Knowledge Hub
A hub for resources relating to career development and employment in Nova Scotia.
Whare are Some of the Benefits or Rewards that you get from Doing Community Outreach Work?
In this short post LinkedIn community members share personal anecdotes about the benefits of community outreach and provide tips and tricks to help others get started and get involved in their own...
4 Reasons Community Outreach is Important for Businesses
"Community outreach or community outreach marketing is a process where businesses build relationships with the people and organizations in the areas they operate". In this article from BRAINZ,...
The Power of Inclusive Marketing in Modern Business
"Inclusive marketing is more than throwing a diverse individual into your messaging. It begins with recognizing the need to understand and present unique perspectives, experiences, and identities...
365 Social Media Content Ideas for 2024
This list from Dropbox shares 365 social media content ideas to engage, connect, and motivate your audience with different mediums, ideas, and prompts.
Nonprofit Email Marketing: The Ultimate Guide to a Successful NPO Email Strategy
"Effective email and newsletter marketing is crucial for a nonprofit organization's (NPO) success. With scarce resources, limited staffing, and divided leadership attention, investing in marketing...
Inclusive Engagement – Why Knowing Your Audience Matters
This blog post highlights the importance of knowing your audience and constructing inclusive public engagement to build strong, sustainable relationships. With strategies, tools, and advice, this...
6 Tips to Help your Nonprofit Improve its Outreach with Diverse Communities
"A successful strategy for outreach with diverse communities will help your organization transform issue at local levels and achieve long-lasting benefits. Here are the top 6 outreach tips I've...
Why Embracing Outreach is Important for Nonprofits
"Outreach is a vehicle for community engagement that can be used for many purposes in organizations". This article, from the ASU Lodestar Center, shares the importance of community engagement...
7 Steps to Successful Community Outreach: A How-To Guide
"Learn to forge strong connections with effective community outreach. This article outlines goal-setting, engaging techniques, and evaluation strategies to ensure your outreach efforts resonate with...
Governance as Shared Leadership for Nonprofits
In this three-part blog series, Erin Kang discusses the concept of governance as shared leadership, expanding on the topic, highlighting benefits of adoption, and providing tips and tricks for...
5 Ways in Which the Workplace Could Serve Young People Better
As part of the 2023 World Economic Forum Annual Meeting, business leaders met with young professionals to learn how to best support youth in the workplace. This blog post highlights the top five...
Mentoring Empowers Young Entrepreneurs to Grow and Succeed
"A mentor can transform the course o fa young entrepreneur's business and life". In this article from Futurpreneur, Corinne Lau speaks to her own experience as a mentor, highlighting the...
Road to Employment: Advice for Youth that Just Makes Sense
In this blog post, Rebecca McCarthy talks about Clinton Nellist and Denis Luchyshyn, the creators behind "Road to Employment". Nellist and Luchyshyn created a docuseries in 2014, in which they...
A Youth-Led Framework: Engaging Young People in Youth Employment Programmes
This blog post, from the Decent Jobs for Youth Initiative, discusses the involvement of youth in youth employment programming. Breaking down meaningful youth engagement, this blog presents a...
Shifting from Equity-Seeking to Equity-Deserving
In this short blog post, Teresa Smith reflects on language use and intentionality. Specifically in an anti-racist and intersectional space, making small changes can make a big difference....
Centering well-being: Catalysing transformative self-care practices within diversity, equity, and inclusion
This blog post, from the Canadian Centre for Diversity and Inclusion, highlights the importance of incorporating self-care into DEI efforts. "As organizations strive to create environments that are...
Neurodiversity 101: Supporting a Neurodiverse Workforce
"As workplaces become more aware of the benefits of diversity, it's essential to embrace the unique strengths and challenges that come with different ways of thinking and functioning, also known as...
Here’s EY’s Simple but Effective Strategy for Increasing Diversity
In this short blog post, Grace Donnelly discusses Ernst & Young's ongoing diversity campaign with the company's Global Diversity and Inclusiveness Officer, Karn Twaronite.
Creating Disability Inclusive Workplaces – Dispelling Myths and Applying Univ ersal Design Principles to Foster Disability Inclusion
In this blog post from CharityVillage, Ingrid Muschta discusses creating accommodating workspaces for all employees. Muschta speaks to accommodations, common myths, supporting inclusive...
The Critical Role of Cultural Responsiveness in Today’s Nonprofits
"While culturally responsive leadership has usually been centered in education, its practices have value to the nonprofit sector as well". In this blog post, from Blue Avocado, Danielle Nava-Mijares...
FEATURED RESOURCES
2023 Nova Scotia Career and Employment Student Symposium
View recordings of research presentations on topics relating to career development and employment, presented by students from across Nova Scotia.
Innovation Video Series
A province-wide video project documenting innovations and unique employment narratives found within the Nova Scotia Works employment services system.
CEI Youth Engagement Framework
A resource for those looking to better support youth (18-34 years) in the early phases of their careers. Developed from peer-reviewed research, stories of successful initiatives, downloadable tools, and more.
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