What carries over when a practitioner starts leading
It is 5:00 pm on a Tuesday. The team has gone. You are still at your desk, drafting an email about a change you did not decide and cannot fully...
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Navigate your next career move through industry association mentoring
Young professionals often switch roles as they navigate the beginning of their career – until they find the right field of work or area of focus suitable for their long-term...
What does it really take to become a flight attendant in Canada? A guide for career practitioners
What does it take to become a flight attendant? For decades, the standard answer included good customer service, confidence, professional presentation and a love of travel. These qualities are valuable,...
Helping people find their place in a world that needs them
What if career exploration began not with “What occupation should I choose?” but with a more compelling question: “What problems in the world would I most like to help solve?”...
What does an intentional connection look like on LinkedIn?
My own profile was born during the COVID-19 lockdown, sparked by a sudden urge to trade mindless Facebook scrolling for career productivity. Yet, as the connections grew, a foundational question...
The future of career development is human-AI collaboration
Across job platforms and workplace studies, a consistent pattern has emerged: people are adopting generative artificial intelligence (AI) tools for career-related tasks, but adoption doesn't translate into full trust or...
The job posting is not the job: Helping jobseekers read between the lines
A job posting looks like a description of a role. It lists responsibilities, qualifications, software, years of experience and perhaps a few lines about organizational culture. But a posting is...
They promised me development, they gave me a high salary, but what about everything that comes after?
On the fragmented logic that treats happiness, performance, and culture as separate pieces, and what that fragmentation produces in the real experience of working. This is an excerpt from an...
Neurodivergent candidates in interviews: What the recruiter doesn’t always see
A few years ago, I used to conduct interviews and I remember one thing clearly: when a candidate got scattered, when their ideas spilled out in every direction, it didn't...
From conference to practice: Collective learning from Cannexus in an immigrant-serving organization
Each year, Cannexus brings together Canada’s career development community to exchange ideas, research and practices. But what happens when attending the conference is not an individual experience, but a collective...