Context matters in rural workforce development: 7 important facts
While each rural community is unique, common challenges and opportunities exist, including labour shortages and rising senior care needs....
Stop – breathe – feel – be: Self-care for career professionals
Is it just me, or does anyone else feel like they are sometimes spinning out of control? Sure, we keep up a good front, but inside we sift through our...
The professional development dichotomy
The past six months have quite literally rocked the world. Like the clients and students we serve as career development practitioners (CDPs), our worlds have been rocked too. Through conversations...
4 Statistics Canada reports that caught our eye in September 2020
CareerWise is always on the lookout for the latest reports related to career development. Here are four reports that we found interesting this week: Labour Force Survey, August 2020 Employment...
How to use the ‘weakness question’ to show growth and make connections
The question feared by most interviewees is the weakness question. They are afraid of being asked “What is your greatest weakness?” because they don’t know what to say or what...
CareerWise Weekly: Jobs report | Resume gaps | Belonging at work – Sept. 8, 2020
As job growth slows, restoring the remaining positions lost will be a challenge, Office work could be changed forever by COVID-19. Here's why that matters, How to explain résumé gaps...
Looking to diversity to meet labour needs in Canada and the US
Case studies from the US and Canada show rural communities and industries are adopting creative approaches to attract new talent....
How parents and carers can be supported to provide career development
Labour markets across the world were already experiencing profound shifts and changes before the onset of COVID-19 – a process which has since accelerated. With young people especially vulnerable to...
CareerWise Weekly: Cover letters | Internalized biases | Retirement and AI – Sept. 1, 2020
The career aspirations of the COVID generation, Do you really need a cover letter?, How to address (and overcome) damaging internalized biases, Why our concept of retirement is outdated –...
4 reports that caught our eye the week of August 30, 2020
CareerWise is always on the lookout for the latest reports related to career development. Here are four reports that we found interesting this week: Working Through COVID-19: Workforce Impacts Survey...