Archive for Career

A Story: A Career Gone Wrong

Wednesday, February 3rd, 2010

It was during my practicum while still being trained as a Career and Work Counsellor. A huge company was phasing out an entire division and hundreds of people were about to become jobless. There was enough lead time that the company set up an career resource department to help these employees find new jobs. Three employees, inexperienced in terms of anything to do with job search and placement where manning this center. I was sent in for a week to walk them through some processes.

Being a strong believer in the objectivity of the assessm... [read more] -->

Getting Help With Your Career Issues

Wednesday, January 20th, 2010

Career CrisisSo you need help with matters pertaining to your career?

I remember…as if it was yesterday…the day I had my first visit with this person who was to assist me in one of the most important decisions of my life.  I wasn’t completely leaving my former field of work, but I was very aware it needed to be adjusted imple... [read more] -->