Exclusively for MB Career Development Professionals
Post-Traumatic Career Growth
Date: September 8, 2022
Time: 1:00 PM to 4:00 PM CDT
Location: Zoom
Facilitated by: Rebecca Balakrishnan
The pandemic is a trauma we have all simultaneously weathered. And from trauma, can come post-traumatic growth. Workers have learned a lot about themselves over the last few years, and in many ways their vision for their lives has transformed. This session will offer strategies for harnessing post-traumatic growth with your clients, allowing them to figure out who they are now and what they want from their career.
Time: 1:00 PM to 4:00 PM CDT
Location: Zoom
Facilitated by: Rebecca Balakrishnan
The pandemic is a trauma we have all simultaneously weathered. And from trauma, can come post-traumatic growth. Workers have learned a lot about themselves over the last few years, and in many ways their vision for their lives has transformed. This session will offer strategies for harnessing post-traumatic growth with your clients, allowing them to figure out who they are now and what they want from their career.
Work-Life Coaching Certificate Course (CDP-102)
{Intensive 3-week distance learning course}
Dates: October 3 through October 22, 2022
Times: self-directed learning
Location: Online
Facilitated by: Career Professionals of Canada
NOTE: You just have a minimum of 2 years related work experience.
Our world of work has changed a lot. We are living, learning, and working through a unique and difficult time that has never been encountered before. It is time to help our clients create sustainable and resilient careers in the new world of work.
As a Career Development Professional, you need to address the emerging needs of your clients and their employers. Join us for a work-life coaching course that is current and relevant to the new workplace. If you are a career coach, life skills coach, or wellness consultant, this course is ideal. You will receive information, tools, and resources to enable you to help your clients through this unprecedented time of change.
To be a work-life coach, you need to know how to help your clients with aspects of mental health and wellness, foundational life-skills, and career management skills. This course focuses on the following areas:
If you would like to be granted your Certified Work-Life Strategist (CWS) designation in the future, you will discover that this course is designed to help you achieve your goal!
Are you ready to take your work-life coaching abilities to the next level?
This intensive 3-week course helps you in several ways. You will:
Get valuable resource material that you will use again and again.
You will receive The Canadian Work-Life Strategist, the Certified Work-Life Strategist (CWS) Study eGuide, along with resources, reference sheets, and samples. The eGuide is a valuable resource. It thoroughly discusses current concepts and strategies to enable practitioners to provide exemplary work-life coaching services. You will have many opportunities to become familiar with the material as you progress through the course. These resources are valuable assets you’ll refer to throughout your career.
Ready yourself for the next step in your strategic work-life coaching career.
This Work-Life Coaching course is designed as a preparatory and assessment program for those practitioners wishing to receive their Certified Work-Life Strategist (CWS) designation. Upon passing, you will be fully ready to apply for Certified Work-Life Strategist (CWS) certification through Career Professionals of Canada.
Times: self-directed learning
Location: Online
Facilitated by: Career Professionals of Canada
NOTE: You just have a minimum of 2 years related work experience.
Our world of work has changed a lot. We are living, learning, and working through a unique and difficult time that has never been encountered before. It is time to help our clients create sustainable and resilient careers in the new world of work.
As a Career Development Professional, you need to address the emerging needs of your clients and their employers. Join us for a work-life coaching course that is current and relevant to the new workplace. If you are a career coach, life skills coach, or wellness consultant, this course is ideal. You will receive information, tools, and resources to enable you to help your clients through this unprecedented time of change.
To be a work-life coach, you need to know how to help your clients with aspects of mental health and wellness, foundational life-skills, and career management skills. This course focuses on the following areas:
- Living: skills related to self-care and wellbeing are required more than ever. Many of our clients need to learn and internalize foundational concepts including work-life balance, hope, resilience, and satisfaction.
- Learning: Clients often require help and guidance in building certain essential and technical skills so that they can function in our new world of work.
- Working: Specific skills are needed to enable our clients to navigate, maintain, and develop their career while employed or self-employed.
If you would like to be granted your Certified Work-Life Strategist (CWS) designation in the future, you will discover that this course is designed to help you achieve your goal!
Are you ready to take your work-life coaching abilities to the next level?
This intensive 3-week course helps you in several ways. You will:
- Boost your confidence and talent in work-life coaching.
- Study evidence-based self-care and well-being strategies.
- Learn about functional, literacy, and technical skills that all clients require.
- Gain an in-depth understanding of career management so that clients are equipped to succeed when employed.
- Position yourself to earn more as one of the top work-life coaches in Canada.
- Earn 45 hours towards any Continuing Education Credits (CECs) you require.
- Become eligible to Fast-Track the Certified Work-Life Strategist (CWS) credential.
Get valuable resource material that you will use again and again.
You will receive The Canadian Work-Life Strategist, the Certified Work-Life Strategist (CWS) Study eGuide, along with resources, reference sheets, and samples. The eGuide is a valuable resource. It thoroughly discusses current concepts and strategies to enable practitioners to provide exemplary work-life coaching services. You will have many opportunities to become familiar with the material as you progress through the course. These resources are valuable assets you’ll refer to throughout your career.
Ready yourself for the next step in your strategic work-life coaching career.
This Work-Life Coaching course is designed as a preparatory and assessment program for those practitioners wishing to receive their Certified Work-Life Strategist (CWS) designation. Upon passing, you will be fully ready to apply for Certified Work-Life Strategist (CWS) certification through Career Professionals of Canada.
Mental Health First Aide (in-person delivery)
Dates: November 17 & 18, 2022
Time: 8:30 AM to 4:30 PM CDT
Location:
Nov 2022: Hilton Winnipeg Airport Suites
1800 Wellington Avenue, Winnipeg, MB R3H 1B2
Facilitated by: David Ness
Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) is a certificate course designed to give members of the public and frontline services professionals the skills to help someone who is developing a mental health problem or experiencing a mental health crisis.
This 2-day course addresses a variety of mental health topics and concerns and will provide career development professionals with a model for responding and assisting an individual experiencing a mental health problem. This training is also offered in an interactive fashion using slides, case studies, and small and large group discussion.
Spots are limited. Please do not register for both May and November; choose the best dates for your schedule.
This is an in-person event. Please note the location specific to each session noted above.
Time: 8:30 AM to 4:30 PM CDT
Location:
Nov 2022: Hilton Winnipeg Airport Suites
1800 Wellington Avenue, Winnipeg, MB R3H 1B2
Facilitated by: David Ness
Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) is a certificate course designed to give members of the public and frontline services professionals the skills to help someone who is developing a mental health problem or experiencing a mental health crisis.
This 2-day course addresses a variety of mental health topics and concerns and will provide career development professionals with a model for responding and assisting an individual experiencing a mental health problem. This training is also offered in an interactive fashion using slides, case studies, and small and large group discussion.
Spots are limited. Please do not register for both May and November; choose the best dates for your schedule.
This is an in-person event. Please note the location specific to each session noted above.
Completed Workshops
Embracing Career Pivots from a Pandemic into an Endemic
Date: April 28, 2022
Time: 9 AM to 12 PM CDT
Facilitated by: Kate Yee and Stefanie Books
The current pandemic, COVID-19, has brought many changes for people including lifestyle, occupation and job changes which have caused changes within their career journey. As the world moves into an endemic, how can we help our clients embrace career pivots?
During this 3-hour interactive workshop, we will discuss three ways to help participants embrace career pivots and discuss various resources and strategies to help participants make career pivots:
Time: 9 AM to 12 PM CDT
Facilitated by: Kate Yee and Stefanie Books
The current pandemic, COVID-19, has brought many changes for people including lifestyle, occupation and job changes which have caused changes within their career journey. As the world moves into an endemic, how can we help our clients embrace career pivots?
During this 3-hour interactive workshop, we will discuss three ways to help participants embrace career pivots and discuss various resources and strategies to help participants make career pivots:
- Skills assessments
- Education vs Training
- A change in industries
Coming Together in Good Ways: Fostering cultural competence in workplaces during post-pandemic recovery
Date: May 4, 2022
Time: 1:00 PM to 4:00 PM CDT
Facilitated by: Denise Tardiff & Christine Kampen Robinson
During this workshop, participants will be introduced to foundational concepts in the development of cultural competency, through an Indigenous lens, with a particular focus on Manitoba. They will take personal inventory of their cultural competency and apply an evaluation tool to their own workplace environment. A particular focus will be placed on youth employment and the impact of cultural competency in the workplace on youth employment outcomes.
Time: 1:00 PM to 4:00 PM CDT
Facilitated by: Denise Tardiff & Christine Kampen Robinson
During this workshop, participants will be introduced to foundational concepts in the development of cultural competency, through an Indigenous lens, with a particular focus on Manitoba. They will take personal inventory of their cultural competency and apply an evaluation tool to their own workplace environment. A particular focus will be placed on youth employment and the impact of cultural competency in the workplace on youth employment outcomes.
Standing Out In a Connected, Post Pandemic Borderless Market
Date: May 13, 2022
Time: 9:00 AM to 12 PM CDT
Facilitated by: Tara Orchard
In this session we will discuss ways in which career professionals can incorporate information on perception, neurolinguistics, and micro communications when helping clients learn how to effectively build and communicate their personal brand in support of their career and business building activities.
We often hear it said that perception is reality. Whether your clients are students or seasoned executives, there is a good chance they are walking through their career without a full picture of who they are and/or who they could be. While perception is not actually reality, understanding how we perceive ourselves, how others perceive us and how we can better manage these perceptions is a useful skill in today’s accessible and interconnected world.
To succeed in a post-pandemic, borderless market, it helps to understand that while perception matter, perception is not always what you think it is.
This session will include insights into the dual role of personal branding as a tool for career building and marketing, information on conducting a personal SOAR analysis and practical advice on using LinkedIn to disseminate your brand.
Time: 9:00 AM to 12 PM CDT
Facilitated by: Tara Orchard
In this session we will discuss ways in which career professionals can incorporate information on perception, neurolinguistics, and micro communications when helping clients learn how to effectively build and communicate their personal brand in support of their career and business building activities.
We often hear it said that perception is reality. Whether your clients are students or seasoned executives, there is a good chance they are walking through their career without a full picture of who they are and/or who they could be. While perception is not actually reality, understanding how we perceive ourselves, how others perceive us and how we can better manage these perceptions is a useful skill in today’s accessible and interconnected world.
To succeed in a post-pandemic, borderless market, it helps to understand that while perception matter, perception is not always what you think it is.
This session will include insights into the dual role of personal branding as a tool for career building and marketing, information on conducting a personal SOAR analysis and practical advice on using LinkedIn to disseminate your brand.
- Topics covered include:
- The role of perception
- Soar Analysis
- Persona marketing
- Neuro-linguistics
- Micro-communications
- System 1 and 2 Thinking
- Branding
"Being Trauma Informed: An Introduction to Understanding Trauma, Its Ongoing Impact, and Its Management to Assist in Working with Clients Who Have Experienced Trauma"
Date: May 16, 2022
Time: 9:00 AM to 12 PM CDT
Facilitated by: Lori Mac
An emerging secondary impact of the COVID-19 pandemic has been an increase in the experience of trauma. This includes the vicarious trauma experienced by front-line workers, sudden traumatic loss experienced by many, and increased reports of abuse and domestic violence arising from increased isolation and decreased access to resources and supports. The result is that an increased number of your clients will also have experienced trauma and about a third may be struggling with Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). While this is likely not a focus of your work with career clients, it very well may impact their day-to-day life and functioning, including identity, focus and concentration, decision-making, beliefs, relationships with others, and ability to emotionally regulate when triggered; all of which extend to impact career decision-making and ongoing employment.
This professional development workshop is intended for those who may be interacting with individuals who have experienced trauma, and/or anyone who would like to get a better understanding of what someone who has experienced trauma may be experiencing. Participants will gain an introductory understanding of what trauma is, what happens in an individual's body and brain when they experience trauma, why actions/reactions that may not seem logical make sense from a trauma-informed perspective, the ongoing impact and challenges trauma can have, and what is helpful in managing the ongoing impact of trauma, including what you can do in your meetings with clients to support them and help them cope. Participants will also learn how to respond to someone who discloses they have experienced trauma in a manner that conveys empathy and support, as well as when and where to refer if they are seeking additional resource to address and work through traumatic experiences.
Time: 9:00 AM to 12 PM CDT
Facilitated by: Lori Mac
An emerging secondary impact of the COVID-19 pandemic has been an increase in the experience of trauma. This includes the vicarious trauma experienced by front-line workers, sudden traumatic loss experienced by many, and increased reports of abuse and domestic violence arising from increased isolation and decreased access to resources and supports. The result is that an increased number of your clients will also have experienced trauma and about a third may be struggling with Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). While this is likely not a focus of your work with career clients, it very well may impact their day-to-day life and functioning, including identity, focus and concentration, decision-making, beliefs, relationships with others, and ability to emotionally regulate when triggered; all of which extend to impact career decision-making and ongoing employment.
This professional development workshop is intended for those who may be interacting with individuals who have experienced trauma, and/or anyone who would like to get a better understanding of what someone who has experienced trauma may be experiencing. Participants will gain an introductory understanding of what trauma is, what happens in an individual's body and brain when they experience trauma, why actions/reactions that may not seem logical make sense from a trauma-informed perspective, the ongoing impact and challenges trauma can have, and what is helpful in managing the ongoing impact of trauma, including what you can do in your meetings with clients to support them and help them cope. Participants will also learn how to respond to someone who discloses they have experienced trauma in a manner that conveys empathy and support, as well as when and where to refer if they are seeking additional resource to address and work through traumatic experiences.
"Communication and Conflict: Skills to Build Positive Relationships and Improve Your Interactions with Your Clients and to Help Your Clients Improve Their Interactions in the Workplace"
Date: May 31, 2022
Time: 1:30 PM to 4:30 PM CDT
Facilitated by: Lori Mac
The COVID-19 pandemic has increased isolation and made the need for connection, building positive relationships, and effective communication more important and relevant than ever. Whether clients are exploring career indecision, entering the workforce for the first time, extending their skill set, or re-careering, the ability to network, carry themselves well, communicate effectively, and build positive relationships with others is important to their success. This workshop will focus on research derived strategies for building, maintaining, and enhancing relationships that are practical and effective, both for you as career practitioners building effective relationships with your clients and colleagues, as well as helping your clients learn how to do the same. For example, come and find out what research has shown can predict the stability and satisfaction of all types of relationships with others with over 90% accuracy.
In this workshop you will learn specific strategies and skills to communicate and address conflict in a way that may be easier for others to hear without compromising the integrity of the intended message. You will also learn about conflict styles, nonverbal communication, and gain skills to help your clients address behaviours that get in the way of connecting and communicating, including the four behaviours that have been empirically shown to be most damaging to communicating and building positive relationships.
Time: 1:30 PM to 4:30 PM CDT
Facilitated by: Lori Mac
The COVID-19 pandemic has increased isolation and made the need for connection, building positive relationships, and effective communication more important and relevant than ever. Whether clients are exploring career indecision, entering the workforce for the first time, extending their skill set, or re-careering, the ability to network, carry themselves well, communicate effectively, and build positive relationships with others is important to their success. This workshop will focus on research derived strategies for building, maintaining, and enhancing relationships that are practical and effective, both for you as career practitioners building effective relationships with your clients and colleagues, as well as helping your clients learn how to do the same. For example, come and find out what research has shown can predict the stability and satisfaction of all types of relationships with others with over 90% accuracy.
In this workshop you will learn specific strategies and skills to communicate and address conflict in a way that may be easier for others to hear without compromising the integrity of the intended message. You will also learn about conflict styles, nonverbal communication, and gain skills to help your clients address behaviours that get in the way of connecting and communicating, including the four behaviours that have been empirically shown to be most damaging to communicating and building positive relationships.
Compassionate Conversations: Career Planning and Job Search when Experiencing Long COVID
Date: June 1, 2022
Time: 9:00 AM to 12 PM CDT
Facilitated by: Trevor Lehman
The COVID pandemic has affected us in many different ways. Like many chronic illnesses, clients with long COVID may experience a wide variety of symptoms and life challenges. In this workshop, learn about the effects long COVID can have on our clients' work and lives. Participants will leave with strategies to better support clients experiencing long COVID with compassion and hope in their career and job search.
Time: 9:00 AM to 12 PM CDT
Facilitated by: Trevor Lehman
The COVID pandemic has affected us in many different ways. Like many chronic illnesses, clients with long COVID may experience a wide variety of symptoms and life challenges. In this workshop, learn about the effects long COVID can have on our clients' work and lives. Participants will leave with strategies to better support clients experiencing long COVID with compassion and hope in their career and job search.
Reframing and Redesigning - Job Search in Post Pandemic Times
Date: June 7, 2022
Time: 1:00 PM to 4:00 PM CDT
Facilitated by: Lynda Peto
This 3 hour in-person session will focus on Job Search in 2022 and beyond! As a Designing Your Life Certified Coach, Lynda will infuse ideas, resources and activities for Career professionals who are looking for new ideas to support clients who are navigating major shifts in the landscape of recruitment and work in post-pandemic times.
Topics and activities include: Reframing our Mindset; “The Pause” – Our Learnings and Impact; Updated Strategies to Build a Virtual Network; Navigating a borderless job market - Opening the Doors for Job Seekers.
Time: 1:00 PM to 4:00 PM CDT
Facilitated by: Lynda Peto
This 3 hour in-person session will focus on Job Search in 2022 and beyond! As a Designing Your Life Certified Coach, Lynda will infuse ideas, resources and activities for Career professionals who are looking for new ideas to support clients who are navigating major shifts in the landscape of recruitment and work in post-pandemic times.
Topics and activities include: Reframing our Mindset; “The Pause” – Our Learnings and Impact; Updated Strategies to Build a Virtual Network; Navigating a borderless job market - Opening the Doors for Job Seekers.
Career Work in Post-Pandemic Times with Racially, Culturally and Spiritually Diverse Clients: The Special Case of Working with Muslim Clients
Date: June 9, 2022
Time: 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM CDT
Facilitated by: Natashi Ali
This workshop will focus on working with Muslim clients. Because Muslim clients are a racially, culturally, and spiritually diverse group of people, the information presented will assist career development professionals to work with racially, culturally, and spiritually diverse people. Furthermore, because many Muslim clients are immigrants, refugees, or international students, the information presented will also assist career development professionals to work with these groups of people. Many of the barriers and struggles that Muslim folks encounter in the labour force are shared with other racially, culturally, and spiritually diverse folks. Recommendations on how to better serve Muslim clients, and therefore racially, culturally, and spiritually diverse clients, will be provided. The unique aspect of the workshop is that it will provide an overview of the demographics of Muslims globally & in Manitoba, outline Islamic worldviews & values, and review how to incorporate these to better serve Muslim clients.
Time: 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM CDT
Facilitated by: Natashi Ali
This workshop will focus on working with Muslim clients. Because Muslim clients are a racially, culturally, and spiritually diverse group of people, the information presented will assist career development professionals to work with racially, culturally, and spiritually diverse people. Furthermore, because many Muslim clients are immigrants, refugees, or international students, the information presented will also assist career development professionals to work with these groups of people. Many of the barriers and struggles that Muslim folks encounter in the labour force are shared with other racially, culturally, and spiritually diverse folks. Recommendations on how to better serve Muslim clients, and therefore racially, culturally, and spiritually diverse clients, will be provided. The unique aspect of the workshop is that it will provide an overview of the demographics of Muslims globally & in Manitoba, outline Islamic worldviews & values, and review how to incorporate these to better serve Muslim clients.
Acknowledging Grief through COVID-19 Job Changes
Date: June 14, 2022
Time: 1:00 PM to 4:00 PM CDT
Facilitated by: Stefanie Books and Kate Yee
As Career Development Practitioners we are natural problem solvers. The current pandemic has presented people with multiple problems including loss of employment and employment change. When we work with clients who have lost work many of us tend to go straight into problem solving mode. Nevertheless, it is important to acknowledge the grief that goes along with job loss.
During this 3-hour interactive workshop, we will discuss the stages of grief, how to mourn along with our clients, and help them move forward by utilizing active listening strategies.
Time: 1:00 PM to 4:00 PM CDT
Facilitated by: Stefanie Books and Kate Yee
As Career Development Practitioners we are natural problem solvers. The current pandemic has presented people with multiple problems including loss of employment and employment change. When we work with clients who have lost work many of us tend to go straight into problem solving mode. Nevertheless, it is important to acknowledge the grief that goes along with job loss.
During this 3-hour interactive workshop, we will discuss the stages of grief, how to mourn along with our clients, and help them move forward by utilizing active listening strategies.
Pandemic-proofing Your Career
Date: June 21, 2022
Time: 1:00 PM to 4:00 PM CDT
Facilitated by: Matthew Purdy
The COVID-19 pandemic impacted the labour market in dramatic ways. These "variants of concern" include unprecedented layoffs, reduced job satisfaction, the Great Resignation, and decreased work-life balance, to name a few. As such, CDP's that are assisting clients through this period of intense change and transition should not only focus on getting clients back to work, but on equipping them with the knowledge, skills and mindset to pandemic-proof their career.
This workshop will provide career development practitioners with ideas, information, and resources to help clients improve long-term career stability and be more prepared for the next large-scale disruption to the labour market. Topics include: understanding essential skills, enhancing digital skills, understanding changing labour market conditions and essential services, online/virtual networking, and developing multiple revenue streams.
Time: 1:00 PM to 4:00 PM CDT
Facilitated by: Matthew Purdy
The COVID-19 pandemic impacted the labour market in dramatic ways. These "variants of concern" include unprecedented layoffs, reduced job satisfaction, the Great Resignation, and decreased work-life balance, to name a few. As such, CDP's that are assisting clients through this period of intense change and transition should not only focus on getting clients back to work, but on equipping them with the knowledge, skills and mindset to pandemic-proof their career.
This workshop will provide career development practitioners with ideas, information, and resources to help clients improve long-term career stability and be more prepared for the next large-scale disruption to the labour market. Topics include: understanding essential skills, enhancing digital skills, understanding changing labour market conditions and essential services, online/virtual networking, and developing multiple revenue streams.
Patience and Positivity in a Post-Pandemic, Politically Polarizing World
Date: June 28, 2022
Time: 1:00 PM to 4:00 PM CDT
Facilitated by: Rebecca Balakrishnan
There are a lot of painfully polarizing issues out there, and it can be hard to navigate them, especially at work. This session will cover how to care for yourself before, during and after challenging clients. We will explore strategies for handling these issues and we will use role plays to practice responding to words a client might say that conflict with our values. And don't worry - we don't be having any awkward philosophical debates, just chats about strategies when these topics do come up with clients.
Time: 1:00 PM to 4:00 PM CDT
Facilitated by: Rebecca Balakrishnan
There are a lot of painfully polarizing issues out there, and it can be hard to navigate them, especially at work. This session will cover how to care for yourself before, during and after challenging clients. We will explore strategies for handling these issues and we will use role plays to practice responding to words a client might say that conflict with our values. And don't worry - we don't be having any awkward philosophical debates, just chats about strategies when these topics do come up with clients.