Developing an ethical practice-checker to guide daily decisions
Two simple questions can help career practitioners evaluate whether they are being ethical in interactions with clients and colleagues Briony Penrose Most career professionals are familiar with the code of ethics they are supposed to follow, but how well do we really understand how to apply ethics in daily practice? When we consider ethics from…
Assessment Guide for Career and Guidance Counselling
Assessment activities are key components of career and guidance counsellor practice, regardless of their specific area of activity. In view of the modernization of professional practices in the mental health and human relations sectors and the revised scopes of practice, the Ordre des conseillers et conseillères d’orientation du Québec (OCCOQ)
CERIC to publish French edition of popular Career Theories and Models at Work book
Career Theories and Models at Work: Ideas for Practice, edited by Nancy Arthur (University of South Australia), Roberta Neault (Life Strategies) and Mary McMahon (University of Queensland) and published by CERIC, has gained popularity across Canada and beyond, generating interest from career development professors, researchers and practitioners around the world. For the past few months,…
Assessment Guide for Career and Guidance Counselling
Work Tree: Book Review
By Anne-Marie Rolfe This lively, colourful book encourages the reader to think outside the box when it comes to creating work inside the reality of our new economy. The author makes the case early on that our economy has changed and relying on the traditional job search is simply no longer a viable option for…
Assessment Guide for Career and Guidance Counselling
Book Review: We’re Not Gonna Take It
By Lynn Sadlowski A youth’s toolbag of essential life skills for transitioning from high school to post-secondary education to the workplace Book by Sandra Finkelstein
How a lightbulb moment became a powerful narrative assessment practice
How do new ways of working with clients get legitimized in the career development field? The OneLifeTools origin story offers some clues Ali Breen This article is based on an interview the author conducted with Mark Franklin, Co-founder of OneLifeTools and Practice Leader at CareerCycles. How does a new assessment system become a standard, accepted…
Funding announced for new book on career theories that will inform work of practitioners
CERIC will fund the development of a new international collection, Career Theories and Models at Work: Ideas for Practice, to be edited by Dr Nancy Arthur (University of Calgary), Dr Roberta Neault (Life Strategies) and Dr Mary McMahon (The University of Queensland, Australia). The goal of the project is to provide career practitioners with training…