Customized Career Resources for Newcomers

Dr. Roberta Neault, CCC, CCDP, GCDF-i,

Dr. Deirdre Pickerell, CHRP, GCDF-i Presented by:

AgendaSetting the Scene

Getting Started

The Product

Lessons LearnedChallenge

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SETTING THE SCENE

Career Development in Manitoba

Nine Key TopicsApplication

FormsCareer PlanningCareer PortfoliosCover LettersIntervie

wsJob Search StrategiesRecognizing Prior LearningResume

sSuccess in the Workplace

Project Resources

Client Guides

Practitioner Guides

PowerPoints

Facilitator’s Guide

Client Guides

Topical Content

Activities and Examples

Things to Remember / Avoid

Client “Cases”

Project Timeline

Original Project RFP

Resource Development

Product Launch

Need for Customized Resources Identified2009

2010

Late 2011 /Early 2012

2013

Challenges for Immigrants

Credential recognition

• Complex system of regulatory bodies

Under-employment

• $3 billion annual cost to Canadian economy

Language

• Unrealistic assessment of skills

• Accent issues

• Lack of specific business terminology

Discrimination

• Ethnicity• Culture• Religion• Politics

ManitobaStart

Pre-Arrival Planning

Arrival Services

Employment Programs

Development Programs

Manitoba Provincial Nominee Program (MPNP)

Diversity and Intercultural Training

Timeline

Initial Consultation• Sept 2013

Project Start• Oct 2013

Foundational Components• Nov 2013

Resource Development• Nov 2013

to Mar 2014

Training• Mar 2014

Final Development• Apr 2014

GETTING STARTED

Our Emphasis

• transition challengesSupport• international experienceValue• career alternativesExplore• optimism and hopeFoster• plain languageUse• patronizing

content/languageAvoid• pre-arrival activitiesProvide

An Inclusive Approach

Edit &Finalize

Provide Training

Get Feedbac

kDraftConsult

Foundational Components

Environmental Scan

Original Resources

Style Guide

Client Profiles / Artefacts

THE PRODUCT

A Newcomers Guide to . . .

Understanding Change

and Transition

Career Planning

Effective Work Search

Writing Resumes

Building a Career

Portfolio

Writing Cover Letters

Completing Applications

Outstanding Interviews

Success in the

Workplace

Meet the “Clients”

Amira Khan

Mahesh Kumar

Gabriela Goldber

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Liang Li

Donna Santos

Omar Abadi

Exploring the Tools

Project Challenges

Emergent Vision

• New guide• Added resources

Scope Creep

• 25 pages becomes 85Length

• Gov’t departments working on similar topics

Duplication

Client Stories

Six “clients” to tell hundreds of stories

Using “real” examples while honouring confidentiality

Developing artefacts

“Aging” client

Multiple Stakeholders

ManitobaStart

Manitoba Labour and Immigration

Career Development Sector

Other Gov’t Department

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Dual Focus

Customization of

Existing

Material

Development of New Conte

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Terminology and Approaches

Career

Alternatives

Opportunities Paths

Pre-Immigratio

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LESSONS LEARNED

Next Steps

Pilot Revise Finalize

For More Information . . .

www.manitobacareerdevelopment.ca/CDI/career_practitioners.html

http://manitobastart.com/