Working as Peer Career Advisors Helps Students Conquer Their Own Career Indecision
By Analise Anderson-Ma
What I’ve Learned Supporting Arts and Culture Clients
The major fumble that career professionals make with arts-interested jobseekers is treating them as one or the other: arts-interested or a jobseeker, when in reality, creative clients require a different strategy
Navigating the Uncertain Terrain of the New Retirement Workscape
We need to update how we view retirement to better respond to the hopes, anxieties and motivations of those who seek post-retirement work options
Hot Links: Conquering Indecision & Anxiety
Career Decision Wheel
Created by Norman Amundson and Gray Poehnell, the Wheel is a useful tool that includes eight aspects essential to career decision making. Downloadable for free, Deirdre Pickerell’s “Work Search Strategies” chapter in Career Development Practice in Canada includes a helpful synopsis of the Wheel.
Career Briefs
What is the future of jobs in the Fourth Industrial Revolution?
The World Economic Forum released a report earlier this year on The Future of Jobs: Employment, Skills and Workforce Strategy for the Fourth Industrial Revolution, analyzing current disruptions to business models with data collected from over 13 million employees across nine industries globally and 15 major developing and emerging economies.
Canada’s Career Service Professionals: How Do They Differ Across Canada?
By Mario R. Gravelle
This article will provide a brief regional comparison of some of the key findings from the CERIC 2015 Survey of Career Service Professionals. The survey was designed to provide a snapshot of those in the field, surface their professional development and competency improvement interests as well as issues pertaining to research and learning dissemination. Collecting just over 1,000 completed responses provides an opportunity to disaggregate the overall findings by regions – British Columbia (135), Prairies (152), Ontario (372), Quebec (187) and Atlantic Canada (127) – to see some of the commonalities and notable differences in the field.
An Authentic and Experiential Career Development Model for Everybody
By Adriano Magnifico
The Career Internship Program re-imagines the way we deliver career education, connecting students to their vast potential – and provides a replicable model for other high schools
10 Questions for Premier Kathleen Wynne
Kathleen Wynne is Ontario’s 25th Premier. She was first elected to the Ontario legislature in 2003 as the MPP for Don Valley West. Wynne was re-elected in 2007, 2011 and 2014. She became the leader of the Ontario Liberal Party in January 2013. Wynne has three adult children, Chris, Jessie and Maggie, and three grandchildren.
[Online Exclusive] Working with Epilepsy
By learning about free tools, resources and technology available, career professionals will be better placed to advocate for clients with epilepsy
[Online Exclusive] It All Adds Up – A Campus Career Wellness Campaign
Transitioning from post-secondary studies to next steps has always been an exciting but somewhat anxious time for students. With the pervasiveness of online media, terms such as “gig economy” and “precarious work” have entered the lexicon of students and their parents and are influencing how they view the world of work. Those of us who work with youth, especially at a university or college career centre, can attest to a sense of anxiety amongst the population we serve. As career professionals, we also have a role to play in helping students understand how what they’re currently doing supports their future goals.