Campus career centres step up to better serve students
While the traditional career centre services are in place and as popular as ever – with individual career advising, workshops and, yes, that resumé consultation near the top – most...
Navigating post-secondary pathways
Even before they go to high school, students are expected to have some idea of what they want to do in terms of post-secondary pathways. At People for Education’s annual...
Young people drowning in a rising tide of perfectionism
We recently conducted one of the largest-ever studies on perfectionism. We learned that perfectionism has increased substantially over the past 25 years and that it affects men and women equally....
Why Girls Beat Boys at School and Lose to Them at the Office
From elementary school through college, girls are more disciplined about their schoolwork than boys; they study harder and get better grades. Girls consistently outperform boys academically. And yet, men nonetheless hold a staggering 95 percent of the top positions...
RBC Future Launch gifts Laurentian with $300,000 towards career development
Laurentian University and Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) announced a commitment of $300,000 over two years to help fund Laurentian University’s new Career Development Plan program. The program includes the...
Australian government releases National Career Education Strategy
The vision of Future Ready is that every student in every school has access to high‑quality career education to help them make a successful transition from school to further education, training, work...
Why careers education should start as soon as school does
Career-related learning in primary schools is about exploration, understanding and challenging stereotypes for all children. These stereotypes, adopted from as young as six, effect engagement in learning and go on to...
A Theoretical Framework for Understanding Social Anxiety in the Context of Career Development
In order to identify ways to promote career development for people with social anxiety disorder (SAD), a theoretical framework to help conceptualize SAD in the context of career development is...
Are Campus Offices Prepared to Work Collaboratively with Families?
Career development practitioners on college campuses may find working with parents and family members challenging. Lack of specific training, the need to maintain confidentiality, time or resource constraints, and personal...
Moving away from a one-size-fits-all mentorship
Mentorship programs, when executed well, can be catalysts for success in academia. Whether it’s a tenured professor coaching a new faculty member, a postdoc supporting an undergraduate student with a...