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Career Development Practitioner

Employer

The Headhunters Recruitment LP and/ or The Headhunters

Date Posted

April 22, 2026

Languages

English
  • Location Edmonton, AB
  • Earnings $26.44 to $43.59 hourly (to be negotiated)
  • Work Hours 37.5 to 40 hours per week
  • Position Permanent Full Time
  • Vacancies 5  Vacancies
  • Closing Date May 13, 2026
Job Requirements

Employer

The Headhunters Recruitment LP and/ or The Headhunters

Languages

English

Education

  • Bachelor's degree
  • Business administration and management, general
  • Human resources management/personnel administration, general
  • or equivalent experience

Work setting

  • Private employment service agency
  • Sales

Tasks

  • Assess need for assistance, such as rehabilitation, financial aid or further training
  • Interview clients to obtain employment history, educational background and career goals
  • Identify barriers to employment and assist clients with such matters as job readiness skills, job search strategies, writing résumés and preparing for job interviews
  • Perform administrative tasks
  • Advise employers on human resource and other employment-related issues
  • Collect labour market information for clients regarding job openings, entry and skill requirements and other occupational information
  • Recruit and hire staff
  • Provide established workers with information and strategies for dealing with job dissatisfaction, making mid-career changes and adjusting to workplace transitions
  • Deliver presentations at conferences, workshops or symposia
  • Liaise with community agencies or partners, and identify additional or alternative services and provide referrals
  • Conduct research
  • Staff recruitment and selection
  • Plan, develop and implement recruitment strategies
  • Deliver sales presentations
  • Participate in recruitment events

Computer and technology knowledge

  • MS Excel
  • MS Outlook
  • MS PowerPoint
  • MS Windows
  • MS Word
  • Database software

Type of experience

Sales and marketing

Area of work experience

Marketing and sales

Security and safety

Criminal record check

Transportation/travel information

  • Own vehicle
  • Valid driver's licence

Work conditions and physical capabilities

  • Fast-paced environment
  • Work under pressure
  • Tight deadlines
  • Attention to detail
  • Large workload

Personal suitability

  • Client focus
  • Dependability
  • Efficient interpersonal skills
  • Excellent written communication
  • Flexibility
  • Interpersonal awareness
  • Judgement
  • Reliability
  • Team player
  • Excellent oral communication
  • Values and ethics
  • Accurate
  • Initiative
  • Organized

Screening questions

  • Are you authorized to work in Canada?
  • Do you have experience working in this field?

Experience

5 years or more

Employment terms options

Day

Workplace information

On the road job

Health benefits

  • Dental plan
  • Disability benefits
  • Health care plan
  • Paramedical services coverage
  • Vision care benefits

Financial benefits

  • Bonus
  • Commission
  • Registered Retirement Savings Plan (RRSP)

Other benefits

  • Paid time off (volunteering or personal days)
  • Team building opportunities

Support for Indigenous people

Develops and maintains relationships with indigenous communities, indigenous-owned businesses and organizations

Support for mature workers

Applies hiring policies that discourage age discrimination

Supports for visible minorities

Applies hiring policies that discourage discrimination against members of visible minorities (for example: anonymizing the hiring process, etc.)


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Interest Codes & Abilities
The Career Development Practitioner is part of the following larger National Occupational Classification (NOC).

Interest Codes

Employment Counsellors
SOCIAL

Interest in consulting to advise employers on human resources and other employment-related issues; in referring clients to appropriate services; in assisting clients with such matters as job readiness skills and job search strategies; and in providing established workers with information on maintaining a job or moving within an organization, dealing with job dissatisfaction or making a career change

METHODICAL

Interest in compiling information to collect labour market information for clients regarding job openings, entry and skill requirements and other occupational information; and in administering tests designed to determine interests, aptitudes and abilities

INNOVATIVE

Interest in interpreting test results and identifying barriers to employment; and in providing consulting services to community groups and agencies, businesses and industry, and to other organizations involved in providing community-based career planning resources

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