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I recently met a client at an outside location with a view to spending a couple of hours walking by the river and talking about careers. It was the third...

Helping our kids navigate their high school careers to prepare for post-secondary or work life is personal to every family. However, how older generations view careers and life will be...

Career development professionals are increasingly using generative AI to draft cover letters, but how can you create a cover letter that is further from a rough draft and closer to...

When I started working from home during the pandemic, I thought it would be a novelty – a necessity that would likely shift once the world situation changed. Yet, even...

Maternity leave provides a chance for physical healing, time to connect with our newborns and support for emotional adjustments as we embrace our new role and responsibilities. As I embarked...

The COVID-19 pandemic had profound effects on many aspects of employment. ERS conducted a study to examine the impact of the pandemic on the soft skills of people seeking employment...

This article is a follow-up to my previous blog, “Trailing spouses: The challenge of coaching high-performance newcomers,” which introduced my topic for an in-person session at Cannexus24 in Ottawa. About...

For students, more encounters with the world of work raise aspirations and broaden horizons. How do we do this in a fun and exciting way for students?  As a District...

In part one of this two-part series, we introduced William Donald’s integration of the concepts of career ecosystems and sustainable careers to offer a sustainable career ecosystem. In part two,...

When Challenge Factory was asked to determine how many people work in Canada’s career development sector, we knew that only taking a headcount would not be feasible or most useful. ...