The federally funded Future Skills Centre has an ambitious mandate that includes funding and evaluating new approaches to skills development in Canada. Last week, the Centre made a big step...

Not having a job that brings a person joy can lead to disengagement, poor productivity, substance abuse, mental health issues, and more. Universities should be mitigating this major societal problem...

Some secret interviews are built into the formal interview process, and are secret only from candidates who assume that decisions start and end with the official interviewers. When you go...

The much-talked about skills gap at universities is actually a “skills awareness gap.” Competency mapping was not critical when students were promoted within academic institutions, but these days, those jobs...

Deborah Saucier says she has often heard comments aimed at Indigenous Canadians that they should “just get over it,” referring to the injustices they’ve suffered throughout the country’s history. To...

While the traditional career centre services are in place and as popular as ever – with individual career advising, workshops and, yes, that resumé consultation near the top – most...

As failure CVs make the rounds, they confirm that even very successful careers are built on a series of missteps and losses. It’s not the only kind of atypical CV that...

Mentorship programs, when executed well, can be catalysts for success in academia. Whether it’s a tenured professor coaching a new faculty member, a postdoc supporting an undergraduate student with a...

For some, that means a career change and the necessary work to make it happen. If you’re unhappy with your current path, then by all means, plan a change. Before...

Accompanying partners tend to be well educated, with many having completed university degrees in their home countries and having years of prior employment experience. Yet one problem many accompanying partners encounter after...