A Learning Model for Academic and Career Success
by John Zaugra Introduction Located in west-Michigan, Grand Valley State University services more than 24,000 diverse undergraduate and graduate students. GVSU prides itself as a liberal education...
View ArticleSPECIAL REPORT – Closing the Achievement Gap: Best Practices from the...
Part 1 of a two-part series by Carolyn Acker Derek Bok, the former president of Harvard University once said, “If you think education is expensive, try ignorance.” And he is right. Making learning a...
View ArticleThe Recession Keeps Youth in School
by Roger Sauvé Counsellors spend a lot of time working with youth aged 15-24. Youth are told to go to school and to stay in school. It usually pays off. The recession has complicated the ability of...
View ArticleColleges and Universities Shortchanging Graduates
by Ron McGowan Canadian colleges and universities, like their counterparts in other western countries, are doing a poor job of preparing graduates for today’s workplace. The biggest weakness in the...
View ArticleConference Sketch: CACEE 2010
by Paul Smith The Recruiters are coming back to the Campus and they’ll be using Social Media to tell you about it The Canadian Association of Career Educators and Employers (CACEE) just wrapped up a...
View ArticleNew Programs and Initiatives: Not in Canada, Eh?
by Sherry Sellers Are you: Working with unemployed highly trained Immigrant professionals? Tired of hearing, “But they don’t have Canadian Experience”? Interested in hearing about a strategy that...
View ArticleBook Club – Profoundly Simple Career Planning
Author: Steve Miller Publisher: Implicit Career Services Incorporated ISBN 978-0-9810945-3-3 by Jaz Bruhn “How do I decide what my work is going to be?” Haven’t all of us asked ourselves this very...
View ArticleUpcoming Events
Learn @ Work Week September 20 – 24, 2010 A National Event The Canadian Society for Training & Development...
View ArticleHot Sites
Skills Credentialing Tool for Individuals http://www.conferenceboard.ca/topics/education/default.aspx Job-seekers can self-assess essential skills and employability and create an evidence portfolio...
View ArticleWhat’s New @ ContactPoint
ContactPoint Merges with CERIC ContactPoint has merged with the CERIC (Canadian Education and Research Institute for Counselling). For a number of years, ContactPoint has operated as a program of...
View Article
