A Personal Business Story
By Jen Denys
“You can do it.”
“Yes you can.”
These phrases I’ve heard over and over again the last couple of years. No, I’m not talking about reading a child’s storybook aloud, although I’ve had the great pleasure of doing so on a regular basis. These positive words of encouragement are those spoken to me by my greatest supporters. If you meet me, you will likely see a confident, young business woman who genuinely enjoys helping people. While most of these characteristics have remained a steady pattern in my life, the confident part wasn’t always so.
From Solitary Job Seeker to Best-Selling Author and International Seminar Presenter
By Jean-Marc Hachey
Career counsellors are frequently passionate communicators. The following is an account of how I transformed my own passion for providing career advice into a viable and interesting lifestyle: that of a self-published author and professional paid speaker. You too can turn your communications abilities – through courage, creativity and persistence – into a challenging but rewarding public speaking or publishing career in the wider career services industry, if you are motivated by a passion to share.
Becoming a Career Development Advisor: Biographies of Cindy Mancuso (M.Ed., c.o.) and Joëlle Grundman (B.A., Languages)
By Linda Cicuta
I have collaborated, interviewed, met, and worked with hundreds of professionals and am convinced there is at least one common factor among them all: their career paths have been experienced rather than planned. This theory also rings true for practitioners in the career advising field. The following stories are of two professionals who have pursued different paths, leading them to the same career center at McGill University.
The Career Practitioner Field: A Look at Private Consulting
By Stacey Campbell
Confucius, a prominent Chinese philosopher once stated: “If you find a job you love, you will never work a day in your life”. However, what Confucius has failed to mention is that finding the job you love is easier said than done. Cultivating the right career destination or education path can be a frustrating and challenging pursuit for many individuals. Recent statistics reveal that 50% of all university students either drop out, or change their major after their first year of post-secondary education (Train, 2003). Naidoo (2005) and Chew (2004) note that Generation Y (born between 1980-2000) will be prone to many more career changes in their lifetimes compared with their predecessors (Generation X and Baby Boomers). With the recent elimination of the Ontario Academic Credit (OAC), young people are forced to make major decisions regarding their academics and careers earlier in life. Furthermore, middle-aged populations, newcomers to Canada and individuals with disabilities face complex barriers and challenges when discerning a rewarding and suitable career. I think it goes without saying that the career practitioner field is a much needed profession!
Beyond Government Contracts: Diverse Work Settings for Career Management Professionals
By Deirdre Pickerell and Dr. Roberta Neault
Career Management Professionals (CMPs) can often be found delivering their services within government funded community-based agencies. The mandate of these agencies is typically to support unemployed Canadians as they identify career options, develop job search skills, and strengthen their ability to maintain employment.
Upcoming Events
Upcoming Canadian Events
NATCON 2008: National Career Development and Workforce Learning Event, The Conference Board of Canada, Toronto, ON. January 21-23, 2008
Publications and Products
Keep Swinging: An Entrepreneurs Story Of Overcoming Adversity And Achieving Small Business Success
Jay Myers
Morgan James Publishing, November 2007
ISBN: 1600372589
New Programs and Initiatives
By Paul D. Smith
A New Career Education Model for Students
Queen’s University Career Services, with the generous support of the Counselling Foundation of Canada, is developing a new model for Career Education that will integrate on-line and in-person support for their students. The impetus for developing the integrated model is the need to provide services to students when and how they want them with the resources available. “We are extremely excited to receive this support from The Counselling Foundation of Canada,” says Paul D. Smith, Queen’s Director of Career Services, “because it will allow us to solve a problem that is universal – How do you meet the needs of thousands of students with a handful of staff?”
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The Career Management Association of BC
“Proudly Serving BC’s Career Development Community”
The Career Management Association of BC is a membership driven professional association representing BC’s Career Development Practitioners. CMA was initially launched in 1996 as the Labour Market and Career Information Association, a grassroots consortium that was concerned by the need for access to quality career and labour market information.