That’s right, we’re putting pen to paper – or fingers to keyboard as it were – to prepare our next editions in our of Best Canadian Career Book Series .

This series, including Best Canadian Resumes and Best Canadian Cover Letters and the future publication of Best Canadian Job Search, has received fantastic reviews and calls for more!

We know our members are some of the best career practitioners in the country, and we want to help you get noticed. All professional members of CPC are invited to submit their “best” resumes, cover letters and case studies. If your work is selected, your name – along with full contact information – will be prominently featured in the book’s list of contributors.

Show your “stuff,” get your name in print, and enhance your credibility as a resume writer and career practitioner.  Visit us online for submission guidelines and more information.

We are a people in a quandary about the present. We are a people in
search of our future. We are a people in search of a national community.
~ Barbara Jordan

CPC is proud to acknowledge the following individuals for being such an important part of this community.

New PROFESSIONAL Members:

• Anca Andronic
• Bridget Weide Brooks
• Christina Boateng
• Erika Mendonca-DeSilva
• John Rose
• Judith Puttockarb

Renewing PROFESSIONAL Members:

• Brenda Badgero
• Cathy Milton
• Elizabeth Grin
• Marian Bernard
• Maureen Farmer
• Safinaz El-halawani
• Sue Kersey

Newly Certified PROFESSIONAL Members:

• Gabrielle LeClair, CRS
• Ken Gordon, CRS
• Megan Despard, CRS
• Nancy Nassara, CIS

It is my pleasure to announce our 2011 Awards of Excellence recipients. We had a record number of submissions this year and the competition was tight – proving once again that our membership comprises some of the very best of the best in the industry. Congratulations to all!

I’d also like to offer special thanks to our adjudication panel who were presented with the difficult challenge of selecting the recipients from the stellar nominations – this was not
an easy task!

We will announce when samples from this year’s winning submissions will be available for all Professional Members to view on the site. Here are this year’s Award of Excellence Recipients. Please do send them your congratulations:

2011 0utstanding Canadian Career Leader

• Maureen McCann

2011 Executive Director’s Award
Outstanding Volunteer Contributor to the Organization

• Cathy Milton
• Lita Pitruzzello
• Michael Thompson

2011 Outstanding Canadian Online Profile Developer

• Maureen McCann

2011 Outstanding Canadian Resume Contributor
Best New Graduate Resume Category

• Lisa Cartaginese

2011 Outstanding Canadian Resume Contributor
Best Career Change Resume Category

• Maureen McCann

2011 Outstanding Canadian Resume Contributor
Best Technical Resume Category

• Lisa Cartaginese

2011 Outstanding Canadian Resume Contributor
Best Executive Resume Category

• Adrienne Tom

2011 Outstanding Canadian Resume Contributor
Best Creative Resume Category

• Maureen McCann

Congratulations and thanks again to everyone who participated – it has been another fantastic year!

Melanie Schlotter
CPC Marketing and Communications

This past August, our PROFESSIONAL Member Tele-Networking series took on an entirely new format. The new series features questions that are discussed in a round-table fashion, and the whole experience is fueled and directed by you.

The result?

We are so pleased to share that we are now enjoying some of the most active and most sought after calls in CPC’s history.  Special thanks go to Maureen McCann, our Social Networking Moderator, and to Sharon Graham for driving this new development. I would also like to make special mention of all of our members for getting involved as well – this series wouldn’t be the success it is without your participation.

Want to know what the fuss is about?

Join us for our next call, How to Work with and Motivate Difficult Clients, on October 5th, 2011 at 1 PM EDT. (Note: Must be a PROFESSIONAL Member and logged in to register.) Member Tele-Networking is available to PROFESSIONAL Members at no cost, though long distance charges may apply.

Thanks again to everyone for making this new series a success!

Melanie Schlotter
CPC Marketing and Communications.

I am so proud of our strong community here at CPC. As a member-driven organization, we depend on your input, resources, and ideas to propel CPC. With your commitment, we are becoming the best place to connect and share ideas with colleagues in the employment and career industry.

This month, I’d like to make special mention of the volunteers who’ve taken on the new Ambassador roles with CPC. Our ambassadors are here to help connect CPC to our members on the local level. Please, take a moment to welcome our first Ambassadors:

• Kellan Beck, (Toronto Region)
• Maureen McCann, ProMotion Career Solutions (Ottawa Region)
• Wayne Pagani, W.P Consulting & Associates (Ottawa Region)
• Lita Pitruzzello, (Eastern Region)
• Michael Thompson, Pacific Community Resources Society (Western Region)

To connect with your regional Ambassador, please follow this link to submit your request:

http://www.careerprocanada.org/talk-to-a-cpc-member/

Or, if you are interested in becoming an Ambassador in your region, you may learn more about the program here:

http://www.careerprocanada.ca/AmbassadorProgram

Welcome Ambassadors, and thank you again for your ongoing dedication to this organization,

Melanie Schlotter
CPC Marketing and Communications.

When all is said and done, the real citadel of strength of any community is in the hearts and minds and desires of those who dwell there.
~ Everett Dirksen

CPC is proud to acknowledge the following individuals for being such an important part of this community.

New PROFESSIONAL Members:

• Barbara Marcell
• Linda Smith
• Lisa Murray

Renewing PROFESSIONAL Members:

• Angelika Trinkwon
• Diane Lee
• Karen McGregor
• Pamela Martin
• Stephanie Clark

Newly Certified PROFESSIONAL Members:

• Anna Novak, CRS

Please join me in wishing the nominees for CPC’s 2011 Awards of Excellence the very best of luck.

Your 2011 nominees are:

Outstanding Canadian Career Leader Nominee

• Maureen McCann

Outstanding Volunteer Contributor to the Organization Nominees

• Cathy Milton
• Lita Pitruzzello
• Michael Thompson

Outstanding Canadian Online Profile Developer Nominees

• Stephanie Clark
• Maureen McCann

Outstanding Canadian Resume Contributor Nominees:

Best New Graduate Resume Category

• Carol Brochu
• Lisa Cartaginese
• Safinaz El-halawani
• Lynn Hill
• Michelle O’Donohoe
• Rita Pittman
• Pat Roberts
• Adrienne Tom

Best Career Change Resume Category

• Carol Brochu
• Stephanie Clark
• Brenda Collard-Mills
• Safinaz El-halawani
• Lynn Hill
• Maureen McCann
• Rita Pittman
• Pat Roberts
• Angelika Trinkwon

Best Technical Resume Category

• Lisa Cartaginese
• Brenda Collard-Mills

Best Executive Resume Category

• Carol Brochu
• Lisa Cartaginese
• Safinaz El-halawani
• Lita Pitruzzello
• Rita Pittman
• Pat Roberts
• Adrienne Tom

Best Creative Resume Category

• Carol Brochu
• Safinaz El-halawani
• Maureen McCann
• Pat Roberts

Congratulations to all nominees, and best of luck to everyone!

Melanie Schlotter
CPC Marketing & Communications

The deadline for nominations is upon us! Don’t miss this opportunity to build your credibility. “Take a shot” and send in your nomination for this year’s Awards of Excellence.

Career Professionals of Canada is dedicated to setting the highest standards in ethics and professional services in the industry. Our membership consists of some of the top practitioners in Canada and we’d like to show it off.

Both members and non-members are eligible to nominate PROFESSIONAL members, and the process is easy. We want to hear from you, if you or someone you know, have:

… made an impact on the Canadian career industry
… recently applied for your CRS, and have samples to submit
… volunteered for CPC in the last year
… developed an online virtual profile
… entered the industry with great success

Share your stories or samples. We want to learn what you have done!

Remember, the nomination deadline is July 15, 2011 and you can’t win if you don’t submit your nominations. Be sure to send them in right away. You can learn more about our Awards program online; read the full descriptions of each of the award categories, check out the nomination procedures, and find out who won last year.

This world of ours… must avoid becoming a community of dreadful fear and hate, and be, instead, a proud confederation of mutual trust and respect.
~ Dwight D. Eisenhower

CPC is proud to acknowledge the following individuals for being such an important part of this community.

New PROFESSIONAL Members:

• Erin Pocai
• Sophie Sun
• Tricia Dey Twomey

Renewing PROFESSIONAL Members:

• Barbara Stefaniak
• Byron Thomas
• Didie Smith
• Imran Muhammad Ismail
• Pat Slatten
• Paulette Gill
• Sashie Steenstra

Newly Certified PROFESSIONAL Members:

• Aman Dhesi, CRS, CIS
• Lisa Cartaginese, CRS
• Lotte Struwing, CCS
• Stefanie Neth, CRS
• Tule Tran, CIS

Last week we experienced a technical difficulties with our online submission form for the Awards of Excellence. As a result, we have extended the deadline for the Awards of Excellence nominations to July 15th.

You now have more time for you to nominate yourself – or a colleague – for one of these prestigious awards and set yourself apart as a top performer in Canada’s employment and career industry.

CPC’s Awards of Excellence are here to acknowledge and distinguish the outstanding achievements of our very talented membership in each of nine categories :

• Outstanding Canadian Career Leader
• Outstanding Volunteer Contributor to the Organization
• Outstanding New Canadian Career Professional
• Outstanding Canadian Online Profile Developer
• Outstanding Canadian Resume Contributor – New Graduate
• Outstanding Canadian Resume Contributor – Career Change
• Outstanding Canadian Resume Contributor – Technical
• Outstanding Canadian Resume Contributor – Executive
• Outstanding Canadian Resume Contributor – Creative

*Remember* – if you are already CRS Certified, you have everything you need for your Resume Contributor nomination. You can use the same documents you submitted for your certification. Simply submit your fictionalized resume under one of the categories listed above and be sure to include your 500 word strategy statement. It’s just that easy!

Both non-members and members may nominate PROFESSIONAL members, and PROFESSIONAL members may also nominate themselves for awards. Be sure to submit your nomination right away – submissions are now due July 15th! Full details for the awards criteria and nomination procedure can be found here.

Best of luck to everyone!

Melanie Schlotter
Marketing and Communications