Career Development Professionals work with people of all ages to help them manage their learning, work, and transitions.
The goal of career services is to help people to pursue learning and to find work which is personally meaningful and to learn how to manage transitions in today’s ever-evolving labour market, read more
On PEI, they are employed in settings such as:
- Employment Assistance Services
- Community Sector Network: organizations/agencies- Non-profit
- Labour Market Specialties
- Workforce, Advanced Learning, and Population (government such as SkillsPEI)
- Sector Councils/Associations
- Department of Education and Early Years: career related subjects and supports
- Private Employers: Human Resources departments
- Post-Secondary Education & Training Institutions: Career Services
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Canadian Association for Supported Employment (CASE)
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CERIC releases new strategic plan advancing future readiness, public awareness and Canadian leadership, click here
Career Development Professional Centre newsletter, click here
CERIC developed a set of Guiding Principles outlining the many benefits of career development profession, click here
Hidden Sector, Hidden Talent: Mapping Canada’s Career Development Sector” is ground-breaking evidence launched in 2024, click here
Master of counselling programs in Canada, click here
Challenge Factory and the Canadian Career Development Foundation developed the Career Development Maturity MatrixTM a practical, evidence-backed tool that helps assess how deeply career development is embedded in your systems—not just in theory, but in action.
For more information about the Career Development profession on PEI, contact the Career Development Association of PEI, at cdaofpei@gmail.com.
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