Deirdre Pickerell, Author at CareerWise

Deirdre Pickerell

Dr. Deirdre Pickerell, CPHR, GCDF-i, is Dean of Academics at Yorkville University’s British Columbia Campus and Vice-President of Life Strategies Ltd. She has been honoured with the 2014 Stu Conger Award for Leadership in Career Development and Career Counselling and the 2006 Human Resources Association Award of Excellence. She recently celebrated 27 years in the career development field and often smiles at how some things never change.

Research & Trends

The long-sought-after, unrealized dream of a single LMI portal

Deirdre Pickerell2 years ago

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Career practitioners, their clients and all Canadians need access to timely, accurate and relevant labour market information (LMI). Yet, studies consistently show that good LMI is hard to find and,...

Research & Trends Workplace

Check your assumptions about the gig economy

Deirdre Pickerell2 years ago

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Over the past few years, academic journals, trade publications, newspapers, blogs and government reports have attempted to define and quantify the gig economy and how it might be affecting today’s...

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Deirdre Pickerell

The long-sought-after, unrealized dream of a single LMI portal

Check your assumptions about the gig economy

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