Workplace

In 2017, Alberta Workforce Essential Skills Society (AWES) pitched a concept to the Government of Alberta to train career development practitioners to integrate the essential skills into their services. Through...

When CERIC decided to turn the page on our ContactPoint website and reinvent it as the modern, content-based CareerWise, we knew we were asking readers to make a leap with...

While the Canadian economy is growing rapidly, we are currently and for the foreseeable future facing a general labour shortage, with close to 40% of small and medium-sized businesses already...

Social media manager, app developer, driverless car engineer and telemedicine physician: what do these jobs have in common? For one thing, none of them existed a decade ago. Although each...

We are time-crunched and over-scheduled, with demands from our work and personal lives that can make us feel overwhelmed. Who hasn’t looked at their to-do list recently and thought “how...

Senator Murray Sinclair served the justice system in Manitoba for over 25 years. He was the first Aboriginal judge appointed in Manitoba and Canada’s second. He served as Co-Chair of...

The Standards and Guidelines for career development professionals are undergoing a significant update with collaboration, inclusivity and transparency top of mind....

When we come together to champion and advocate for our profession, we raise the profile of career development professionals while simultaneously increasing the perceived value of the work we do...

I have a friend from whom I love to borrow quotes. She speaks and thinks in great sound bites and I try to borrow from her as often as possible....

Assessments expert Dr Chris Wood discusses why career development matters, what he learned from his first-ever job and the most unusual interview question he's ever been asked....