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Here are some links to helpful websites for career practitioners and their clients based in Manitoba. If you are a career practitioner and you want resources for the labour market in MB, then make sure to bookmark these sites. Associations for Career Practitioners Manitoba Association of Career Development (MACD): Provincial career development association. Manitoba School Counsellors’ Association (MSCA): A special area group of the Manitoba Teachers’ Society, made up of individuals working or interested in the field of guidance and counselling. Education and Training for Career Practitioners Université de Saint-Boniface: Maîtrise en education. […]
Here are some links to websites for career practitioners and their clients based in Ontario (ON). If you are a career practitioner and you want resources for the labour market in the province, then make sure to bookmark these sites. Associations for Career Practitioners Career Development Practitioners’ Certification Board of Ontario (CDPCBO): A non-profit corporation which oversees the certification process in Ontario. FirstWork: Support network for career practitioners working in the youth employment sector. Ontario School Counsellors Association (OSCA): leadership and support in Guidance and Career Education for Guidance Teacher-Counsellors. Education and Training […]
CPC Member Snapshot: Lise Stransky truly believes that every individual is entitled to find meaningful work. Lise is a CPC Mastermind and a Certified Career Development Practitioner, dedicated to ensuring clients have the resources, knowledge, and support to make job and career decisions. Lise volunteers with CPC as a Chat Facilitator. You can also see many of her feature articles in CPC’s news feed. Welcome to our new PROFESSIONAL Members: Dinal Perera Juliana de Souza Mark Granger Natalie MacLellan Paul Olson Timothy Power Wendy Read Thank you to our renewing PROFESSIONAL Members: Cassandra Barnard-Cleghorn […]
By Karine Touloumjian. Successful businesses brand their products and services. We hear about this marketing strategy often; however, we don’t always know where to start when trying to conceive brand identity for our career service. According to the BusinessDictionary.com, branding is defined as “The process involved in creating a unique name and image for a product in the consumers’ mind, mainly through advertising campaigns with a consistent theme. Branding aims to establish a significant and differentiated presence in the market that attracts and retains loyal customers.” So what does this mean in actionable terms? […]
By Eilidh Sligo. January 2016 saw the BC Government investing $100M into the fast-moving technology sector as part of the #BCTECH strategy and The Narwhal Club is at the forefront. The industry currently employs over 84,000 professionals in over 9,000 organizations. The majority of these are small businesses (over 80% have less than 10 employees) taking advantage of the tech start-up culture in Vancouver. The tech industry includes key sectors such as cleantech, health and life sciences, gaming and digital media, wireless and mobile, and information and communications technology. The current […]
By Skye Berry. Anyone who follows my work knows that I love to add a splash of creativity in my resume design services. So when my CPC Mastermind Group presented me with an opportunity to examine creativity and play within career services, I took it! Creativity, overall, has gained increasing value around the world. According to Mary Ann Hollingsworth, the creativity process in counselling includes encouraging clients to: Think differently or newly about important issues. Temporarily set emotions and fears aside when feeling stuck. Remove barriers to decision making or […]