2021

Free webinar Sept. 9 to share insights into career management in Canada’s public sector

Author Lisa Taylor will be offering a free webinar on Sept. 9 based on her popular new book that supports government managers in developing and engaging employees. Retain and Gain: Career Management for the Public Sector Playbook sold out on Amazon on its launch date and was downloaded more than 2,000 times in the first two months of release, demonstrating that career development, public sector careers and implications…

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Careering

Well-being-based career practices and interventions for preventing and treating mental illness

Career development practitioners should take a holistic approach, supporting their clients’ mental health while helping them navigate career planning By Derrick McEachern Career planning is a mental-health intervention and a well-being practice. What people do each day shapes who they are and how they feel about their daily lives. People who are disengaged from their…

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New Programs and Initiatives

Career Practitioner Certificate – Malaspina College There is a new (non-credit) Career Practitioner Certificate program available in Nanaimo, BC, at Malaspina University -College. The program comprises seven core courses plus 30 hours of option courses to complete the certificate. Core courses address timely career development issues like Work in the Changing Economy, Creating and Managing…

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New issue of CJCD: Career Education in Junior High School, Job Developers’ Training, Narrative Method of Practice & more

The latest issue of The Canadian Journal of Career Development has just been published and is available to view online. This edition of the journal provides new research in several topical areas including career education at the junior high level, job development for internationally educated professionals and the increasingly popular narrative method of practice.

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2019

Free webinars in November on universal design in career services and settlement counsellor competencies

CERIC will be offering two free webinars to share the findings of CERIC-funded research projects: Accessibility and Universal Design in Career Transitions Programming and Services on November 15 and Redefining the Role of Front-Line Settlement Counsellors: 8 Critical Competencies for Success on November 22. CERIC supported the National Educational Association of Disabled Students (NEADS) to carry…

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Free Employee Guide and Webinar: Making It Work! How to Effectively Navigate Maternity Leave Career Transitions

Making It Work! How to Effectively Navigate Maternity Leave Career Transitions: An Employee’s Guide is now available for free download. Funded by CERIC, Canada Career Counselling developed this guide for women taking a maternity leave, which is inclusive of maternity, parental and adoption leave, and equally applicable to women who are experiencing their first or…

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