Students & Youth

When navigating early career employment, youth with disabilities (YwD) face barriers to securing work and gaining relevant employment experiences that their non-disabled peers do not encounter. One prominent barrier is...

Being versatile is vital for a university graduate's career success. Versatility's importance is amplified in locations with emerging sectors. After interviewing alumni, current students and hiring managers, we were able...

Since beginning my counselling career in 2006, I have noticed significant changes in the relationships between young adults and their parents, with the most obvious change being the increased frequency...

Queen’s University card sort and mapping activities can help students acknowledge and articulate their skills with confidence....

My dad was a pipefitter. (A fitter-welder if we’re getting technical). While I didn’t know exactly what that meant when I was a kid, he did tell me stories from...

The World of Work model was created by the Cajon Valley Union School District with guidance and support from teachers, business, education consultants and counselling professors and researchers. As Hartung et...

Immigrant youth are an important source of talent to Canada and increasingly a vital strategy for redressing Canada’s aging workforce. According to Statistics Canada (2017), young people ages 18–29 account...

The career development gap in schools can only be bridged by prioritizing and scaling programming....

Current graduates are facing more challenges finding jobs this year. As we attempt to counsel students, our goal is to discover their career interests, develop appealing resumes and prepare them...

“Well, what is your job anyways?” (or, as interpreted by my inner voice, "What help/use are you?”). This feedback is never a great way to start a career conversation. It...