By Karen Penrose The aim of the Get the life you love campaign (including National Career Development Week) is to promote public awareness of career development. The campaign encourages all Australians to develop the skills to manage their own life, learning and work across the lifespan. The campaign is an initiative of the Career…
Governments have opportunity to use career development as a tool to advance social justice, sustainability and social change Pete Robertson In the early years of the 21st century, public policy for career development began to be taken seriously by researchers, policy-makers and service leaders. Around that time, there were some international comparison studies led by…
New on ContactPoint: Glossary of Career Development CERIC and the Canadian Council for Career Development (CCCD) have collaborated to produce a glossary of career development. From Abilities to Workplace Training, the glossary is primarily intended to serve as a resource to those working or studying in the field of career development, though it will also…
Ottawa, Jan. 10, 2018 – The Cannexus National Career Development Conference will bring 1,000 career development professionals together in Ottawa from Jan. 22-24, 2018 to explore the skills and strategies required by the workforce of tomorrow. The biggest annual event in the country for professionals working in career counselling, employment and workforce development comes as…
Ottawa, Jan. 16, 2017 – More than 900 career development professionals will gather in Ottawa next week for the 11th annual Cannexus National Career Development Conference. The biggest event in the country for professionals working in career counselling, employment and workforce development takes place Jan. 23-25, 2017. Delegates will explore the latest research and advance…
By Julia Nie Framing the context Canada has well-established practical career development models, education and research programs. What is the current status of career development in China? What are the challenges, opportunities and solutions? What are the strategies to change the situation? Strengths: Career development initiative in China In China, domestic university enrolment has been…
The University of Manitoba and University of Winnipeg are working with Career Trek to undertake a CERIC-funded research study that will extend our knowledge of children’s career development theory, and allow us to better understand how youth make career-related decisions and how to best support the process.
An Indigenous career development leader, Trina Maher is the recipient of CERIC’s 2024 Wileman Award for Outstanding Achievement in Career Development. The announcement was made during an awards ceremony at Cannexus, Canada’s Career Development Conference in Ottawa on Jan. 29. In honouring Maher, Jennifer Browne, Chair of the Selection Committee, said “her commitment to building…
