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Career development in plant agriculture

October 5, 2012By Norman Valdez0 comment

By Vijay Kumar Bhosekar (Cannexus13 GSEP Award Winner)

Due to the continued growth of the global population and the consequent expanding need for study of food crops and agriculture in general, the outlook for plant agriculture and agriculture experts is excellent. Past agricultural research has created higher yielding crops, crops with better resistance to pests and plant pathogens, and more effective fertilizers and pesticides. Research is still necessary, however, particularly as insects and diseases continue to adapt to pesticides and as soil fertility and water quality continue to need improvement. This article will discuss career opportunities and the labour market in the field of agriculture.

Improving your employability in tough economic times

October 5, 2012By Norman Valdez0 comment

By Jen Davies (Cannexus13 GSEP Award Winner)

Youth unemployment in Canada has rarely been worse. In an economic period that has seen retirement savings shrink, Boomers aren’t retiring as expected. Long-time program funders like the federal and provincial governments are cutting the number of dollars they are spending on summer jobs programs and even on ongoing employment-related services, so there are fewer openings and recent graduates are competing for positions with recently laid-off experienced workers.

Demystifying the university career centre

October 3, 2012By Norman Valdez

An article contributed by CERIC to the Fall 2012 issue of Career Options magazine aims to help students understand the full value of their university or college career centres – beyond the resume review.

CareerWise launches, bringing you the best of the web weekly

September 25, 2012By Norman Valdez

Canada’s career professionals now have a new resource at their disposal! Each week CERIC’s ContactPoint web site will put together some of the most interesting articles on

Join the new Cannexus online community!

September 21, 2012By Norman Valdez

Start your networking early by getting involved in this new and exciting interactive online community created around the conference and exclusive to Cannexus13 participants.

CERIC and ACPI present The Panic Free Job Search, Oct. 23

September 21, 2012By Norman Valdez

CERIC is pleased to be working with the Association of Career Professionals International (ACPI) to present an evening with Paul Hill author of The Panic Free Job Search. The

New webinar: Interpreting Career Assessments in a Group Setting

September 19, 2012By Norman Valdez

There is growing pressure in every sector for career professionals to see more clients – and to do this with fewer resources. Whether you are in a university, community agency or

CERIC partners on Let’s Get to Work symposium in Manitoba

September 18, 2012By Norman Valdez

CERIC is partnering with Career Trek to bring an innovative new career development forum to Manitoba. The Let’s Get to Work symposium will take place between 9:00 am

Mentoring Internationally Trained Counsellors to Serve Newcomers

September 9, 2012By Norman Valdez0 comment

by Shelly D’Mello

The Counselling Foundation of Canada provided a multi-year grant to The Mennonite New Life Centre of Toronto (MNLCT) in April, 2009 to support its Mentoring Internationally Trained Counsellors program. The MNLCT sought this funding, in part, to promote the dissemination and replication of an existing model for mentoring internationally trained counsellors. The end goal is to increase the number of practicing counselling professionals with language and cultural proficiency to effectively serve newcomers to Ontario.

Local career professionals gather at Ontario road shows

September 6, 2012By Norman Valdez

CERIC’s road shows will be making stops across Ontario this fall. The networking meetings bring together professionals from the career development field to learn about CERIC

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