Developing professional skills for a changing workplace
Professional skills are foundational for both safety and success in the workplace, so why are we seeing a gap in their development by STEM graduates? In Electricity Human Resources Canada...
International careers leader Dick Knowdell passes Dec. 13
Dick Knowdell, recipient of the NCDA’s Centennial Award, APCDA’s and the California CDA’s Lifetime Achievement Award, author and trainer, has passed. He impacted millions within the career development field as...
Dignity: The hidden pillar of career development
“One way to earn people’s trust, a foolproof way, is to treat them with dignity.” – Donna Hicks Looking back at the history of career development, we can see that...
How to equip jobseekers to succeed in the digital era
Tech is no longer an isolated field, which means that workforce development programs must ensure their programs and services align with evolving tech needs and simultaneously prepare jobseekers with the...
Career professionals need accessible tools to build LMI literacy
Despite the importance of labour market information for job search, few career practitioners receive training in this area....
Supporting Alberta’s workers to flourish in the new, high-tech economy
Quick! If I say Calgary, what is the first thing you think? Mountains? Stampede? Or was your first thought oil and gas? My guess is the latter, and no surprise....
A problem-ecology perspective on career development assistance
Providers of career development assistance meet a wide variety of people who present a wide variety of employment problems. Some have lost their job and want a new one. Others...
‘Whole-of-community approach’ creates transformative workforce development
When community stakeholders work together on transformative workforce development, it eliminates duplication of effort, leverages the work of experts and closes gaps in service for jobseekers. Collaboration is the only...
‘It’s possible’: How Career Month might change your outlook on career conversations
Each year during the month of November, there’s a celebration across the country. It doesn’t matter what time zone you’re in, or if you work or are affiliated with the...
Mental Health Champions: Workplace wellness in action
“There can be no health without mental health.” – Prince et al., 2007 In the course of a day, career development professionals (CDPs) hear many stories from their clients –stories...