SKCDA Podcast - Episode 12: Onwards & Upwards (Susan McKay - University of Regina Career Centre)

Published 2022-08-23
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Bio

Susan McKay, MC, CCC
As Career Counsellor at the University of Regina, retirement pending, Susan provides a broad range of career services in the areas of Career Exploration and Counselling, and Student Employment Services. Susan facilitates students in all programs and alumni with making informed decisions about their educational/career direction and pursuit of meaningful employment. Her work involves individual career counselling, group programming and presentations, and resource development. Susan has a Master of Counselling and is a Canadian Certified Counsellor. She has
certifications in career assessment (Strong, MBTI, TOWES) and completed related training in employment counselling, skills for success and advanced resume writing. Susan is a member of Career Professionals of Canada and served on the Board of the Saskatchewan Career Development Association. She supports provincial and national initiatives to develop the community of career practitioners.
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Resources

a) "Career Crafting the Decade After High School: Professional's Guide"
(2015) by Cathy Campbell and Peggy Dutton.
Download this CERIC publication: https://ceric.ca/publications/ (scroll
down)
Publisher: Canadian Education and Research Institute for Counselling
(CERIC)

b) "Using Research for Evidence-Informed Career Development Practice"
(2022) Webinar Series by Dr. Loleen Berdahl
Webinars available on CERIC website:
https://ceric.ca/ceric-events/webinars/using-research-for-evidence-informed-career-development-practice/
Check listing for more recorded CERIC webinars.

c) "Advanced Resume Development" (online course) Career Professionals
of Canada
https://careerprocourse.ca/ (scroll down to the listing)

d) Alberta Workplace Essential Skills (AWES)
-Practitioner Training: https://awes.ca/what-we-offer/training/ (scroll
down for the listing)
-Tools and Publications:
https://awes.ca/what-we-offer/tools-publications/ (scroll down)

e) "CONTACT" Conference (SIEC)
https://contactconference.ca/
Annual conference of the Saskatoon Industry Education Council for
career and school counsellors, career practitioners, educators and HR
professionals.

f) "Relevance Magazine"
Download this annual SIEC publication on career and labour market info:
https://contact360.ca/relevance/

g) VOCO Training Centre - Canadian Career Development Foundation
(CCDF)
Catalog of online career courses: https://voco.myabsorb.ca/#/catalog

h) "Strengthening Mental Health Through Effective Career Development: A
Practitioners' Guide" (2020) by Dave Redekopp and Michael Huston
https://ceric.ca/publications/strengthening-mental-health-through-effective-career-development-a-practitioners-guide/
Publisher: CERIC

i) Dragon 9 Training - Professional Leadership & Career Development
Training for Career Practitioners
Modules: https://dragon9training.com/

j) Sights on Success Consulting: Leadership Development in
Intercultural Competence
https://sightsonsuccessconsulting.com/

k) "Career Development Practice in Canada: Perspectives, Principles,
and Professionalism" (2014) Blythe C. Shepard and Priya S. Mani,
Editors
Download chapters of this CERIC publication:
https://ceric.ca/publications/ (scroll down)