Who works in career development in Canada? A holistic sector map
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. ...
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Practice Principles at Work: Building quality relationships with career development clients
At the end of each of the 43 chapters in the book Career Theories and Models at Work: Ideas for Practice, authors provided a page of practice points. What can...
‘Crisis of care’: Building livable, fulfilling helping careers
"We know enough of our own history by now to be aware that people exploit what they have merely concluded to be of value, but they defend what they love."...
Elevating career education: The power of rubrics in and out of the classroom
In the ever-evolving landscape of career education, a powerful yet often underutilized tool is the strategic incorporation of rubrics. Traditionally seen as assessment tools for instructors, rubrics can also serve...
How trauma coping strategies get stigmatized as performance issues
Are you familiar with Cesar Millan, the TV personality and “dog whisperer”? In one episode of his show, we meet a Black American man named Brandon whose dog, Kobe, is...
Community care: A systems perspective to addressing workplace trauma
Addressing workplace trauma – whether that be trauma that occurs in the workplace or the effects of trauma that come into the workplace through the personal histories of staff and...
Supporting staff retention with trauma-informed supervision
High employee turnover rates continue to plague organizations following the COVID-19 pandemic and the Great Resignation. The career development sector is not immune to these challenges and will need to...
Practice Principles at Work: A customized approach to career development
At the end of each of the 43 chapters in the book Career Theories and Models at Work: Ideas for Practice, authors provided a page of practice points. What can...
From confusion to clarity: The 3-2-1 approach in career management
“But I don’t know what I’m good at.” “I’m just doing my job.” “I don’t know how to market myself.” “I don’t know what makes me different from others.” The...
How to help clients get what they need from stress leave
In Part 1 of this two-part series, I explored six common interferences that can potentially get in the way of a client having a successful stress leave. Identifying problems is...