Want to boost interest in skilled trades? Get parents on board
My dad was a pipefitter. (A fitter-welder if we’re getting technical). While I didn’t know exactly what that meant when I was a kid, he did tell me stories from...
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Ed Hidalgo: ‘Every child should know there’s a place in the world for them’
The World of Work model was created by the Cajon Valley Union School District with guidance and support from teachers, business, education consultants and counselling professors and researchers. As Hartung et...
November 2020 webinars for career professionals
These webinars, taking place in November, cover a range of topics including mindfulness, trauma-informed practice, remote career services and student engagement. Interested in other online learning opportunities? Check out our...
Unlock effective online career learning by considering design and practice
COVID-19 has altered the way we provide career development services. In an instant the field pivoted from face-to-face delivery and its familiar rhythm and cues to online delivery using new...
3 reports that caught our eye the week of Oct. 25, 2020
CareerWise is always on the lookout for the latest reports related to career development. Here are three reports that we found interesting this week: National Youth Employment Sector Town Halls:...
The importance of workplace belonging for immigrant youth
Immigrant youth are an important source of talent to Canada and increasingly a vital strategy for redressing Canada’s aging workforce. According to Statistics Canada (2017), young people ages 18–29 account...
Making career development ‘stick’ in K-12
The career development gap in schools can only be bridged by prioritizing and scaling programming....
Enhancing your work-life wellness through uncertain times
How would your life improve if you understood the ways your work is affecting your personal life? COVID-19 has shone a light on the challenges many of us encounter in...
Learning at the speed of change: An essential competency for career professionals
If we have learned anything in the past seven months of living through a global pandemic, it is that change can be sudden, unexpected and completely out of our control....
4 reports that caught our eye the week of Oct. 18, 2020
CareerWise is always on the lookout for the latest reports related to career development. Here are four reports that we found interesting this week: Curriculum and Reconciliation: Introducing Indigenous Perspectives...