Your meaningful job is a health hazard
If a job requires a lot of you, you are likely to be more emotionally connected to it. This means you can feel passionate about it in a positive way....
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Program Development, Evaluation, and Professionalism: Core Competencies, Areas of Specialization, or Something Else?
We’re in the midst of revising the Canadian Standards and Guidelines for Career Development Practitioners. Although in the current standards, program development and evaluation are alluded to, they aren’t specifically listed...
This ‘career accelerator’ helps applicants get dream tech jobs — for a cut of their salary
Pathrise provides a formal eight-week job-coaching program that teaches students to optimize their personal content, networking and interview skills, in exchange for 9% of their first year's salary....
I took five popular career assessments and here’s what I learned
In turning the assessment lens on herself – trying out new tools as well as revisiting past results – this career counsellor learned more about her own career journey, the...
Imposter Syndrome: How to Embrace the Value of You [Infographic]
This infographic provides a flowchart to help you determine if you suffer from imposter syndrome, and which type of “imposter” you have become. It also offers tips to overcome your...
Entrepreneurship holds lessons for dealing with risk in careers
Careers are developed with a lot of uncertainty. Today’s technological shifts make it even harder to predict future work life and the consequences of personal decisions in careers. However, risk-taking...
What does it mean to be working class in Canada?
Working class students may face additional hurdles in post-secondary, such as balancing school with part-time and summer jobs, a shortage of relevant extra-curricular experiences to garnish their resumes, bewilderment about...
Feds invest $5.4 billion in skills training, labour market transitions in Quebec
The funding, committed until 2022–23, means that an estimated 240,000 more Quebec workers will benefit from employment and skills training programs and measures to transition into the job market, maintain employment or gain...
As the nature of work evolves, we need to embrace non-traditional forms of education
Managed correctly, technological innovation can lead to an era of meaningful work, opportunities for growth and an improved quality of life for everyone. Let’s explore some educational options for workers...
No work experience? No problem: Small-town bakery teaches people with employment barriers
A small-town bakery is celebrating 10 years of serving fresh bread, hot coffee and providing a learning space for people with employment barriers who are looking to improve their skills and get some...