By Catherine Ducharme
I always have a hard time explaining my work to my family. Most of my aunts think that I’m a career counsellor. Others claim that I do “non-profit stuff.” My partner is fond of telling his colleagues that I get paid to play on social media (he still resists the notion that Twitter can be a great tool for business!). But my work is so much more than that.
By John Horn
By Mario R. Gravelle
By Renée Gendron
By Jaime Watt
The first time I came in contact with a career professional was about 40 years ago. I was a confused kid, suffering from an embarrassment of too many options and lacking one clear passion. So I met with a specialist who gave me lots of tests to do, and the verdict was pronounced: I was to be a funeral director.
By Rebecca McCarthy
Clinton Nellist and Denis Luchyshyn are blazing trails across Canada. Packing all their things, throwing caution to the wind and relying on the kindness of strangers, they lived out of their car for three months. Why would two perfectly employable 20-somethings quit their jobs and live on the open road? To meet over 150 career professionals, employers and recent graduates who were willing to share the best employment advice with the nation through the Road to Employment docuseries and web resource.
By Miguel Hahn
By Bill Huffaker
“Career development programs in the workplace can really take a variety of shapes, depending on the organization. CIBC is a large employer, and we have a wide range of career-related programming: succession planning and executive talent management, mentoring programs, diversity programs and outreach to community partners, employee affinity networks, rotational programs for recent graduates, and learning pathways for a variety of roles. We believe it is important for employees to feel empowered to manage their careers: to “own” it, but not be left “on their own”. We really see career development as a shared responsibility between the employee and their manager, and supported by the organization through tools, programs, and pathways.”
By Deirdre A. Pickerell and Roberta A. Neault
