Resilience Within the Career Development Sector
By Deirdre Pickerell and Roberta Neault The career development field needs to build resiliency within the sector in order to address disengagement, apathy, burnout and feelings of underutilization
Free Webinar Series: Career Theories and Models at Work – October 5 & 19, 2020 with authors Jim Bright (Australia), Roberta Borgen (Neault) (Canada) & Deirdre Pickerell (Canada)
This free webinar series offer the opportunity to further explore the career theories and models compiled in CERIC’s book Career Theories and Models at Work: Ideas for Practice. Webinars are led by the contributing authors to the book. More webinars (English and French) presented by the authors of the book will be added to the series soon! Webinar…
Employee Engagement – A Role for Career Management Professionals in Organizations
By Deirdre Pickerell As Career Management Professionals we recognize that today’s employees will change jobs (and, quite likely, career direction) numerous times throughout a lifetime of work. While many people become our clients during times of transition, many others remain unhappily employed and unable to easily access career management services.
What’s Trending in Career Development?
By Deirdre Pickerell A reflection on 10 of the past and future trends of career development in Canada
Finding the pieces, focusing on the patterns and finishing the puzzle
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’…
Spring Into a New Career
By Deirdre A. Pickerell In keeping with the Bulletin’s theme of Spring into fresh ideas!, the goal of this article is to share results of a survey supporting the Where’s the Work? Helping Career Practitioners Explore Their Career Options project and, perhaps, inspire Canada’s Career Development Practitioners (CDPs) to consider whether now is the…
Ethical Practice in the “Gig Economy”
By Deirdre A. Pickerell How to advise in the era of temporary contracts, self-employment and freelance work
Beyond Government Contracts: Diverse Work Settings for Career Management Professionals
By Deirdre Pickerell and Dr. Roberta Neault Career Management Professionals (CMPs) can often be found delivering their services within government funded community-based agencies. The mandate of these agencies is typically to support unemployed Canadians as they identify career options, develop job search skills, and strengthen their ability to maintain employment.
Building Working Relationships Online
by Roberta Neault, PhD, and Deirdre Pickerell, MEd In an increasingly global workplace, more of our working relationships are entirely online.
What’s the Real Problem with “Balance”? It’s Not Sustainable
By Dr. Roberta Neault and Deirdre Pickerell There are thousands of websites, blogs, and articles offering tips for finding balance. Canadians are working longer hours (23% more than ten years ago) and the inability to balance work and family costs Canadian employers about $10 billion dollars per year. Although such statistics highlight a problem with balance,…