, the northernmost community in Labrador’s Nunatsiavut region, and now lives in Ottawa. For 10 years, he lived in Iqaluit, Nunavut, and worked as the Director of Social and Cultural Development for Nunavut Tunngavik Inc. He has devoted his career to working with Inuit representational organizations to improve the well-being of Inuit in Canada.
[Online Exclusive] Work Ethic in the Age of Career Uncertainty
By Kah Hock (Danny) Koh
Workplace values and ethics as a defense against the ever-evolving labour market landscape
[Online Exclusive] Pursuing the Canadian Dream
By Chantal Moore
How US immigration changes could drive international students North
[Online Exclusive] The Episodic Career: How to Thrive at Work in the Age of Disruption
By Alyson Nyiri
Book By Farai Chideya
(Atria Books, 2016)
No one gets a free ride in life or work writes Chideya. Whether you call it resilience, grit or optimism, in the world of jobs we must learn to evolve into a different form, tapping into what we have done, finding a new focus, and leveraging aspects of ourselves previously dormant.
[Online Exclusive] Preparing Workers for the World of Freelancing
By Tammy Donovan
How career development professionals can support clients
[Online Exclusive] New Mantra for Education: Career Readiness
By Phillip S. Jarvis
Student success is every educator’s highest priority, but the interpretation of success is ambiguous. With only 44% of students still fully engaged in high school, down from 76% in Grade 1 (Gallup) [1], and half of out-of-school 16-25 year-olds unemployed or in precarious, low-wage, no-benefits jobs [2], it’s clear that despite best intentions education is not fully succeeding in preparing our youth for success beyond school.