CERIC

04/06/2026

What if the biggest barrier to career growth is not the labour market, but mindset?

Limiting beliefs can shape how clients see their options and make career decisions. Join this free webinar to explore practical strategies for challenging career myths, shifting mindsets and supporting more confident career development.

✨ Recognize beliefs that limit career exploration
✨ Use curiosity-based strategies to support mindset shifts
✨ Help clients move toward new possibilities with confidence

📅 April 10, 2026
🕛 12:00 PM–1:00 PM ET
🔗 Learn more and register https://ceric.ca/2026/01/challenging-career-myths-beliefs-and-mindsets-turning-limits-into-possibilities/

04/02/2026

Many people approach career decisions with the belief that they need to find the right answer before taking action. But as Anna Boltenko explores in her latest blog post, growth often begins with something smaller: curiosity, experimentation and the willingness to try.

Her upcoming webinar series will take this conversation further through interactive discussion and practical exploration. Space is limited to support participation, so register to join this interactive series and save your spot.

🔗 Read the blog post: https://lnkd.in/emqxfuUu
🔗 Register: https://lnkd.in/egeekfAX

04/01/2026

People don’t struggle because they lack information. They struggle because they’re carrying limiting beliefs about careers, identity and what’s possible.

This holds true across every age group: students choosing their first direction, adults navigating uncertainty, newcomers building new beginnings, and workers considering reinvention.

Join us for a free webinar on April 10, 12:00–1:00 pm ET:
Challenging Career Myths, Beliefs and Mindsets: Turning Limits into Possibilities

Presenters JP Michel and Keka DasGupta will explore how challenging career myths can help build confidence, motivation and meaningful action for students, clients and professionals alike. Attendees will also be introduced to CERIC’s new Career Myth Buster Quiz, designed to spark reflection and discussion.

🔗 Learn more: https://us2.campaign-archive.com/?e=[UNIQID]&u=9550ea692447259d38e0bcf4a&id=52c0c661db

⭐ Register now: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/challenging-career-myths-beliefs-and-mindsets-registration-1981249236801?aff=SocialMedia

03/30/2026

Why are more young people struggling to succeed at work?

Limited resources and an overemphasis on hard skills leave youth without the social emotional and behavioural foundations they need to thrive. These gaps often land in practitioners’ hands, creating both a challenge and an opportunity to make a real difference.

To support this work, register now for our new three-part live webinar series, Coaching for Employability: Building Social Emotional and Behavioural Skills for Career Success, presented by Futureworx’s Randy Lindsay.

In this series, Randy will share practical strategies to help clients build employability, confidence and workplace success.

This series will help you:
💡 Learn how behavioural coaching supports skill development through observation, feedback and practice
💡 Adapt your coaching approach and embed these strategies into your work
💡 Help clients build resilience, motivation, confidence and other traits employers value
💡 Overcome common barriers to implementing this work in practice

⭐ While focused on youth employment, the approaches shared can be applied with many client groups.

Learn more: https://mailchi.mp/ceric.ca/2026-beyond-job-readiness-webinar-series-dedicated-5978581?e=[UNIQID]

Register now: https://ceric.ca/2026/03/beyond-job-readiness-behavioural-coaching-for-the-social-emotional-skills-that-drive-youth-employment-success/

03/27/2026

Grow your skills from the comfort of your home or office with webinars exploring coaching LinkedIn, negotiation strategies, preventing client scams and more.

🔸 CERIC – LinkedIn Has Changed – Has Your Coaching? | April 1, 8 & 15

🔸 CDP Ontario – Career Development Ethics | April 1

🔸 ASPECT BC – Job Development | April 1-8

🔸 Career Professionals of Canada – Safeguarding Your Clients: How Career Professionals Can Identify and Prevent Job Scams | April 4

🔸 Westcan CDA – Coaching Skills For Ethical, Inclusive Practice | April 8

🔸 Life Strategies – Work Search Essentials 2: Interview And Negotiation Strategies | April 8

🔸 CERIC & CESBC – Challenging Career Myths, Beliefs And Mindsets: Turning Limits Into Possibilities | April 10

🔸 ASPECT BC – CDP Boot Camp spring 2026 series | April 13–May 16

🔸 CERIC – The Playful Shift: Reimagining Career Growth Through Game-based Practice | April 14, 21 & 28

🔸 CERIC - Why Career Development Fails In Organizations Without Infrastructure | April 20

🔸 ASPECT BC – Understanding Diverse Clients | April 22

🔸 Asia Pacific Career Development Association – A Reflective Approach To Career Development For Diverse Clients | April 26

🔸 Career Professionals of Canada – Safeguarding Clients from Scams | April 30

Read more: https://careerwise.ceric.ca/2026/03/26/webinars-for-career-and-workforce-professionals-in-april-2026/

03/27/2026

Saw Anna at Cannexus? This is a conversation worth continuing.

Playful, game-based approaches can open up new ways to support reflection, engagement and career growth. Join this three-part webinar series to explore practical strategies that build adaptability, confidence and meaningful client engagement.

✨ Explore playful approaches grounded in practice�
✨ Increase engagement in career conversations�
✨ Support reflection, resilience and adaptability

📅 April 14, 21 + 28, 2026�

🕛 12:00 PM–1:30 PM ET�

🔗 Learn more and register: https://ceric.ca/2026/01/the-playful-shift-reimagining-career-growth-through-game-based-practice/

03/26/2026

Today’s youth are entering a world of work shaped by social media, AI and broader uncertainty. Many are struggling with the social emotional and behavioural skills needed to succeed, and career practitioners are increasingly being called on to help.

CERIC is thrilled to announce a new 3-part live webinar series:

Coaching for Employability: Building Social Emotional and Behavioural Skills for Career Success presented by Futureworx's Randy Lindsay.

This series will help you:

💡 Learn how behavioural coaching can support skill development through observation, feedback and practice
💡 Explore practical ways to adapt your coaching approach and embed these strategies into your work
💡 Help clients build resilience, motivation, confidence and other traits that employers value
💡 Overcome common barriers to implementing this work in practice

⭐ While focused on youth employment, the approaches shared can be applied with many client groups.

Register now for practical tools and coaching strategies to help clients strengthen employability and long-term career success: https://ceric.ca/2026/03/beyond-job-readiness-behavioural-coaching-for-the-social-emotional-skills-that-drive-youth-employment-success/

03/25/2026

Join Anna Boltenko, PhD, PCC, CCS for The Playful Shift, a new three-part webinar series that introduces playfulness as an evidence-informed approach to career development, grounded in positive psychology, neuroscience and adult learning research.

Participants will learn how to:

• Use play to strengthen career conversations
• Increase client engagement and reflection
• Support adaptability and self-efficacy
• Apply practical tools in real-world settings
• Work more effectively with clients facing uncertainty

👉 Register now to explore how playfulness can transform the way you support career growth and change:
https://lnkd.in/eyEHDWnj

03/24/2026

The deadline to apply for CERIC’s latest funding call is this Friday, March 27 at 5:00 pm ET. Funding supports research and learning projects that strengthen career development policy and practice across Canada.

💡Read the full details: https://lnkd.in/eY8fddif

CERIC’s Winter/Spring call for research and learning project proposals is now open. We welcome applications from individuals and organizations across sectors whose work addresses emerging needs and priority areas in career development.

Funding supports initiatives that strengthen the evidence base and produce practical tools to enhance career exploration, decision-making and services across diverse contexts.

Deadline to apply: March 27, 2026 at 5:00 pm ET

Priority areas include:
💡 Career practice with social and economic impact
💡 Impact of career services on policy and programs
💡 Emerging career development theories and service models
💡 The evolving role of career development professionals

Read the full details in our latest newsletter: https://lnkd.in/eY8fddif

03/18/2026

Think you know LinkedIn? Think again.

LinkedIn is one of the most powerful tools available to jobseekers today, but many people – including career development professionals – are not using it to its full potential. If your LinkedIn advice hasn’t changed in two years, it’s outdated.

Join Michelle Schafer for the webinar series LinkedIn Has Changed – Has Your Coaching? Helping Clients Build Visibility, Credibility and Connection.

📅 April 1, 8 & 15, 2026
⏰ 12:00–1:00 pm ET

Starting in two weeks, this practical series will help practitioners learn how to:
Tell their career stories by applying new strategies to strengthen their LinkedIn profile

• Build comfort and confidence in networking online
• Identify and connect with employers and decision-makers strategically
• Translate LinkedIn activity into real-world results in the form of interviews, introductions and job offers

👉 Register now: https://lnkd.in/dnrR2g28
🔗 Learn more: https://lnkd.in/dhrcRFpp

03/16/2026

Now available from CERIC: Career Development as Strategy: A Practical Guide to Creating Internal Career Centres – a new Playbook by Lisa Taylor, Taryn Blanchard and Sheila Rider.

Developed by Challenge Factory and supported by CACEE, this practical resource helps organizations make career development more coherent, visible and effective. It connects career, learning and talent efforts into a co-ordinated system that supports mobility, capability-building and adaptability at scale.

Challenge Factory is also launching the Internal Career Centre Bootcamp for organizations ready to move from insight to action.

Download the playbook as a free PDF or purchase the print copy on Amazon: https://ceric.ca/publications/career-development-as-strategy-a-practical-guide-to-creating-internal-career-centres/

You can also join Lisa Taylor and Carli Fink of Challenge Factory on April 20 for a free webinar exploring how employers can move from program-based approaches to building internal career centres: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/why-career-development-fails-in-organizations-tickets-1982785635210?aff=CERICWebsite

03/12/2026

Le quiz « Briser les mythes sur la carrière » du CERIC est maintenant offert en français.

Conçu pour les élèves du secondaire et les adultes qui les accompagnent, ce jeu-questionnaire interactif gratuit aide à distinguer la réalité de la fiction en matière de développement de carrière.

Élaboré en collaboration avec Vox Pop Labs et myBlueprint, il remet en question des croyances tenaces et montre que l’incertitude fait partie du processus, dans un contexte marqué par le chômage des jeunes et les transformations du travail.

Flexible et facile à utiliser, ce jeu-questionnaire peut être utilisé en classe, en orientation ou à la maison pour susciter des conversations éclairées et constructives.