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By Mark Franklin Thursday May 22, 2014

Connecting The Dots From Engineer To Career Professional

“How did you go from being an engineer to a career professional?” That is a question I am asked from curious clients, colleagues and friends of CareerCycles, the career management social enterprise I now lead. The question itself emerges from a collective curiosity about significant career and life changes that seem unusual, mysterious or discordant to the casual observer.  However, when we dig deep into the stories behind those changes, the dots do connect and bridging patterns emerge.

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By Rick Miner Tuesday April 29, 2014

The Great Canadian Skills Mismatch

I wrote a blog for Career Cruising users last year entitled 3 Solutions for Canada's Job Mismatch based on the 2010 and 2012 reports in my People Without Jobs, Jobs Without People series. Since the publication of these reports, dramatic shifts have occurred that warranted a re-analysis of the earlier findings and a third report in the series, “The Great Canadian Skills Mismatch.” The changes of most significance are:

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By Kevin Fleming Tuesday February 25, 2014

Success in the New Economy

Countless articles in the media site a correlation between higher degrees and higher income.  This perceived higher earnings for having a 4-year degree has fueled a “college for all” philosophy; causing educators and parents to encourage going to the university – any university – to major in anything – in pursuit of future job security, social mobility, and financial prosperity.  But with rising education costs and the oversaturation of some academic majors in the workforce, many of us know that that the university-bound pathway isn’t for everyone…at least not immediately after high school. 

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