ONLINE LEARNING COURSES
BCCDA is pleased to bring online courses in Career Development provided by the Canadian Career Development Foundation !
CCDF’s VOCO Training Centre offers educators and career development professionals a series of accessible, self-paced courses to learn new skills, access innovative new approaches and tools, connect with fellow professionals and fulfill course requirements for certification as Career Development Professionals (CDPs).
The courses meet core and specialized competencies outlined in the Canadian Career Development Standards and Guidelines for Career Development Practitioners and the requirements of provincial certification bodies.
The courses are offered online through an easy-to-use learning VOCO portal where the pace and approach to learning is up to you. Please contact CCDF with any questions about the course or for technical support.
Online Learning Courses in Career Development
Career Development Theories
This course provides participants with an informed foundation and theoretical context for their
career development practice. No matter what side of the “I like or don’t like theory” continuum
you stand, we’ve developed an interactive and engaging course that supports you in integrating
current thinking to your own theoretical approach to practice. No matter what side of the “I like
or don’t like theory” continuum you stand, we’ve tried to bring you an interactive and engaging
course that addresses both perspectives on theory. This course is approved for CCDP certification.
Use Code "BCCDA" to get a 5% discount.
Ethics in Career Development Practice
The goal of this course is to enable you to develop the theoretical and reflective foundation
necessary for ethical service delivery. This course will prepare you to meet the core
requirements for ethical practice as set out in the Competency Framework for Career
Development Professionals (CDPs) and, specifically, the Code of Ethics. The course will also
provide you with an ethical decision-making model to guide your approach to ethical dilemmas. This course is approved for CCDP certification.
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Engage: Dynamic Ways of Connecting
Explore the career development process from an actively engaged perspective. Combining ideas from Norm Amundson’s award-winning career development book “Active Engagement” and Andrea Fruhling’s creative career coaching approach, learners will gain a deeper understanding of a more creative, client-centered career development process from start to finish. Please refer here for details.
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Work Search
Work Search course prepares Career Development Professionals to help students/clients transition in to jobs, find/create meaningful work, and develop personalized plans for effective work search. Please refer here for details.
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Career Development Process
This course builds the core skills and specialized techniques needed to effectively build a working alliance with clients and deliver career services using proven and effective models. It supports learners in practicing the skills underpinning the working alliance and client engagement in the context of the career service delivery model. Please refer here for details.
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Using Labour Market Information in Career Services
This course prepares participants to better access, understand and apply labour market information (LMI) in their work with clients. Integrating both formal and informal LMI, this course teaches strategies to find, make sense of and apply LMI in meaningful ways to support better career development with students and clients. Please refer here for details.
Use Code "BCCDA" to get a 5% discount.