Career options and aspirations: A K-12 education approach
When you talk to a Grade 12 student, it is not unusual to come across feelings of anxiousness and uncertainty for their future. School District No. 73 (SD73) strives to...
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Life lessons learned through my first Cannexus experience
It is that time of year again: the most exciting career development conference – Cannexus! I wanted to attend Cannexus last year but was unable to attend. I knew there...
Future-proofing Canada’s workforce using Skills for Success
The COVID-19 pandemic was the catalyst of a major disruption in the already dynamic and frequently shifting Canadian labour market. Leaving thousands of organizations to shift entire business models and...
Snapshots from Cannexus22: ‘Honest, present and intentional’
There's a little bit of magic in the air this time of year – and no, it's not the snow. Even when attendees are tuning in on their laptops from...
Using the Skills for Success to help jobseekers adapt to change
Maintaining current knowledge of occupational skill requirements for Canada’s rapidly evolving labour market is vital for career development practitioners (CDPs). Over the past 20 years, advancements in automation, artificial intelligence...
Building trust, transparency and empowerment with trauma-informed career services
In Part One of this series, we discussed why approaching employment and training work with a trauma-informed lens is increasingly vital. We also shared some practices employment service practitioners (ESPs)...
Developing professional skills for a changing workplace
Professional skills are foundational for both safety and success in the workplace, so why are we seeing a gap in their development by STEM graduates? In Electricity Human Resources Canada...
The target market for career centres may not be (just) students
Career centres are generally viewed as a staple within standard student services at any post-secondary institution in North America, as it should be. If we ask many centres who their...
The cure for toxic productivity
As we begin to step back into the normalcy of a post-COVID world, one of the many things we are carrying with us is toxic productivity. There is a sense...
Boosting employment success for youth transitioning from care
Across the country, an estimated 63,000 children and youth are in foster or group home placements, with approximately 235,000 more children at risk of abuse and neglect. Exposure to childhood...
