2023 NCDA Global Conference and APCDABy Dr. Marilyn Maze and Emily Lizada
Many of the plans are still being formed and the calendar below will be updated as we learn new information. We have highlighted in yellow a few events that are of special interest to APCDA members and friends. We will continue to update this schedule with more details as the NCDA Conference approaches. We hope to see you there! Tentative NCDA Agenda
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Call for Nominations for APCDA TreasurerBy Dr. Constance Prichard
Interested in this leadership role? Contact: Info@AsiaPacificCDA.org. Questions? Contact Treasurer@AsiaPacificCDA.org. |
Call for Nominations for APCDA Secretary for 2023-2025By Dr. José F. Domene
The specific duties of the role include attending and contributing to monthly meetings of the Officers and the Board of the APCDA. The Secretary also takes responsibility for the minutes of these monthly meetings. However, APCDA staff members do the actual work of creating a draft version of the minutes from the recording, and the job of the Secretary is simply to collect corrections sent in by other people who attended the meeting, review the content of the minutes, and make sure the minutes are ready for posting within about a month of the meeting. To be honest, the APCDA staff do such a great job with preparing the draft minutes that my role in maintaining the minutes has been relatively minor, compared to my role as part of the leadership team of the association, contributing to decisions that are helping APCDA grow and thrive. With my term in the office of Secretary coming to an end, I have begun reflecting on the friendships and international collaborations that I have made, as well as the new skills I have learned about managing a small international not-for-profit organization, and navigating issues related to promoting career development across a diverse range of countries. I am very grateful for this opportunity that I have had over the past two years. If you are interested in a leadership role in APCDA but do not feel ready to take on the challenges of President-elect, if you have a passion for contributing to the growth of the profession of career development in the Asia-Pacific region, and if you enjoy working with staff and colleagues who truly care about the future of the APCDA, I strongly encourage you to stand for election to the office of Secretary of the APCDA for 2023-2025. To nominate yourself or a colleague, email info@AsiaPacificCDA.org (but if you plan on nominating someone else, please discuss the nomination with them first). |
The Future is Now: Career Services in a New Digital EraBy Sini Parampota
Some of the recent examples that caught my attention include the ChatGPT (Chat Generative Pre-trained Transformer), a chatbot developed by OpenAI and launched late in 2022, GTPZero -another application designed by a young Princeton University senior student to counterfeit AI plagiarism in education that was released in January 2023, as well as CiCi, a careers chatbot developed by CareerChat that was rolled out for free earlier this year in the UK. Careers Services evolved since the late 1960s, with the introduction of computerized career planning tools that previously career counselors were applying manually. Pioneers like the late JoAnn Harris-Bowlsbey who was responsible for the development of the first Computerized Vocational Information System (CVIS), that later became what we know as the ACT Profile DISCOVER under the leadership of Marilyn Maze who carried the torch, helped change the landscape of career counseling and paved the way for the application of new technological interventions in the field of career development, decision-making and capacity building. Over the last decade technological advancements and social media applications revolutionized career-related activities around the world, including the provision of lifelong learning opportunities, career guidance and employment. These fundamental shifts in the way clients, service providers and employers connect is becoming increasingly important and their impact is critical in providing ethical and equitable services to youth and adults around the world. Another crucial aspect is career practitioners’ - and those in related helping professions - competence and confidence in using new technologies, that may vary significantly from traditional face-to-face interactions. Global disruptions such as the COVID-19 pandemic supported increased demand for online mediums and alternative technological approaches in the way of delivering career services and recruitment processes. In this light, APCDA is proud to present a set of important and exciting webinars in the coming weeks: 1. The Future of Career Development Services, by Dr. Jaana Kettunen 2. The Latest in AI for Career Services & Hiring by Marie Zimenoff These webinars are offering complementing perspectives from academia and practice, drawing on the vast and rich experience of the speakers. They also come as a forerunner of this year’s APCDA conference themed "New Look at Careers in a Rapidly Changing World." Dr. Kettunen will be speaking from a counseling perspective on technology skills related to career development services and the application of Information and Communication Technology interventions with clients as they evolve. Ms. Zimenoff will shed light on how technology, like ChatGPT, impacts our work and our clients, how career service providers fit into this new world and how to keep our skills marketable in the future of career work. THE FUTURE IS NOW! Will you take advantage of these golden opportunities to embrace technological changes in the way you deliver your services or resist and be forced to change in this new digital era? As the dilemma of fearful vs. fearless approach emerges, the decision lies within you. Tech savvy or not, one thing is for sure: knowledge is power. Whether as career professionals we decide to incorporate now or later certain tools and innovations, we all need to continue developing a strong set of attitudes, knowledge, and skills to navigate present and future complexities that will allow us to ensure the quality of services delivered, maintain a lifelong learning orientation, grow reflective analytical mindset, and incorporate situational adaptability in our practice sphere. |
Committee Council Report for November, 2022
Mr. Tuan Anh Le (Vietnam) has recently accepted the position of Co-chair of the Awards and Scholarships Committee in charge of Scholarships. He started the process of enlisting the help of past scholars and recommenders to encourage new students to apply. So far, this campaign has generated significant enthusiasm and postings on social media. This year the number of scholarships will be limited to 30, less than half the number that were offered last year, but we are still hoping to have many countries represented. Research Committee represented by the co-chairs, Dr. Poh Li Lau (Malaysia) & Dr. Shelley Tien (Taiwan), elaborated on the new research project entitled "Growing a career development professional community: A study on membership engagement indicators." Our President-Elect, Dr. Serene Lin-Stephens (Australia), is in-charge of this research project. This research team met once and a literature search has been conducted. Dr. Lin-Stephens has been transitioning to a new job in a new city but will soon be sharing this information with the project team. This team welcomes anyone who would like to join. Email PElect@AsiaPacificCDA.org to join this research team. Ms. Tam Nguyen (Co-chair, Canada) represented the News Committee and introduced the new Co-Chair, Ms. An Le (Vietnam). Both the co-chairs elaborated in the steps being taken to facilitate APCDA's 2023 goals on member engagement. They are hoping to inspire more members to write articles, analyzing data available about who reads our news blog, and looking at ways to improve the design and content of the News Blog. Ms. Natalie Kauffman (United States), co-chair of the Membership Committee, presented member statistics showing that our membership has been stable for the last quarter. The committee has six new members and has developed a new on-boarding process in which an on-going committee member onboards a new member of the committee. They reported excellent results using this method. The full committee meets monthly to review its goals and plan for upcoming new and prospective member services. Dr. Elisabeth Montgomery (United States), co-chair of the Program Committee, informed us that the Podcast now has a new home. Rather than producing a podcast related to our APCD Journal as Dr. Brian Hutchison has done for several years, the Podcast will now be a service of the Program Committee and will share voices from Industry with us. Ms. Ruchira Tripathi (Singapore) has taken over the production of the Podcast and will release her first episode in February. The Program Committee has planned exciting webinars up to the Conference and will now turn to selecting speakers for the second half of the year (beginning in June). |
Area Council Summary, January 2023By Arun MittalThe first area council meeting for the year 2023 was conducted on January 4/5, 2023. The board has advised that henceforth the country council be referred as Area Council because our association has no relationship with country governments, but rather our representatives report on challenges and changes related to career development in a specific area. Many of us have followed with interest the COVID experience in China. The East China report provides valuable insights into that issue. The South China report focuses on environmental issues which are also affecting China in crucial ways. Demographics, Employability and the economic conditions were highlighted by members from areas such as Taiwan, East China, and Pakistan. Skills and Career Development are the focus across most of our region and a priority in Azerbaijan, Australia, and Pakistan. |
Announcing the Location of 2024 APCDA Hybrid ConferenceWe are delighted to inform you that the 2024 annual conference will be held in India. India is an important member of APCDA, and we were very disappointed when the pandemic outbreak forced the 2020 Conference to be held virtually.
The theme in 2024 will be Reinvention 4.0. Following the same format as the 2023 Conference in Kazakhstan, we will hold one week of presentations virtually (which allows those who desire to present to do so without the expense of travel) and we will hold a second week of plenary sessions (available both in-person and virtually). In 2024, we will try a different order of events. We will offer the presentations first on April 15, 17, and 19, followed by the in-person from April 24-27, 2024. Because Eid is a major festival in April 2024, the dates were carefully chosen after Eid to ensure that all of our members can attend the conference. We hope to see you in Astana, Kazakhstan, during our upcoming 2023 Hybrid Conference on May 16-26, 2023. |
APCDA's New Research ProjectBy Dr. Poh Li Lau, Co-Chair of the APCDA Research CommitteeI'm glad to announce that we have a new research project. Dr. Serene Lin-Stephens will be leading this project and we are looking for collaborators who are interested. For further information or to express your interest, please contact PElect@AsiaPacificCDA.org by 31 October. Below are the details of the project: Expressions of interest Research project
Growing a career development professional community: A study on membership engagement indicators. |
President's Report for 2021-2022by Satomi Chudasama
We plan to rereview these goals each year between July & September to determine progress during the year, to identify specific steps needed to reach these goals in the coming year, and to refine our list of goals based on current needs.
We have been working to define a process for accrediting training providers in the field of career development. We call it LOEP Accreditation, where LOEP stands for Local Organization Educational Program. By “Local,” we recognize that most training programs serve people in a single country and are conducted in the language of that country. By “Organization,” we intend to include all groups, whether private providers, government agencies, non-profit, or for-profit. We believe that our international body of members is capable of assessing quality in training programs and that our list of Competencies can be used to assess any training program in our field. In July we began by defining an application process, evaluation process, a fee schedule, and a re-evaluation schedule. We continued to refine these materials throughout the year as we face selecting evaluators, and received questions from an LOEP (i.e. could the accreditation be exclusive within a country? No – all LOEPs are welcome to apply). We continue to expect to begin our first accreditation project soon.
In order to be responsive to the wishes of our Martha Russell Scholarship donor, we attempted to increase the number of these scholars this year. We were very successful, increasing the number from 24 last year to 65 this year. Due to changes in the stock market, the number of scholarships available next year is likely to be much smaller.
Other accomplishments include:
We hope you will also read the Testimonials that so many members have contributed about the impact of APCDA in honor of our 10th Anniversary! |
Getting Value from the New Member CommunityWritten on February 2022The launch of the new APCDA Member Community has been a great success. Thank you to all who have visited and set up your profiles. During February, 303 people activated their records. Of those, 56% were members. We are so excited about this response that we have selected 3 winners of the Free Conference Registration Contest. These winners include Stephen Koh (Singapore), Jenikko Quinto (Philippines), and Smita Anirudh (India). Congratulations to these three winners. Please contact me about your registration details. Navigation Tip When you drill down into a group or posting, you can return to the main screen by clicking the logo in the upper left corner.
This community is designed to replace emails, but most of us still need an email to remind us to look at this community. To control the emails you receive from this community, choose “My Profile” from the main menu. Then click on the small Gear icon to the right of your name. The Notification Settings option will appear when you click the gear. Under that group, the first control lets you turn off emails completely. If you do that, you will never again hear from the APCDA Member Community. The next set of controls allows you to decide which groups and which sponsors you want to hear from. The final section allows you to decide to get Realtime notices, a daily digest, or a weekly digest. The bar graph below shows that Daily Digest is the most popular choice. The line graph shows that those who chose Realtime are more likely to open the message when one arrives, and more likely to respond to it. Those who chose Daily or Weekly only open the Digest 40% of the time and only respond 7% of the time.
Privacy Settings Tip The same “Gear” icon leads to Privacy Settings. The default in our community is that “Everyone” can see only your name and country. Those who are members can also see your credentials, job title, organization, city, and state. Notice that the default is to NOT show your email to anyone (because we think you will want to interact within this community). We have allowed non-members to see that there are other people from their own country who belong to this community, but not to know anything more than their names. You can change these settings if you wish. Your visibility to others is completely within your control. Tags Tip Tags are an important way to focus your interaction on topics that matter to you. The main menu offers an opportunity to choose the tags that interest you. When you post, you will be asked to choose tags that are relevant to your message. By choosing tags, the people who care about those topics will see your message in their Realtime, Daily Digest, or Weekly Digest. Others can see your post when they log in. Notice that Natalie Kauffman just posted a question about the sources you find useful for information about career trends. By using tags, she made sure that the people who are interested in this topic will see her post (and your response, should you care to comment). Please engage in these exchanges as often as you can to keep our community vibrant and interesting. If you are not able to post an immediate REPLY, you can click on the LIKE button to demonstrate to our other members that you have read the post. Tags also create a library of posts on a topic. Whether or not you “follow” a tag, you can always look at the posts under that tag. All posts which have been tagged for that topic should be listed. Using tags, we can keep our information more organized and easier for others to find. If you believe that an additional “tag” is needed, please contact Info@AsiaPacificCDA.org. We can add new tags. Interest Groups Tip Interest Groups offer another way to be sure you know when topics are discussed that interest you. The three most popular Interest groups are:
Please make interest groups interesting by posting information, questions, or observations in these groups. Being part of an Interest Group does not involve a commitment to put time into the group, but they will be more interesting if you remember to post questions or interesting ideas in them. Members are invited to join Committees. Committees are the backbone of APCDA. They make many of the activities of APCDA happen. For example, the Program Committee selects the webinar topics. The Membership Committee encourages potential members to join through Meetups and provides Orientations for new members. Please join a committee to help APCDA grow and better serve our members. Committee participation is also a great way to develop your professional skills. Additionally, committee work is a wonderful way to get to know other members and develop an international network. The more energy you put into committees, the more benefits you will get back from APCDA. APCDA is much more than our annual conferences! Maximize your APCDA membership and actively participate. More Help For detailed instructions for any page in this community, visit the ZenDesk: https://tradewing.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/categories/4402989916055-The-Community Please help to make our Member Community an interesting place to visit – and please visit often. |
Where do APCDA Members Live?Currently, the countries with the largest percentage of members are:
We also have members in Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Cambodia, Canada, China, Finland, France, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Kazakhstan, Korea, Republic of, Macau, Malaysia, Nepal, New Zealand, Nigeria, Pakistan, Panama, Qatar, Samoa, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Switzerland, Taiwan, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, and the United Kingdom. Join us! |
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Members are invited to get a copy of the new Member Logo from the APCDA Website. The legal agreement published on our website makes it possible for us to provide a logo for use by our members. We currently have three kinds of member logos:
If you fall into the third group, you should have received the logo from us by email. |