Job Development for Career Professionals
Self-Directed – Online Course

Job development is a key competency for career professionals. Not only do you help clients find and create meaningful career opportunities, but you also enable employers to fill crucial roles.

Explore ways to help clients with specific challenges and needs, while also fulfilling the needs of employers. Discuss the steps involved in the job development process, from connecting with employers to following up with clients. Learn how the labour market informs job development strategies. Explore how to find, contact, build, and maintain strong partnerships with employers. Learn how to create a trust-based and value-added referral relationship with key decision-makers.

Are you ready to build your expertise in job development?

In this program, you will:

~ Identify best practices in job development.

~ Learn how to communicate with employers verbally and in writing.

~ Explore ways to uncover and understand the employer’s needs and expectations.

~ Acquire strategies to develop and maintain strong employer relationships.

~ Implement career marketing strategies with clients.

~ Examine how to best match clients with the right employers.

~ Understand the ethical and legal implications of job development.

~ Position yourself to earn more as one of the top job developers in Canada.

~ Earn 10 hours toward any Continuing Education Units (CEUs) you require.

This course will help you fulfill the needs of employers and create successful client outcomes!

Course Prerequisite: Prior practical experience in the career development or related field is recommended.

Topics Covered (Required Text Provided)

Students will be supplied with various resources and reference sheets along with additional relevant readings which will be posted on the course site. Key concepts that will be covered:

#1 Foundational Development

- Preparing Yourself
- Preparing Resources
- Preparing Clients

#2 Employer Development
- Identifying Contacts
- Researching Contacts
- Developing Contacts

#3 Relationship Development
- Making Matches
- Addressing Concerns
- Closing Deals

#4 Long-Term Development
- Following Up
- Managing Retention
- Measuring Outcomes

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