FREE WEBINAR SERIES: CAREER THEORIES AND MODELS AT WORK: JULY 9, 10 & 11, 2019 WITH AUTHORS MICHAEL HEALY (AUSTRALIA), DEBRA OSBORN (USA) AND REINEKKE LENGELLE (CANADA/NETHERLANDS)

June 4, 2021By
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…
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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)

June 1, 2021By
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…
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Careering

BOOK REVIEW: The Panic Free Job Search

January 19, 2013By

By Julia Blackstock Author: Paul Hill Publisher: Career Press 2012 ISBN: 978-1-60163-203-6 I have a lot of respect for anyone who writes a book, especially on job search. Because I work with university students, many of whom are willing to read a book to develop a strategic approach to looking for work, I am always…

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2019

Career Theories and Models at Work: Ideas for Practice – Now available!

January 28, 2019By

Expected to inform the practice of career development professionals around the globe, CERIC’s new Career Theories and Models at Work book is launching today at the Cannexus conference and available for purchase online now. This international collection – edited by Nancy Arthur (University of Calgary), Roberta Neault (Life Strategies) and Mary McMahon (University of Queensland)…

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May 8, 2018By 0 comment

University Wisdom Vanessa McCallum Zermatt Press, 2007 ISBN: 13: 978 0 9775080 As a university career advisor, I highly anticipated reading this book to see how the author would outline the services and resources available to students in their preparation for life beyond the campus grounds. This book provides students with motivational tips and advice…

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2019

CERIC guide will address impact of career development practice on client mental health

December 3, 2019By

CERIC will publish a book in the new year that makes the case that career development practice is a mental health intervention, and provides skills and strategies to support career development practitioners in their work. Written by Dave Redekopp and Michael Huston, Strengthening Mental Health Through Effective Career Development: A Practitioner’s Guide explores how practitioners…

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Book Review: Straight Talk on Leadership

May 27, 2014By 0 comment

By Yvonne Rodney Straight Talk on Leadership Solving Canada’s Business Crisis Book by R. Douglas Williamson From page one of this book, it’s clear that Douglas Williamson is very mad. Like a passionately caring parent who sees the things he worked hard to establish not being leveraged by the next generation, he feels the same…

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Latest literature search looks at the role of volunteering in career development

October 1, 2017By

Volunteering is a great tool to help develop both practical and social skills. In many cases, volunteering expands networks and eventually leads to full-time employment. How can career professionals provide advice on meaningful volunteering opportunities so that their clients can move forward professionally and personally? CERIC’s latest literature search Volunteerism and Career Development explores the…

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May 8, 2018By 0 comment

  Mentoring and the World or Work in Canada: Source Book of Best Practices Les Éditions de la Fondation de l’entrepreneurship, 2003 ISBN: 2-89521-052-7 In 2001, the Fondation de l’entrepreneurship with author Christine Cuerrier published Mentoring and the World Work: A reference model (Currier, 2001). The study proposed a model for effective mentoring programs for…

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