New tools for integration: Credential assessment for displaced individuals
A crisis in their country of education can make it difficult for refugees to provide proof of credentials. A program from World Education Services aims to help....
Training opportunities for career professionals in Fall 2019
Curl up with a textbook (or a laptop) this fall and meet your professional goals with these courses for career professionals. Multiple courses – Career Professionals of Canada CPC is...
Help Wanted: Modernizing Ontario’s employment and training system
A growing chorus of businesses across Ontario report that difficulty finding, recruiting and retaining talent with the right skills is a significant barrier to their growth. At the same time,...
3 reports that caught our eye the week of Aug. 11, 2019
Each week, CERIC is on the lookout for the latest reports related to career development. Here are three reports that we found interesting this week: Future Skills Council Report on...
What I learned from navigating my own athletic career transition
Professional athletes devote decades of their lives to sport. But no matter how much time they have invested, retirement from an athletic career is inevitable. Prior to pursuing graduate studies...
How career practitioners can assess themselves
We all want to deliver excellent service, but measuring the outcome of individual sessions is not easy. Many of us rely on our own intuition and experience to judge the...
How to support clients facing bias in their job search
Have your clients seeking job search assistance ever shared concerns about how employers will judge their age, gender, body type, ethnicity, race, ability or hair? Has a client ever displayed...
3 reports that caught our eye the week of Aug. 4, 2019
Each week, CERIC is on the lookout for the latest reports related to career development. Here are three reports that we found interesting this week: Labour Market Information Needs of...
It’s time to think differently about career development in Canada
I recently had the opportunity to attend the International Centre for Career Development and Public Policy (ICCDPP) Symposium on Career Development and Public Policy in Norway. A total of 33...
Client Side: It’s a small world after all – reflections on a career coaching journey
My work environment and my job were changing dramatically, I had lost my father to suicide, my mom was going through cancer treatments for a second time and my only...