Progress Career Planning Centre, Scarborough, ON

PCPI (Progress Career Planning Institute) is a not-for-profit, business focused organization. Its mission is to offer career development services for people to realize their full potential. A Board of Directors governs the organization, while approximately 20 staff members lend their talents to the day-to-day operations (including a team of external consultants dedicated to corporate services assignments). History Progress Career Planning Centre (PCPC) opened its doors offering career assistance to clients in the Toronto East corridor in 1996 and became a privately incorporated not-for-profit in 1997. In response to the community's growing needs, four years later the Centre re-emerged as Progress Career Planning Institute with two distinctive divisions: Progress & Associates, a fee for service HR consulting practice catering to businesses; and Progress Career Planning Centre, an employment services option for individuals, funded by Service Canada. Progress & Associates was ultimately absorbed under the Institute's umbrella of core offerings, with a focus on generating alternative revenue streams.