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Life Strategies May Newsletter is now available. 10 Tips for Projects That Never End. Read it here.
In Memoriam
On Monday, April 16th, the Life Strategies family suffered a tragic loss when Gerry, Roberta’s husband and Life Strategies’ VP, passed away. This unexpected loss has shocked family, friends, and professional colleagues. Gerry was an integral member of our team and a dear friend; he will be greatly missed. We’d like to thank all those who sent along kind words and prayers and appreciate your patience during this time as we work through our grief.
In lieu of flowers, donations can be sent to Mount of Olives Children’s Village, Missions Network International PO Box 75300, White Rock, BC V4B 5L4. In the memo line, cheques can state “In memory of Gerry Neault.” Learn more about Mount of Olives at www.missions-network.org
Click here to read his obituary and sign the guest book.
#HireCAN
Friday is a great day for chatting for career development practitioners, especially in Canada. Every Friday at 11am PST, career management professionals and recruiters come together on Twitter to chat through the hashtag #HireCAN about relevant topics. On Friday, April 13th, Miranda Van de Kuyt hosted the topic “Talking To Clients About Self-Employment.” She posed a series of questions and different people weighed in with their perspectives – click here to read some of the highlights.
Career Buzz radio show of March 14, 2012, first broadcast on CIUT 89.5 FM in Toronto and online at www.ciut.fm. Produced and hosted by Mark Franklin, president and practice leader of CareerCycles www.careercycles.com
Face-to-Face Personality Dimensions Level 2 Training Opportunity – Register Now, Secure Your Spot!
For the first time in over 5 years, Personality Dimensions Master Trainers, Roberta Neault and Deirdre Pickerell, will be conducting Facilitator-Trainer (Level 2) training.
- Have you been a PD facilitator for more than one year?
- Have you conducted more than 10 different PD workshops for a variety of groups?
- Do you want to become certified to train PD Level 1 facilitators?
If so, join us May 31 – June 2 to become a certified Level 2 Facilitator-Trainer. Tentative schedule: 5:00pm – 9:00 pm May 31st, 8:30am – 5:00pm June 1st and 2nd
Cost: $879.00 (plus tax), includes all training materials
Location: The training will occur in BC’s Lower Mainland (i.e., Vancouver area); however, the specific location is yet to be determined. Let us know if your organization can host; we’d be happy to discuss a discount for employees of the hosting facility.
Be one of the first 4 individuals to register and you’ll receive a Personality Dimensions toolkit of your choice. The next 4 registrants will receive 10 copies of Career Dimensions.
If there is sufficient interest, we will hold a Facilitator (Level 1) training session concurrently. If you know anyone interested, please have them email us at info@lifestrategies.ca
To register email info@lifestrategies.ca
Roberta and Deirdre featured on Career Buzz radio show talking about their own career journeys and their current work on career engagement and career flow; listen at http://careercycles.com/career-management-impact-on-employee-engagement-and-career-flow. Career Buzz radio show of March 14, 2012, first broadcast on CIUT 89.5 FM in Toronto and online at www.ciut.fm. Produced and hosted by Mark Franklin, president and practice leader of CareerCycles (www.careercycles.com).
Got Career Resources Needing A Good Home?
We’re aware that many BC-based organizations in the sector are shutting their doors at the end of this month and others are consolidating their resources as they form new partnerships. Before you pack up or discard your books, assessment tools, card sorts, or other relevant print resources, would you consider sharing them with career practitioner students and other newcomers to the field?
We’d be happy to serve as a temporary clearinghouse, ensuring resources find a new home.
Contact cassie@lifestrategies.ca if you have resources to contribute.
In 2004, Life Strategies launched the Career Management Professional Program (CMPP) with the goal of bringing high quality education to career practitioners, career/employment counsellors, and other professionals. The success of CMPP led to the development of other courses and programs; overall, LearnOnline offers over 50 courses and has welcomed students from around the world.
We are thrilled to announce that Life Strategies LearnOnline has trained over 1,000 students since 2004; 42% of them were in British Columbia. We also want to take a moment to congratulate our 1000th student – Shelly McDonald from Whitehorse, Yukon.
Self-Employment Suite of Resources
Recent research by the Life Strategies team confirmed an interesting reality: The single best predictor that a career practitioner will have a conversation about self-employment with a client is "self-employment coaching self-efficacy." This means that, until CDPs feel equipped to explore self-employment as a work option with clients, those conversations are simply not going to happen! The Look Before You Leap suite of resources can help.
Bowl for Kids Sake: This year Life Strategies will again be participating in the Big Brothers Big Sisters organization’s Bowl for Kids Sake event on April 14th. Help us raise money to support our local children who need a mentor. Click here to support our team.
Check out the new Career Cruising site at: http://public.careercruising.com/ca/en The Real Game is now an integral part of Career Cruising’s ccEngage suite of impressive resources!
Thoughts on Theories – sponsored by the Career Development Chapter of the Canadian Counselling and Psychotherapy Association Drawing from a special “Thoughts on Theories” issue of the Journal of Employment Counseling (December 2011), this workshop provides an opportunity to learn about some of the emerging theories and models that are influencing our work, locally and internationally. Engage with 3 of the contributing authors (Roberta Neault, Deirdre Pickerell, and Nancy Arthur) as they demonstrate how to put theory into practice through examples, case studies, and experiential activities.
When? May 24, 2012 1:30 – 4:30 PM
Where? Westin Hotel, Calgary
How much? $55
To register: Click here. Choose “non-member,” complete the personal information, and then scroll down to Chapter Meetings and choose the first one: Career Development Chapter Workshop – Thoughts on Theories.
Where’s the Work?
Life Strategies Ltd. is excited to announce that we’ve been granted a 2012 CCDF Endowment Fund for an innovative training project: Where’s the Work? Helping Career Practitioners Explore Their Career Options. Help us help career practitioners explore their career options...click here to learn more.
We’re proud to introduce a project that we recently completed with the Asia Pacific Gateway Skills Table: The Supervisory Skill Development Resource Guide. Designed to help develop supervisory competencies within the "Gateway Sectors" (i.e., Trucking, Marine, Rail, Aviation, Security, and Construction), the guide includes a comprehensive supervisory skills framework, assessment checklists, and links to relevant training across BC. Find a free downloadable pdf version of the complete guide at:
http://hrwire.ca/media/APG_SuperGuide_20110926_web_final.pdf
Demystifying Assessments: 10 Essential Questions to Structure Your Approach by Dr. Roberta Neault is now published in the Career Convergence web magazine.
Read about the story behind Career Flow: A Hope-Centred Approach to Achieving Dreams, in the Career Convergence Magazine
Roberta has been invited to contribute to two chapters to an upcoming book: Handbook of Career Development: International Perspectives. Her topics include: The immigrant and repatriate experience: How career professionals can smooth the way and Career counselor competencies and standards:Differences and similarities across countries (with Professor Bryan Hiebert, vice-president of the International Association of Educational and Vocational Guidance).
Roberta is also co-authoring a chapter on Counselling in Canada for another international handbook (with Sareena Hopkins, Dr. Blythe Shepard, and Barbara MacCallum).
Life Strategies’ leaders, Roberta Neault and Deirdre Pickerell, have been selected as Senior Business Consultants for the BC Labour Market Partnership Programs
International Association of Educational and Vocational Guidance (www.iaevg.org) approves Life Strategies courses for Educational and Vocational Guidance Practitioner (EVGP) credential.
Deirdre Pickerell is the new Co-Chair of BC HRMA Career Advancement Network - Fraser Valley Roundtable.
Visit the BC HRMA website for more information
