While qualitative assessments can serve as fun and interesting activities, they should still be held to the same standards as their quantitative counterparts Mary McMahon and Mark Watson Career assessment has a long history in career development, dating back to the time of Frank Parsons’ (1909) work in the early 20th century. The purpose of…
Evaluations can offer insights into clients’ satisfaction and success Peggy Shkuda How can we measure our success as career counsellors and educators? No matter where we work, we all want to deliver excellent service, but measuring the outcome of individual sessions is not easy. Many of us rely on our own intuition and experience to…
Discussing clients’ experiences, values, way of being and future possibilities can help deepen activate and deepen their awareness and perspective Britt-Mari Sykes In my career counselling practice, informal assessment strategies play a vital role in understanding what a client is experiencing, in discovering possible next steps and in harnessing personal agency. Addressing the whole person…
Chris Callanan With a goal of bringing greater clarity and consistency to our national conversations about career development, CERIC developed a set of “Guiding Principles of Career Development” that have been enthusiastically embraced across Canada. These eight Guiding Principles are intended as a starting point to inform discussions with clients, employers, funders, policymakers and families.Each…
Some students are looking for career tests to provide them with clear-cut answers and a-ha moments Dawn Schell Viveka is a third-year student who started off her degree with enthusiasm and confidence, but lately is not enjoying her program and thinks she might like to switch. She isn’t sure what else she would like to…
Successfully narrowing down a high schooler’s university choice involves commitment to exploration and to uncovering passions Hoda Kilani In this recurring Careering feature, career professionals share their real-life solutions to common problems in the field I wear many hats working with high school students. I guide them to self-reflect. I mentor them to explore different…
Amid changes in the world of work, it is in the best interests of employers, career development practitioners and educational institutions to help jobseekers develop employability skills Jeff Landine With an increasing number of young people entering the workforce with post-secondary education in hand, and employers saying they are more concerned with workers’ punctuality and…
Lindsay Purchase, CERIC Content & Communications Editor In between watching Office Space and Gladiator in my Grade 10 Careers class (essential viewing for our career education), we took an online career aptitude test. Would I be a veterinarian? An author? No, the destiny that awaited me – a student who later quit school sports for…
How do new ways of working with clients get legitimized in the career development field? The OneLifeTools origin story offers some clues Ali Breen This article is based on an interview the author conducted with Mark Franklin, Co-founder of OneLifeTools and Practice Leader at CareerCycles. How does a new assessment system become a standard, accepted…
CERIC-funded project to examine role of career education on outcomes of young Canadians The Social Research and Demonstration Corporation (SRDC) is undertaking a project, supported by CERIC, that will identify the impact of career interventions/education on high school students’ post-secondary choices and workforce outcomes. The project will use data documenting 10 years in the lives…
