Canadian Research Working Group

Research at Work...

Presentations have been made at provincial, national, and international conferences, describing our evaluation framework and some of the initial field-testing that has been done. These have been received enthusiastically and it seems to us that people in the field are eager to embrace the ideas and try to implement them in their work settings.

Measuring the Impact of LMI

on Career Decision Making and Job Search

This project was funded by the Policy Research Branch of HRSDC, this study was done with 164 clients receiving services in employment offices in Saskatchewan and New Brunswick. Clients were followed for a four month period and measures were taken on knowledge and skills acquired, confidence in one’s ability to self manage their careers and optimism about one’s career future. Preliminary results will be published in winter, 2010. A parallel study is anticipated in New Brunswick in French in winter, 2012.

Snapshot Report
Impact Report
Phase 2 Report
Phase 3 Report