Tap into the array of career planning resources available through CPA Alberta now and reinvigorate your career in 2023!
Whether you’re reaching your career goals or feeling dissatisfied with your achievements, it’s important to craft, refine, and consistently reevaluate your career development plan. Career development is an approach taken to ensure meaningful work throughout your lifespan. Properly applied, it enables individuals to make informed educational, occupational, and employment choices1 (Careerpro Canada). Documenting goals and keeping track of your wins and losses will enable you to identify gaps and take steps to expand your skillset and tap into the resources needed to level up. Knowing exactly where you’re at in your career development plan will keep you focused on next steps and you’re more likely to feel “career satisfaction”.
It’s important to consider how quickly careers evolve in the 21st century and to take stock of your career development plan against the evolving backdrop of work. According to the Conference Board of Canada2, over the next ten years, nine out of ten jobs will require digital skills. In the previous century, individuals selected a career path for the duration of their working life. Nowadays, with the shift in work, the expectation is that individuals will change careers every five to ten years, if not sooner. Having a career development plan is important now more than ever, to prepare you for the multitude of career transitions over the course of your career. Consulting with a career development strategist to draft a plan to forecast and prepare for these inevitable career transitions is a smart move that will keep you focused on both short- and long-term goals.
CPA Alberta’s Career Centre is a valuable resource available to assist CPAs and CPA PEP Candidates with the design of a personalized career development plan, no matter which career phase you’re in.
If you haven’t consciously considered your career plan or discussed your career goals and vision with a career strategist, we can help you get started. Book an appointment with our Career Advisors; [https://calendly.com/jvinsome] or reach out to us at careerservices@cpaalberta.ca. We’re experts in career planning and will provide you with all the tools, advice, and services you need to discover what’s next for you and your career.
For Canadian companies to grow and remain competitive in the pandemic era, they need workers who can implement and manage ever-changing technologies and are willing and able to continuously advance their digital skills3. Let that be you.
Why wait? Virtually all of CPA Alberta’s career service resources are free, so let our career planning experts help you reinvigorate your career.
References
1 Careerpro Canada
3 Digital Skills for Today and Tomorrow, Conference Board of Canada
