Beyond binarism: Countering gender identity discrimination in the workplace
The challenges trans and non-binary people may face at work, as well as practices that facilitate their professional integration....
3 tips to help parents become informed career influencers
Parents have surfaced as the most powerful and influential voice in the career journey for Generation Z, nudging peers and professors off the podium. This was evident in the findings...
Conscious leadership starts with developing the self
We are all leaders in some capacity. Some people have very clearly defined leadership titles in their work (i.e. manager, director, VP, C-suite roles, etc.), while others’ titles don’t reflect...
Applications for CERIC’s Graduate Student Award due by March 31
Full-time graduate students whose academic focus is career development are invited to apply to be part of CERIC's Graduate Student Engagement Program (GSEP) and to compete for the GSEP Award,...
CareerWise Weekly: Interview don’ts | Worker retraining | Client advocacy – Feb. 11, 2020
2 Things You Should Never Do Right Before A Job Interview, CERIC survey results offer snapshot of the state of career development in Canada, Canada can better prepare to retrain...
5 reports that caught our eye the week of Feb. 9, 2020
Each week, CERIC is on the lookout for the latest reports related to career development. Here are five reports that we found interesting this week: Better, Faster, Stronger: Maximizing the...
My Cannexus conference: An amazing series of firsts
My Cannexus20 experience was a pretty amazing series of firsts: It was my first Cannexus conference (even having spent 25+ years in the supported employment world) It was my first...
How to engage in ethical advocacy work in career development
When encouraging client self-advocacy or advocating on a client’s behalf, it is vital that career professionals be aware of ethical considerations such as informed consent....
Lessons learned in six months of running my own career practice
Sometime in my college recruiting days, I started dreaming about a side hustle where I could provide quality, objective information on post-secondary education and careers to students and their parents....
Resources for girls’ STEM career development
According to the United Nations (2016), female students are significantly less likely to graduate with a degree in the sciences than their male counterparts; as of 2017, women represented only...