Job Postings 

Here is a list of the new job postings available on Career Development Connections!  Older postings are still available on the website as well!

If you have a job posting you would like included, email Denise@CareerDevelopmentConnections.com

New! Boundary Women's Transition House

Replacement Worker - Grand Forks, BC

Closing Date February 16, 2012

New! Bowman Employment Services

Case Manager 

Self Serve Coordinator/Workshop Facilitator

Receptionist

Revelstoke, BC

Closing Date February 22, 2012

New! College of New Caledonia

Employment and Education Advisor

Mackenzie Employment & Career Centre - Mackenzie, BC

Closing Date February 23, 2012

New! Douglas College - The Training Group

Resource Centre - Employment Program

Facilitator - Employment Program

Maple Ridge, BC

Closing Date Open Until Filled

New! Employment Connections

Receptionist - Fort St John, BC

Closing Date ASAP

New! La Société francophone de  Victoria

Front Desk/Case Manager - Victoria, BC

Closing Date February 29, 2012

New! MAXIMUS Canada Employment Services Inc.

Administrative Coordinator

Case Management Assistant

Employment Coach

Intake & Assessment Specialist

Specialized Employment Coach

Kelowna, BC

Closing Date February 20, 2012

New! Nelson CARES Society

Supported Employment Job Coach - Nelson, BC

Closing Date February 22, 2012

 over 15 other jobs still posted on the website - check them out!

www.CareerDevelopmentConnections.com 

Jobs in Human Resources, Administration and other non-career development industries are posted on www.EngagedHR.com/job-postings.html.

Upcoming Events

CDC/ITP Conference

March 5th & 6th, 2012

Vancouver, BC

I am very excited to be presenting at the CDC Conference this year.  On Tuesday, March 6th at 3:30 - 4:30 pm I am presenting my session:

Creating Significance: Leading Teams in the new Employment Program

Implementation of the new employment program is changing the landscape of what career development services look like in each and every organization in BC. As Executive Directors, Program Managers and Team Leaders, you are responsible for leading the way, building engagement in your team throughout the process. That can be hard to do when you are being directed to follow very specific guidelines from the Ministry and when you know that to reach your revenue targets, you have to change the way you serve clients. This session is an opportunity to discuss how to create significance for your teams as they learn the new definitions of what service delivery is going to look like and as they grapple with the way they can interact with their clients.

As I prepare for this session I am contemplating what significance is and how it relates to our world.  This is timely with Valentine's Day approaching and the need that we feel in society to have a "significant other".

Food for thought and I feel a blog post coming on!

EARLY BIRD DEADLINE EXTENDED!

Early Bird Rates for CDC have been extended to February 27th!

Register now!

Thought for the Week

I am watching the Grammy Awards tonight and am feeling the depth of emotion in that audience about the passing of Whitney Houston. Whitney was someone who, through her music, made a difference in the lives of many but who never seemed to believe she was enough. I am not one to get involved in celebrity gossip however this is striking me as particularly poignant as I am doing some work around the concept of significance (see my upcoming CDC presentation). 

Ultimately, significance is something that we all strive for.  It might come from having someone to share Valentine's Day with, or from having a rock star career that changes the world or from being able to provide a single client with quality service each and every day. No matter where it comes from, significance is a vital part of how and why we do our work.
 

As we head into a new era of service delivery, where finding significance will look different, I encourage everyone to identify your way of feeling significant.  To find the nuggets that make you feel "at your best" and to hold onto those nuggets for planting in the new model. Plant them so that they grow, and nurture you and bring you your feeling of significance.
 

Because at the heart of it all, we all want to be significant.

Enjoy your week!

Life-Long Learning

Educational Opportunities

BCCDA Skype Classes

Ethics - Feb 16 & 17

Theory - Feb 18 & 19

Careerwell Teleseminars - February 2012

Life Strategies - various Career Development Practitioner courses for 2012

Working in Difficult Situations

April 17 - 18, 2012

Job Seeker Spotlight 

This is an opportunity to market yourself beyond your current techniques and is a way to show that you know how to take job search beyond the traditional methods!