Reading Time: 3 minutes 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 60 career practitioners at my session embraced the common idiom “Walk a mile in their shoes” by imagining themselves relocating to Brazil as the trailing spouse of a financially secure employee in a global Fortune 500 company.   The purpose of this session was to encourage career practitioners to step outside of our Canadian employment ecosystem and consider ..read more

Reading Time: < 1 minutes CareerWise is always on the lookout for the latest reports related to career development. Here are several reports that we found interesting this week. Labour market outcomes for college and university graduates (Statistics Canada) This release includes information on the median employment income by educational qualification, field of study, gender, age group and status of students in Canada, and is available at the national, provincial and territorial levels. The Perspectives of Second-generation Immigrants in Canada (Environics Institute) Outcomes for second-gene ..read more

Reading Time: 3 minutes 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 Career Education Coordinator, I have been trying to increase career exposure for students while making the career encounters engaging and fun. I’ve been targeting Grade 7 students across School District No. 73 Kamloops – Thompson with an event that I call “Who Am I?”, adapted from the “What’s My Line?” concept from the UK-based organization Education and Employers. This project was launched in British ..read more

Reading Time: 3 minutes A cancer diagnosis can be life altering. Individuals who have newly received a cancer diagnosis, are going through treatment or are survivors of cancer also face unique challenges in the workplace. This article provides resources and information for individuals and jobseekers who need support in navigating workplace challenges or who are looking to return to work as they go through or have finished cancer treatment. Employers who are looking to support their colleagues and employees through their cancer journey will also benefit from the resources provided. Canadian Can ..read more

Reading Time: < 1 minutes CareerWise is always on the lookout for the latest reports related to career development. Here are several reports that we found interesting this week. Decoding job postings: Improving accessibility for neurodivergent job seekers (LMIC) Neurodivergent adults in Canada face a triple challenge of significantly lower employment rates, pervasive underemployment and shorter job tenures. This report identifies four types of barriers in job postings and issues recommendations for employers. A More Equitable Rebound: Inclusive Career Mobility and Advancement Beyond COVID-1 ..read more

Reading Time: 4 minutes 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, we build on the foundation of a sustainable career ecosystem by considering what career services of the future might look like within post-secondary institutions.   A recurring theme in higher education is the need to do more with less. Post-secondary career centres are not immune to this phenomenon. The primary challenge is that for career support to be effective, it ..read more

Reading Time: 3 minutes Our spring books roundup is here! The 10 titles below cover a wide variety of topics including supporting newcomers to Canada who have minimal education, tips for jobseekers and students, and how to nail your next interview. These titles might be of interest to you – or to recommend to your clients. Let us know what you’re reading in the comments section below!   Exploring Possibilities! Journeying Through Career-Related Learning In Grades 4–6: A Teaching Toolkit – Lorraine Godden, Nicki Moore, Heather Nesbitt and Stefan Merchant Educators will benefit from this to ..read more

Reading Time: 6 minutes 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.  A central database of career development professionals does not exist, and much of the sector is hidden even from those who participate in it. The sector also includes frontline practitioners and many other roles and corresponding job titles, and there is significant regional variation in service delivery ecosystems across the country.  To map the sector, we needed a tool that woul ..read more

Reading Time: < 1 minutes CareerWise is always on the lookout for the latest reports related to career development. Here are several reports that we found interesting this week. Accelerating Canada’s Workforce: Micro-Credentialing in the Digital Economy (ICTC) Micro-credentials are poised to become a mainstream rapid education and training solution in Canada. Yet, as micro-credentials are still relatively new in Canada, there remains a degree of confusion among employers, learners, and micro-credential providers themselves on what micro-credentials entail and how best to design them to the ..read more

Reading Time: 3 minutes 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 we learn from those practice points to inform and strengthen theory-practice connections? The results of an in-depth analysis are presented in the newly released, CERIC-funded book Practice Principles: Career Theories and Models at Work.   One of the eight practice principles emphasizes that career development practice is built on relationships. This blog explores why, regardless of your theoretical orie ..read more