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Two Approaches to Job Crafting: Impact on Motivation, Health, and Performance

Job crafting or sculpting should focus on increasing a job’s positive aspects and decreasing its negative aspects, right? This study says maybe not!

When is a Career Decision Really a Career Decision?

Post-secondary students may have a career goal, pursue a program, and declare a major, but does this mean they have really decided?

How Negotiating Affects Job Offers

What do you say when the people you serve ask if negotiating poses a risk to getting a job offer? Here’s evidence for you.

Performance Anxiety at Work

Performance anxiety is not just a problem for students and celebrities: it also affects people’s everyday working lives

Helping People Get Work and Earn More: Evidence for What Works

What kinds of employment services work and don't work? This report analyzes 191 studies to find out.

Youth Motivation for Career Guidance Activities

What has the greatest influence on young people's participation in guidance activities: their level of motivation or their level of career indecision?

Going Back to Work After Breast Cancer

Researchers test a group intervention to help breast cancer survivors transition back to work.

To Choose or Not to Choose Vocational Training

What influences people to choose a vocational training program? This study identifies eight reasons.

Access to Services for Rural Youth

Why are young people in rural areas less likely to use community services? Find out what CDPs can do to overcome these barriers.

Skills Acquired Through Criminal Activities

Can the skills learned through criminal activities be transferred to a legal job?

Digital Shift and Access to Services: A Matter of Social Justice

The COVID-19 pandemic forced the rapid implementation of online group counselling interventions. Let's look at the benefits and limitations of this digital transition in career development.

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