The evergreen theme for Career Month is AMPLIFY. During Career Month, we are all invited to #amplify career development. There are so many ways we do this naturally in our work as Career Development Professionals:
- amplifying our voice in advocating for our sector
- amplifying people’s awareness of the work we do
- amplifying opportunities for underrepresented groups
- amplifying the voices of those advocating for social justice issues
- amplifying the sector’s profile, visibility, and accessibility
- amplifying the evidence base so career development is widely known and valued
- amplifying innovation in our field
The list goes on! How do you want to amplify career development this November? We encourage you to plan #amplify events during Canada Career Month and post using the #amplify and #careermonth hashtags on social media!
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What is Career Month?
Each November, Canadians from coast-to-coast-to-coast celebrate the ENORMOUS impact of career development and the incredible professionals who help Canadians connect with their preferred futures. It’s our month to shine a spotlight on what we do and why it matters!
What Do Career Development Professionals Do?
Career Development Professionals help individuals navigate learning and work transitions across the lifespan.
Career Development Professionals enable individuals to manage learning and work, acquire and enhance skills, seek/create employment, and access community services that support personal and professional growth in an increasingly complex, interdependent and changing world.
Career Development Professionals collaborate with employers, education and training providers, community-based service organizations, and other private and public institutions to promote positive health, social and economic outcomes for individuals, institutions and communities.
Amplifying Advocacy: Career Development in a Disrupted World of Work
How can career development professionals move beyond acknowledging disruption to shaping solutions?
Join us for a FREE virtual event on Wednesday, November 19, to explore the path forward: how we can activate engagement, adapt with creative resilience, and advocate more powerfully – together.
This North American collaboration between NCDA, CCDF and CERIC will bring together a dynamic panel of leaders to discuss taking action on today’s pressing challenges – from youth and long-term unemployment to service cuts, rising living costs and the impacts of AI on work.
What to Expect
- Mobilizing advocacy: Strategies, tools and ideas to amplify your voice and those of the people and communities most affected
- Real-world examples: Hear what’s being done to drive change – and what you can take away for your own practice
- Sector leadership: How career development itself is part of the solution, advocating both for the people we serve and for the profession as a whole
- Inspiration and action: A celebration of the agency we all have to adapt in the face of turbulence and uncertainty
Don’t miss this opportunity to learn, connect and act. Pre-registration is required.
Career Month Around the Globe
The first Global Career Month was celebrated around the world in November 2022. Organized by an inter-agency group comprised of the World Bank, ILO, OECD, Cedefop, the European Commission, European Training Foundation, and UNESCO, the initiative shines an international spotlight on the value of career development. With its enormous success in 2022, the inter-agency group, in partnership with the International Association for Educational & Vocational Guidance (IAEVG) is looking forward to continuing to host Global Career Month to keep the momentum growing!
