CERIC is offering a free webinar with Dr Norman Amundson and Tannis Goddard on Hope-Centred Career Interventions on June 5, 2017. The Hope-Centred Career Interventions project wrapped of earlier this year with a final report showing how deploying specific hope-centred career interventions can positively influence the actions of unemployed adult jobseekers with low hope and…
For the first time CERIC is partnering with the Career Development Association of Alberta (CDAA) on a new webinar series – Make A Difference: Creativity, Courage and Community Impact with Dr Norman Amundson and Dr Kris Magnusson starting September 8.
Don’t miss these unique, in-depth professional development opportunities offered on Sunday, January 22, a day prior to the conference: Dr. Norm Amundson: Career Flow in
When using multiple assessment tools and strategies, these tips can help weave different elements into a meaningful whole Deirdre A. Pickerell When working with clients, career development practitioners (CDPs) are almost always engaged in some form of assessment. From the moment clients first seek services, and as their plans/goals evolve, CDPs assess and re-assess clients’…
Gray Poehnell is an experienced author, trainer and presenter interested in holistic approaches that cultivate hope, practical spirituality, creativity and career integrity. He focuses on developing alternative career approaches, especially for those outside the mainstream. Gray currently trains career practitioners both nationally and internationally. Gray will be a keynote speaker at the New Brunswick Career…
By Deepak Mathew (Cannexus16 GSEP Award Winner) All life transitions can be challenging, and when the meaning attached to these transitions has personal, social, and cultural significance, they can be overwhelming, either in a positive or negative way (Bridges, 2009). Most transitions are successfully navigated when the internal resources of the person making the transition are supported by social…
Interview by Jenn Long Learning and leading in the brave new world of work
By Roberta Neault In writing about the use of career assessments, Spencer Niles, president of the National Career Development Association in the US, cautions, “[Some] practitioners… conceptualize career counselling as a process of administering tests and providing occupational information. Such views freeze career counselling at the turn of the last century.” (Niles & Harris–Bowlsbey, 2002,…
by Rich Feller Arriving a day early from Fort Collins, Colorado to attend two Cannexus Pre-Conference Workshops I regret missing the third. Eager to attend anything Mark Savickas presents I missed the Cannexus Actively Mastering What We Passively Suffer: A Counselling Session. Yet having access to Mark, and networking with him and his lovely wife…
The Cannexus National Career Development Conference brought together a record 1,000 participants to Ottawa from Jan. 23-25, 2017 to exchange information and explore innovative approaches in career counselling and career development.
