News – Employment Collaboration

0 Career Development Social Justice Card Game

Murphy Centre has a new website. Visit the website!

0 CO-VIDeo Series: Driving Innovative Approaches to Delivering Employment Services in the Context of the Pandemic

The organization has been selected as a 2021 Zero Project Award winner, an accolade handed out by the international foundation that partners with the United Nations to further the equality and rights of persons with disabilities.

0 Avalon Employments Autism Employment Pilot Project | Winners of the 2021 Zero Project Award

0 Persistence Pays! Congratulations to the 2020 OTT program participants

In 2020 success can mean taking 11 weeks to complete a 16-week program!

0 Free January CTRI Webinar: Narrative Therapy – Tools for Exploring Stories

This webinar will provide viewers with the tools and processes to begin using narrative frameworks with their clients.

0 CERIC announces new webinar series for 2021

Empowering Transitions to Work is a nine-week employment readiness program starting November 20, 2019

0 How Autism-friendly is your office?

Murphy Centre has a new website. Visit the website!

0 Horizon’s Work Experience Program | Easter Seals

Easter Seals NL, as the Community Coordinator for the Opportunities Fund for Persons with Disabilities, is now able to offer various services to persons with disabilities that are NOT current or past participants of the program.

0 Tristram Hooley | Igniting collective advocacy for careers work

We can collectively enhance advocacy of careers profession to increase our impact and reach in VUCA times. (Volatility, uncertainty, complexity and ambiguous)

0 CERIC Career and Employment Services Recovery Pulse Survey

As Canada Career Month comes to an end, we want to check in with our final Recovery Pulse Survey of the year.

0 Career & Employment Programs (Dec 7, 2020)

The following is a list of many of our career and employment partners. The list is neither extensive nor complete.

0 New tutoring projects at LDANL

0 Murphy Centre Two Roads Career Services

Murphy Centre has a new website. Visit the website!

0 Her Own Boss: an entrepreneurship project for newcomer women with permanent resident status| Women’s Economic Council

To be eligible to participate in “Her Own Boss” project, you must be a visible minority newcomer woman, who is 19 years or older and live in the Lower Mainland of British Columbia, Northern and Eastern Ontario, or St. John’s Metro area, NL.

0 NEW Canadian Competency Framework for Career Development Practitioners

The Competency Map is now available! The high-level overview of the whole framework on a sharable URL that you’re welcome to distribute through your network. The Competency Map is currently only available in English as we await translation.

0 CANNEXUS21 Goes GLOBAL!

Hosting Cannexus as a virtual conference this year allows us to bring you some terrific international presenters from across the globe, including a few just added to the program this week. Many focus on a response to the COVID-19 pandemic and highlight the critical role of career development in “building back better.”

0 Canada Career Month | The Six Stages of Career Development

Career development, like most things in life, is not linear. There are, however, six distinct stages of the career development journey. Below, not only have we outlined these stages, we have also provided some self-reflective, placing questions to help understand what stage you may be in, as well as some resources to help guide you as you make your way through that stage. (Note: These resources have some region-specific content from Alberta and Manitoba, however the general skills still apply.

0 Community Sector Council | Connect 100

The Community Sector Council NL’s Connect100 project will distribute at least 100 digital devices to individuals and/or volunteer organizations across the province. Funding has been provided by the Government of Canada’s Emergency Community Support Fund through United Way NL.

0 Canadian Career Development Survey | Exploring Evidence-Based Practice

One positive outcome from COVID-19 might be that our programs and services are not only in higher demand than ever but that we are more recognized as key players contributing to economic and social recovery. As such, we are looking for Career Development Practitioners to help us prove that our programs and services are effective.

0 CAREERWISE Article | In Atlantic Canada, career professionals adapt to local challenges

I was keen for the release of the results of CERIC’s 2019 Survey of Career Service Professionals practitioner survey last January for two reasons. One, I was looking for a refresh on the Canadian Career Practitioner big picture – an updated snapshot of our field. Two, I wanted to see how the results compared to my regional professional context in Atlantic Canada.

0 Centering The Employment Experiences Of Diverse Job Seekers | Curious about the research project

Mind the Gap Consulting™ has been hired by CEC to do a project we are calling Centring the Employment Experiences of Diverse Job Seekers.

0 Meet Career Development Practitioner Ashley Hammond

Meet Ashley Hammond – Regional Coordinator for the MentorAbility Canada Project in NL & PEI! Ashley comes from a small town in NL and has always been passionate about community growth and development.

0 Forward Together, Investing in Youth-Centered Recovery For Newfoundland & Labrador|Choices For Youth Webinar

The Forward Together report captures the experiences of 486 young people across Newfoundland and Labrador; detailing the various challenges that young people are facing due to COVID-19, and sharing 12 youth-centered recommendations that will support their success now and in the future.

0 Quick Reference For Front Line Career Development Practitioners

This document is updated quarterly. Please email new or additional information to elayne@employmentcollaboration.ca

0 Future of Work Podcast | Conference Board of Canada

Canada is facing wide-reaching demographic and technological changes that pose increasingly significant challenges to the world of work. The Future Skills Centre Podcast, presented by The Conference Board of Canada, will explore these crucial emerging challenges to the future of work.

0 2SLGBTQIA+ Newcomer Project Advisory Committee | YWCA St. John’s

YWCA St. John’s is seeking 2SLGBTQIA+ newcomers to join the Project Advisory Committee for our new project “Fostering Collaboration of Services for 2SLGBTQIA+ Newcomers in Newfoundland and Labrador”.

0 Opportunities Fund for Persons with Disabilities Program | Easter Seals

0 Waypoints Career and Employment Services

Youth are Working, Test Drive and Employment Skills Training – Waypoints Employment and Outreach Services is pleased to offer career guidance, training and assistance to those who may be facing employment barriers.

0 Update on Provincial Government Services

In response to the rapidly evolving situation related to the COVID-19 global pandemic, the Provincial Government is providing an update on important services it provides to residents of the province.

0 Learn more about CANNEXUS 2021

We are excited to announce that your Cannexus Conference will be going virtual for 2021! Given the unprecedented times, this format allows us to address ongoing uncertainty but continue to provide an accessible, content-rich and value-packed opportunity for Canada’s career development communities to convene, share and learn.

0 Women in Trades | WRDC

The CEC endeavoured to profile some of our partners. We contacted our partners and asked them a few simple questions about their employment services, as well as their overall organizational mission. This week we have the pleasure to profile our partner Women in Resource Development Corportation (WRDC).

0 Team Up With TechKNOWtutors – Call For Partners

techKNOWtutors is a community based digital literacy training program operated by CSC NL. Our goal is to help people use the internet to improve their day to day lives. Free learning sessions to groups from many different backgrounds in instructor-led presentations and hands-on activities.

0 Memorial University Online Career Resources

Looking for some career advice? Check out our list of online career resources as you begin exploring career options.

0 CERIC Recovery Pulse Survey Spotlights Resilience & Innovation in Canada’s Career Services

Despite vast and ongoing challenges presented by the current global pandemic, Canada’s career and employment services are showing remarkable resilience and innovation as they reimagine their work.

0 Techsoup Preliminary Round-Up Of Resources And Reflections To Uphold The Values Of Anti-Racism

TechSoup has collected a preliminary round-up of resources and reflections to help everyone in the nonprofit sector think about how we can use our position to uphold the values of anti-racism, as well as how we can leverage technology as a tool for connection, learning, and responsible action.

0 Youth Works Well Employment Program | Murphy Centre

Youth Works Well Navigator blends group work, focused individualized guidance and wrap around support to assist participants in achieving their career goals.

0 CANNEXUS 2021 | Call for Presenters

Planning for Cannexus, National Career Development Conference, in January 2021, remains underway at this point with all necessary precautions and contingencies.

0 Canadian Mental Health Association- NL (CMHA-NL) Study

Researchers what to hear your story. If you would like to share your lived experience with using and navigating the mental health and/or addictions system in Newfoundland and Labrador, please submit your interest in participating in our upcoming study.

0 Preliminary Report: Canadians’ Shifting Outlook On Employment

The 2020 Survey on Employment and Skills, conducted by the Environics Institute for Survey Research in partnership with the Future Skills Centre and Ryerson University’s Diversity Institute, found that Canadians did not lose confidence in themselves or the social safety net as the impact of the pandemic set in.

0 GED Adult Education Program at the Murphy Centre

Now accepting application for Adult Basic Education.

0 Seven Days, Seven Ways: How Career Development Prepared Me for this Pandemic

Career development is purpose-built for helping people through complex, challenging transitions. Even pandemics.

0 Community Partners are leveraging Facebook to connect and share rapidly shifting information

We heard from frontline community partners this week that Facebook has been an essential communication tools to connect with folks they are supporting, and key to getting new information flowing.

0 Community Sector COVID-19 Impact Survey: Call out to our community sector colleagues!

The Community Sector Council NL is conducting a survey about the impact of COVID-19 for non-profit organizations and what would be helpful as we progress through the next few months. Information gathered will provide valuable knowledge to amplify the voice of the sector, influence policy and navigate change.

0 20 questions to ask instead of “How are you doing right now?”

When we keep asking the same question, or no questions at all, we lose out on a chance for deeper connections with our conversation partners, who also happen to be the people we care most about. We are tricked into believing we know how they’re feeling or what they’re thinking, when we haven’t even scratched the surface.

0 Help Validate the New Canadian CDP Competency Framework!

Project Update May 2020
Still accepting sign-up names to validate the framework!

0 TechKNOWtutors

How to use Zoom every Tuesday in May

0 Youth Survey | CFY

Choices for Youth has launched a survey to help all of us understand how the pandemic is affecting the educational and employment goals of individuals ages 16-29 in NL, and what type of response is required.

0 CERIC | Time For Some Good News

Hey, everyone! Amid all of the challenges right now, we need to celebrate wins – big and small – too! – Share your story on CareerWise

0 Memorial University Student Emergency Funds

The Undergraduate Student Emergency Fund and the SGS Graduate Student Emergency Fund are available to both undergraduate and graduate students on any of Memorial’s campuses.

0 Canadian Career Development Foundation| Career Development Perspectives on COVID-19

Please feel free to use/adapt this in any way you wish. It may be helpful in communications with funders/provincial partners or may just remind you that you’re not alone.

0 Memorial Admissions Update — general admissions for 2020-21 academic year

On Tuesday, April 14, Memorial’s Senate waived the undergraduate general admission overall average requirement of 70 per cent for Newfoundland and Labrador high school students in the graduating class of 2020 who apply to attend Memorial University in the 2020-21 academic year (Fall 2020, Winter 2021, or Spring 2021).

0 A new temporary salary top-up for low-income essential workers

We will work with provinces and territories through a new transfer to cost-share a temporary top up to the salaries of low-income workers (those who earn less than $2,500 per month on a full time basis), that the provinces and territories have deemed essential in the fight against COVID-19.

0 Navigating Systems | Career Practitioners are staying up to date and sharing information and their expertise daily

A few updates from today’s CEC Navigating Systems forum and shout out to superpowers of our Career Development Practitioners.

0 Changes Top Canada Summer Jobs Program To Help Businesses and Young Canadians Affected By COVID-19

The Government of Canada is taking unprecedented action to support workers, businesses, and all Canadians impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic.

0 Thrive| Covid-19 Support for Vulnerable Women in NL

THRIVE offers | COVID-19 support for Vulnerable Women

0 The Challenge Mindset: Helping Youth Find Purpose and Impact | JP Michel | TEDxKanata

You can make a big difference by helping young people look beyond job titles to find important challenges to solve. We can then help them find companies working on these challenges. This new approach is called the challenge mindset, and it is igniting a sense of purpose in youth.

0 FIGURING OUT HOW TO WORK REMOTELY| Ideas to support you in this challenging time.

As communities struggle with unprecedented COVID-19 responses, we have put together some ideas to support you.

0 CNA offers free wellness supports to the public

This informal 30 minute coffee break is here for you each Monday morning to help you stay connected with colleagues.

0 Free CERIC Webinars | Thriving Through Chaos: How to Manage Your Mental and Emotional Well-Being and Help Your Clients Do the Same

These 4 webinars are available online now. We offer you this free learning opportunity to explore the tools that may help you navigate through this uncertain period.

0 Why a social justice informed approach to career guidance matters in the time of coronavirus | Tristram Hooley

In this post Tristram Hooley, Ronald Sultana and Rie Thomsen discuss how the coronavirus is shaping our careers.

0 CTRI On Demand Workshops

On Demand Workshops | View our on-demand workshops from any location, at any time.

0 We Are Collaborating Online!

The CEC is moving over to support practitioners using online tools!

0 Help Validate the New Canadian CDP Competency Framework!

Supporting Canadians To Navigate Learning & Work | Project Update March 2020

0 CERIC Survey Results 2019

Download the latest CERIC Survey of Career Service Professionals.

0 New Publication Alert: STRENGTHENING MENTAL HEALTH THROUGH EFFECTIVE CAREER DEVELOPMENT

Strengthening Mental Health Through Effective Career Development: A Practitioner’s GuideIn the wake of a global mental health movement, career development practitioners now have a new resource to help them understand how career development interventions support positive mental health. Strengthening Mental Health Through Effective Career Development: A Practitioner’s Guide – written by Dave Redekopp and Michael Huston of […]

0 WhereDoIStart: Career Growth

Career GrowthCareer growth is the stage of career development that focuses on getting the most out of your job. In this stage you likely have a stable job with few barriers to success and are looking to find some meaning and purpose in your job. A great way to find purpose in anything you do […]

0 WhereDoIStart: Job Maintenance

Job MaintenanceJob maintenance is the stage of career development that is often forgotten. Most people think career development ends when you get a job, however job maintenance is all about keeping that job and being effective in that job. In this article, we will cover two important things about job maintenance; firstly, how to deal […]

0 #WhereDoIStart: Work Search

Looking for work can be a daunting process for people. Writing resumes, scrolling job banks online, and preparing for interviews can be stressful. There a million articles out there about writing a resume and preparing for an interview; this article instead aims to go over some other keys to getting a job.Work SearchLabour Market InformationWe […]

0 #WhereDoIStart: Skills Enhancement

Skills Enhancement a.k.a Learning & TrainingSkills enhancement is all about developing skills that will serve you in your career pursuits and make you more employable. This article is dedicated to figuring out what skills you should be developing and how you can develop them.How do I know what skills to develop?There are many general skills that […]

0 #WhereDoIStart: Job Readiness

This article is all about the Job Readiness stage of the career development journey. In this article we will cover what it means to be in the job readiness stage, examples of what it looks like to successfully move through this stage, and resources to help you in this stage. Job ReadinessWhat does it mean to […]

0 #WhereDoIStart: An Introduction

Happy Career Month! Canada Career Month 2019’s tagline is “Explore the Possibilities.” We here at the CEC decided that our interpretation of this messaging would be to spread public awareness of the 6 stages of career development and help people find out what stage they are in and how to continue their journey. To do […]

0 Why Consult? Outlining the Benefits of the Upcoming CCCD Consultation Project

Why Consult? Outlining the Benefits of the Upcoming CCCD Consultation ProjectWhat is Consultation?Consultation is an opportunity for your unique perspective to be shared! This upcoming CDP Competency Framework consultation project is about the CCCD hearing from a broad range of CDPs about what the delivery of services looks like from their desks and the potential […]

0 Are You A Career Development Professional (CDP)?

Are You A Career Development Professional (CDP)?DefinitionsMost of our work here at the CEC is focused on Career Development Professionals, or CDPs. But, what is a CDP? Below is the Canadian Council for Career Development (CCCD) definition:“Career Development Professionals help individuals navigate learning and work transitions across the lifespan. Career Development Professionals enable individuals to […]

0 What Do You Think? A Consultation of Career Development Professionals

The Project The Canadian Council for Career Development (CCCD) is looking for the input of Career Development Professionals (CDPs) all across Canada on the new CDP Competency Framework. Consultation sessions will be held in all over the country by different consultation facilitators trained by the CCCD. Our very own Elayne Greeley will be Newfoundland and Labrador’s […]

0 Labour Market Information Council Survey

This 1/2 day training is designed for managers and directors of career and employment services.

0 Organizational Profile: Avalon Employment

Subscribe Organizational Profile: Avalon EmploymentWhat kinds of employment programming does Avalon Employment offer? Avalon Employment offers supported employment to its clients. This can range from accommodations at work to compensation for employers and much more. What groups within the community does Avalon Employment primarily serve? Avalon Employment serves only people in the community with intellectual disabilities. What are […]

0 Organizational Profile: Single Parents Association

Subscribe Organizational Profile: Single Parents AssociationWhat kinds of employment programming does SPAN have? SPAN offers 2 types of employment services in St. John’s and Carbonear: class sessions and individual counselling. Class sessions are 5 week, half-day sessions that cover topics surrounding career planning. Individual counselling allows clients to work one-on-one with a career practitioner and the […]

0 Transitions To Work @ Murphy Centre

This employment program is starting November 2018.

0 Waypoints Skills Link Program | Youth Are Working

Waypoints Employment and Outreach Services is offering a unique opportunity to 10 youth who are interested in building employment skills through a 25-week Skills Link program.

0 Transitions To Work @ Empower

This employment program is starting November 2018.

0 Organizational Profile: John Howard Society

Subscribe Organizational Profile: John Howard SocietyWhat kinds of employment programming does JHS have? The John Howard Society offers the C-STEP program which provides intensive rehabilitative services to offenders and ex-offenders. There are two main portions to the program: Cognitive Restructuring-Based Group Interventions, and Employability Skills Development.Employability Skills Development mostly refers to career practitioners working one-on-one […]

0 Linkages Employment Program at Spinal Cord Injury NL

They have been approved for: 3 non – EI eligible positions, 1 EI eligible position

0 Jumpstart Program | Creative Arts Employment

Choices For Youth fall Creative Arts Jumpstart Program will focus on career opportunities in the Visual Arts, breaking deon myths about creative careers.

0 What is a Connection?

Subscribe What is a Connection?We’ve talked a lot about making and maintaining connections in your professional network via LinkedIn, but we haven’t answered the most important question on the topic: what is a connection? To some, the answer may seem obvious, but the definition of a connection can be quite nebulous and hard to pin […]

0 How to Leverage LinkedIn: Activity

Subscribe How to Leverage LinkedInSo far, we’ve talked about how to make a stunning profile, how to make valuable connections, and, of course, why LinkedIn is the ideal platform for online professional networking. Now, we’re turning our attention to another key part of LinkedIn: what to post. Posting on LinkedIn can be broken down into two […]

0 Youth Opportunities @ Choices for Youth

Subscribe Youth Opportunities @ Choices for youthDo you know a young person between 18-29 who has not been successful with employment? Choices for Youth can help! From pre-employment programs to social enterprise employment, CFY has many opportunities to help youth explore employment and personal development. Opportunities include:Jumpstart Pre-Employment ProgramOngoing employment trainingEmployment within a CFY social […]

0 How to Leverage LinkedIn: Connections

Subscribe How to Leverage LinkedInThe most important thing to remember about LinkedIn is this: LinkedIn is not a social networking platform, LinkedIn is a professional networking platform. This is what makes LinkedIn unique and the ideal place to make and maintain your professional connections.In terms of making connections, LinkedIn offers you the chance to connect with people based on […]

0 R & D that Profile: Advanced

Subscribe R&D That ProfileLast week we gave you some basic tips to ensure your LinkedIn profile is functional and professional. This article is for anyone who wants to shake things up a bit and get the most out of this adaptable social network. Here are _ tips for anyone willing to put just that little […]

0 Online service guide for newcomers & refugees | St. John’s

July 2018
Newcomers and refugees can search existing programs and services in St. John’s including career and employment supports and services.

0 10 Ways to Stay Motivated When Starting Something New

Here are some top motivational tips from the Women’s Economic Council’s Rachel Tessier on staying motivated!1. Understand your why.Knowing why you want to pursue something new is important, as it gives purpose to everything you do moving forward. Whether it be writing a list or talking to a close friend or family member, try to […]

0 R & D that Profile: Beginner

Subscribe R&D that Profile: BeginnerTell me if this sounds familiar: somewhere along the way you figured that as a professional, you should have a LinkedIn account. So, you made one, 5 or 10 years ago, and over time it’s gathered dust while you turned to Twitter and Facebook for professional networking. Now LinkedIn is the […]

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