The workplace is dynamic and is in constant motion and change. Knowledge is always changing and shifting. Material that students learn in their first year of university may have changed significantly by the third year of their program. Similarly, many of the top in demand jobs today did not exist 10 years ago. Students are being prepared for jobs that do not exist yet, using technologies that are still being invented to solve problems we do not know yet. Instead of focusing on acquiring a job that may or may not exist by the time youth enter the workforce, focusing on supporting youth to navigate the challenges may be more sustaining.

Career Literacy

Career Literacy is the fundamental tool kit that enables intentional career development. It is a set of skills, knowledge, and attitudes that is needed to manage one’s own career development.

Career Gumption

Career Gumption is the energy, momentum, motivation, or desire to engage in career development.

Career context

Career context is the relationship between how one perceives the larger world (‘The world as I see it”) and how one perceives one’s immediate or available environment (“My world—the part of the world in which I can maneuver”).

Career Integrity

Career integrity is a meaningful balance between personal, social, economic, and community factors

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