CEO Report

This morning I had the opportunity to attend the Canadian Council for Career Development (3CD) annual general meeting where they announced their new mandate. It was decided that 3CD would no longer rely on support from the Canadian Career Development Foundation (the organization currently updating the standards and guidelines for career development professionals) and strike out on their own. 

I was impressed with the 3CD board's ability to look at the landscape and create a mandate that fills a need, but also provides room for evolution. As someone who has been involved with nonprofit organizations at the board level for over 20-years, I am impressed with their work.

Mandate:

The Mandate of the Canadian Council for Career Development is to strengthen the professional identity of all career development practitioners and to promote career development for all Canadians.

Priorities:

• Communicate relevant career development information to the career development field
• Build partnerships to activate career development in Canada
• Host a community of practice for career development practitioners

ASPECT Member Virtual Meetings

Part 2: The Recruiter's Edge - Getting Employers to Come to You First

In response to the highly attended and in-demand webinar Getting Recruiters To Come You First webinar that was held in December 2020, Megan Hamlet is back for Part 2. Please join her for this hour-long interactive webinar as we explore the recruiter relationship further. The webinar will cover:

• Cold calling 
• Maintaining a relationship through a hire that didn't work out 
• Understanding transferable skills 
• Breaking down a job description  

Attendees will be engaged to provide input and feedback and be shown real on the ground ways to build dynamic and relevant recruiter relationships that yield outcome success.

Register here
Cost is $25 for Members & $40 for Non-Members

Mindfullness in the Workplace: Finding Calm Amidst the Storm

Feb 9th, 9am - 12pm

Values Based Leadership Online Learning Series  

More Professional Development

Cannexus 2021
Virtual
January 25 & 27, February 1 & 3, 2021
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BCCDA Conference
SFU Harbour Centre, Vancouver
New Dates: April 29th & 30th, 2021
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Online tool helps people book appointments with Service BC

People can now make an appointment online before visiting Service BC. This reduces lineups, saves time, and makes it easier to maintain physical distancing, helping keep visitors, staff, and communities safe.
 

Appointments can be scheduled through the mobile BC Services Card, online: https://appointments.servicebc.gov.bc.ca/appointment

People can also call their nearest Service BC location.

 
Additional services accessible through the mobile card include:

• Health Gateway, including COVID-19 test results as soon as they are available;
• StudentAidBC;
• business registration;
• B.C. billing and payment services;
• personal freedom of information requests;
• Employment and Social Development Canada’s My Service Canada Account (Old Age Security, Canada Pension Plan, Canada Pension Plan Disability, Employment Insurance); and
• Canada Revenue Agency’s MyAccount, where individuals can view and manage personal income tax and benefit information.

Read more here

Labour market recovery goes into reverse in December

The Conference Board of Canada economist Liam Daly offers the following insights on December’s Labour Force Survey (LFS): 

“Rising COVID-19 cases through the late fall and into winter led to shutdowns across the country, which weighed on employment growth. In all, employment fell by 62,600 in December, the first decline in employment since April. With restrictions remaining in place or even being tightened into 2021, employment growth is likely to decline further in January and remain weak in the first half of the year.

Despite the December decline, there was some positive news as job losses were mostly concentrated in industries directly affected by shutdowns, showing some resiliency in industries that remained open.”
 

• After decelerating in previous months, the jobs recovery went into reverse in December as employment fell by 62,600 in the final month of 2020.

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