Career Practice Principles: Bridging Theory and Everyday Practice
Seven Habits for Effective Career Assessments
By Roberta Neault In writing about the use of career assessments, Spencer Niles, president of the National Career Development Association in the US, cautions, “[Some] practitioners… conceptualize career counselling as a process of administering tests and providing occupational information. Such views freeze career counselling at the turn of the last century.” (Niles & Harris–Bowlsbey, 2002,…
Conference Sketch
By Roberta Neault Talking in Colour 2003 Western Canada’s Personality DimensionsTM/True ColorsTM Networking Conference The 3rd Annual Conference for True ColorsTM and, now, Personality DimensionsTM facilitators was held on September 20 in Port Coquitlam, BC, co-sponsored by Life Strategies Ltd. and Terry Fox Secondary School. Conference participants were very eager to learn about the new,…
Free Webinar Series: Career Theories and Models at Work – October 5 & 19, 2020 with authors Jim Bright (Australia), Roberta Borgen (Neault) (Canada) & Deirdre Pickerell (Canada)
Tools to Support Group Facilitation
By Roberta Neault, PhD, Cassie Saunders, BA, and Fiona Glendinning, BA, Life Strategies Ltd. It can be tempting for career practitioners and counsellors working with groups to find a comfortable style and stick with it. However, adding new activities, resources, and techniques to your toolkits can help to keep both you and your group members…
Rethinking Career Engagement for Older Workers: Adapting to a Changing Workforce
Optimizing engagement to pivot effectively
Model offers framework to spot warning signs of disengagement and get back on track Roberta Borgen (Neault) and Deirdre Pickerell Pivoting – changing direction by turning in place – takes balance and resilience. Not all career transitions require pivots; sometimes career trajectories continue in the same direction after major or minor disruptions. Pivots are different.…
Resilience Within the Career Development Sector
By Deirdre Pickerell and Roberta Neault The career development field needs to build resiliency within the sector in order to address disengagement, apathy, burnout and feelings of underutilization
Career Development in Organizations: A Lost or an Emerging Opportunity?
By Deirdre A. Pickerell and Roberta A. Neault Key insights for career professionals who want to get involved in corporate career development