‘Irrelevant’ summer jobs still equip students with valuable skills
SCENE: In a campus career centre, a stressed student meets with a career coach. STUDENT: I’m having a lot of trouble with my resume. COACH: What seems to be the...
5 steps to guiding clients through education planning
Going back to school is a common and often necessary step for people who want to change careers. As counsellors, we listen to our clients’ stories and know it’s challenging...
To connect with students, career services should reach out to campus groups
Outreach is an ambiguous area that can be tricky to define. But it is an important part of a communications strategy, because marketing alone is not enough to connect with...
The Laurier Experience Record: Linking experiential learning to career development
As career professionals in the post-secondary context, a critical component of our work is helping our students identify and reflect on their experiences inside and outside of the classroom as...
5 ways to talk with young children about work and careers
You’ve seen the scenario before, perhaps at a family reunion or a holiday gathering. A kind, curious family member asks your young child, “And what do you want to be...
5 resources to help parents support their children’s career development
It can be challenging for parents to know how to get involved in their children’s career development. However, from primary through to post-secondary, there are constructive roles parents can play...
How to plan a post-secondary career fair and escape in one piece
Have you ever talked to a bride in full-on wedding planning mode who did not utter some version of the phrase “I wish we had eloped”? Yeah, me neither. Successful...
Got med school hopefuls? Special categories can help
From Indigenous students to military applicants, there are several special application categories related to identity, descent and status....
New CERIC-funded project to examine role of career education on outcomes of 7,000 young Canadians
CERIC will fund a Social Research and Demonstration Corporation (SRDC) project that will identify the impact of career education on high school students’ post-secondary choices and workforce outcomes, with the goal of...
Lessons from Wilfrid Laurier University’s Career-Integrated Learning program
Throughout my career in post-secondary career education, the persistent challenge has been in helping students, and particularly those in humanities and social sciences, understand that what they are learning in...