Help Get Your Children from High School To A Career

Nov 05, 2010 |09:00-10:00

The period between the ages of 17 and 25 is a seemingly crucial point in the development of a successful career. It is the period where the foundation laid during high school is put to use in post-secondary education and the beginning of a life-long career. However, this period is agonizing for many parents, as they watch their child flounder in activities that don’t capture their potential, charge after dead-end pursuits, or exhibit complete indifference to the fact that they are wasting this important point in their life. How can parents help? Should they help? Does your child need your help? These questions and any others that you may have about your child’s career development process will be addressed in this supportive and interactive workshop. The discussion is lead by two counsellors experienced in helping young adults develop and follow their own career path.

KRISTEN DEUZEMAN & JEFF AGATE, COUNSELLORS

Kristen Deuzeman has counselled at Counselling Services since 2008 delivering group workshops aimed at promoting student career development, positive mental health and essential employability skills training. Kristen has worked at Algonquin College since 2005 as a professor of psychology and success strategies for Interior Decorating, Advertising, Police Foundations and General Arts and Science programs.

Jeff Agate has been helping the students of Algonquin College (and their parents) develop career goals and pathways for over 10 years. A believer that a career is an experience formed through a thousand decisions, Jeff has always encouraged students (and their parents) to see their time at Algonquin as a series of “opportunities” to be exercised at their discretion; rather than a singular and final career “choice”.