Hot Sites
The Job Search Handbook
www.jobsearchhandbook.com/book
Resources and Tools in the Field – A Practitioner’s Review
By Helen Davies
As a relatively new student in the career development field, I have been exposed to a plethora of career-related resources, all competing for my attention. As an on-line student, I spend several hours a week tapping at the keyboard to produce assignments, and surfing numerous websites in the hope of finding the ‘perfect’ quote or succinct article that is lurking somewhere in the labyrinth of information we now have at our fingertips. It would seem that we are almost overwhelmed by the choice of resources we have at our disposal. As a result we often identify a shortlist of key tools and resources that seem to work for us and remain faithful to them over a period of time, until they become outdated or updated, or we discover something new, maybe recommended by a colleague.
Revision of the Strong Interest Inventory®
By George Fitzsimmons
The most widely used career planning instrument in the world has been revised for 2005. The new Strong Interest Inventory is more powerful than ever, with major updates and new content that reflect the way people work today. Since the last revision of the Strong, in 1994, the world of work has changed. The newly revised version takes these changes into account and will help provide better direction to thousands of students and adults exploring their career options every year.
The Job Market – A Balanced Perspective
By Roger Sauvé
Clients need to stay informed about the positives and the negatives of the job market. Even though there is certainly a lot of turbulence out there, it seems that workers and especially parents are doing what needs to be done to pursue the lifestyle they want and/or simply stay afloat. The economy is helping.
The New Choices Planner
By Keira McPhee
It’s a delicate balance trying to inspire high school students to think about their future careers and lives while also encouraging them to be realistic and practical about what’s possible. This is the goal of Bridges’ successful new website Choices Planner [www.bridges.com/us/prodnserv/educareerplan_hs.html].
Interview with Dr. Barbara Moses
Interview with Dr. Barbara Moses
Best Selling Author of What Next? – The Complete Guide to Taking Control of Your Working Life on her new on-line Career Advisor
Upcoming Events
Upcoming Canadian Events
Career Development: The Next Generation, University of Toronto, Career Centre, Toronto, ON. May 16, 2005
Regional Voices
From the Atlantic Region
A new interactive board game, called The Career Learning Game, for use with Inuit students in Labrador was recently unveiled in St. John’s. It was developed by the Labrador Inuit Association in partnership with Memorial’s Department of Career Development and Experiential Learning and the Counselling Foundation of Canada. The Career Learning Game helps youth explore and learn about different career paths, and the education requirements needed for different career options
Find out more about the Career Learning Game at:
www.today.mun.ca/news.php?news_id=699
http://www.nunatsiavut.com/the-latest/newsletters
The Canadian Counselling Association is holding its annual national conference in St. John’s from May 24-27. This year’s theme is “The Roots of Resilience”. Complete details can be accessed at https://www.ccac.ca/.
Lisa Russell is the Seniors Arts Career Development Coordinator at Memorial University of Newfoundland. She is the Atlantic Regional Voices Representative.
From Quebec
Have you heard about the new “Guidance-Oriented Approach to Learning” (GOAL) developed by the Quebec school boards? This new approach follows the Quebec Government’s decision to drop courses in career choices education from the curriculum. Students still have to go through some vocational reflections, but now there is no separate time, nor specific administrator devoted to this exercise. All teachers and other professionals in the school system can participate in some GOAL activities.
Relevant information on the Guidance-Oriented Approach to Learning is available in English at http://www.learnquebec.ca/goal1. However, because the Guidance-Oriented Approach (“l’approche orientante” as it better known) was initially developed at the French-language school boards, most resources are in French. Francophone readers can read more about l’approche orientante in the Spring Issue of the OrientAction Bulletin, to be released in May.
While Quebec was the first Canadian province to apply the GOAL, over the last couple of years New Brunswick has adapted the program and Ontario is now beginning implementation on an experimental basis. Stay tuned for more developments!
Nathalie Perreault is the Program and Content Manager for OrientAction
Book Club
My Third Age: Work & Life Choices
Paul Stevens
Worklife Pty Ltd. (www.worklife.com.au), 2005
1 875134 51 4
My Third Age: Work & Life Choices is a workbook for mature workers (those over 45) ready to make a career shift.
Publications + Products
Anger Treatment for People with Developmental Disabilities: A Theory, Evidence and Manual Based Approach
John L. Taylor
Wiley, May 2005
ISBN: 0470870052