Career Advisor Training & Career Development Courses

Grow Career Development (GrowCD) was founded by Wanda Kusumajuda Pichette to provide interesting, practical and flexible professional development options for Career Advisors, CDPs, Settlement Counsellors and others interested in career development coaching.

GrowCD continuously collaborates with leading organizations and institutions to expand its range of topics and provide the latest industry insights. Stay tuned for regular updates as we bring you fresh and relevant content to fuel your career development journey.

Led by Wanda Kusumajuda Pichette, CCDP, an esteemed Certified Career Development Practitioner (CCDP) based in British Columbia, this webinar series is guided by over 15 years of her rich experience in government-funded employment programs and colleges. Wanda specializes in empowering various demographics, including skilled newcomers to Canada, international college students, individuals with physical disabilities, youth facing barriers, survivors of violence/trauma, and executives, to secure meaningful employment opportunities across British Columbia.

Wanda's dedication to excellence is underscored by her completion of the Career Development Practice Certificate at Douglas College in Vancouver. Committed to staying at the forefront of her field, she diligently upgrades her skills to remain abreast of current trends and industry insights. Her expertise is widely recognized, as evidenced by her regular presentations on career development topics at provincial and national conferences in Canada, including BCCDA CDC & CANNEXUS. Furthermore, Wanda is a valued contributor to prominent platforms such as the Canadian Immigrant website, Charity Village, and CareerWise by CERIC, where she shares her knowledge through insightful articles on career advancement and job search strategies.

For those eager to learn more about Wanda's expertise and connect with her directly, please feel free to visit her LinkedIn profile at www.linkedin.com/in/wandakp.

"Great content, the facilitator provided experiential examples." 

"This is possibly the best webinar I've been in. So informative, very insightful. Thank you Wanda!"

“Wanda, your presentation was professional, well presented, well planned, well timed and something for everyone to learn. Thank you.”

"I thought I wanted to learn mostly about how to use AI to decrease the time admin tasks take, but in listening to Wanda, I realized that there were many other applications that I had not considered."

"Wanda gave concrete examples of new and effective ways to use ChatGPT"

 "All of the tips provided were very practical things I could start right now. The links to the ChatGPT conversations were helpful to show me how to use it for this!"

"The most important part I wasn't feeling bored. The presenter shared the information with knowledge and LOVE to share :) "

"Really enjoyed your session at Cannexus; it was very informative and relevant. I love your advice, too. Let's chat more!" (via LinkedIn messaging)

"I just participated in the session you lead on Cannexus. Thank you and great job in the webinar! Very interesting tips! Very often our clients have questions about salary negotiation. As an immigrant myself. I understand that can be tricky and today's webinar opened my mind to how this can be approached." (via LinkedIn messaging)

"I had the privilege to attend a live online workshop presented by Wanda Kusumajuda Pichette, CCDP about Salary Negotiation. This very informative workshop, allowed me to grasp new ideas that I can apply in my personal and professional life." (full review on LinkedIn)

"Many times, job maintenance affects workers as they fear asking for what they need. This workshop is very helpful for coaching clients."

"Attended today's session of salary negotiation it was so amazing. Loved the way you being honest with a group of strangers, you know I do that when I am facilitating and my clients get more connected with me and they too share their personal experiences" (via LinkedIn messaging)

"I thoroughly enjoyed your session on salary negotiation." (via LinkedIn messaging)

"The way she transmits her knowledge is fun!" Co-op College International Student

"The teacher tells us her funny stories and we can learn the concepts with them." Co-op College International Student