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Career Development Practitioner Certification
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Career Development Practitioner Certification
Hello, my fellow Career Development Practitioners!
I recently completed my re-certification for my Career Development Practitioners Certification for the Province of Ontario. It got me thinking, are they other individuals in this community who have their certification in Ontario or another province? Why did you get your certification? I will share my story briefly below:
I started in the Career Development Field when I was 19 and to be honest, for the first six years, I felt like I was learning by fire and by apprenticeship from other Career Development Professionals. Looking and being young, I would constantly get asked about my qualifications which would make me uncomfortable, to say the least! I decided to pursue my Career and Work Counsellor Program Diploma at George Brown College, part-time, while I continued to develop my professional experience.
When the call came out for Career Development Practitioners to pursue voluntary certification, I was happy to put my name forward!
Completing the application gave me a sense of pride and made me feel like I could show the experiences and knowledge that I had developed from working in the Career Development field.
The application process made me think of areas that I needed to develop within the Career Development field, such as developing a further understanding of how socioeconomic and sociocultural factors affect a client’s job search.
I have started to examine my own power and privilege, and how that affects me in my practice as Career Development Practitioner.
What about you? Why did you get certified or why are you considering getting certified? What are your thoughts about national certification? Let’s get the conversation started!