Member Recognition
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Donald Super had included Dr. Marilyn Maze in his study, he might have had to add an extra life role to his rainbow. Leader, mentor, collaborator, technical and career expert, and friend are a few of the characteristics Super might have used to describe Marilyn’s role(s) in the Asia Pacific Career Development Association (APCDA).
APCDA Administrator Emily Lizada traveled to Manila from her home near Ilo Ilo to receive the !0-Year Service Award from Ateneo de Manila University. She was happy that the celebration on June 9, 2022 could be held in person after 2 years of online celebrations.What Has APCDA Meant to You?
Please let us know how you have benefited from APCDA. Send your testimonial to Info@AsiaPacificCDA.org. We will post it on our Association News page. If we don’t already have your photo, please include a photo in the email.
Testimonials
I wish each one of you good health and prosperity. Prof Dr Narender K Chadha
At that time, career guidance was still very new in Vietnam. However, since knowing and participating in APCDA's activities, I have had more confidence in the development of career professions in my country. I learned a lot from different career models, successes and failures in many countries like Singapore, China, the Philippines and many others. In 2022, I joined the organizers of online conferences as a website editor and room manager. Through joining this year's conference, I have had the opportunity to meet many experts from other countries such as the US, Australia and many other countries. Thanks to the support of technology, connecting with experts from many countries has never been easier. I am very happy to see that every year, the number of Vietnamese people joining APCDA is increasing. I believe that career guidance in Vietnam and APCDA will continue to thrive in the coming years, creating a platform for all career professionals to find. LÊ TUẤN ANH, Career Consultant & Educator
I must be lucky to celebrate APCDA’s 10th anniversary in my very first year here. I would like to send a big thanks to everyone for the hard work and effort over the past 10 years to build such a nice sharing and learning community for CDPs not only in the Asia Pacific area but also all over the world. I have no doubt that APCDA will continue to be a big support for every member on the individual and global journey of career development. Tam Nguyen, Career Purpose Coach
Over 11 years now, I am into helping junior high school students in their career decision making leading them to the best path they can have to assure a happy and satisfying future ahead. It makes me elated that I am steered by a community that upholds career development not only to young ones but throughout the life span. Being a member of APCDA brings me pride and even capacitates me to do even more especially with the challenges that life and circumstance may bring. Salamat at Mabuhay APCDA! JENIKKO LARA QUINTO, Guidance Counselor/Career Advocate, University of Saint Louis
Thank you so much for the great time I have joined and worked with you and APCDA! I have had a chance to meet with interesting and professional people in the field of career development and learned from you. I also hope I have a chance to keep in touch with APCDA for learning and development to support Vietnamese students and the ones in a small project supported by the U.S Embassy in the future. Wishing APCDA and the team getting more achievements in the years ahead! Ha Nguyen, Program Coordinator – Sunshine Vietnam Education and Development
Elisabeth Sanders-Park
Later, I joined the Country Council for South China as the representative for career education since my background reflected work in Chinese public schools K-12. I met Claire Ouyang from Macau and Candy Ho from Canada, who both added to my deepening respect for the organization. During COVID, I was in the USA, unable to return to mainland China. I joined groups with Danita and west coast colleagues where I could apply for my work on the SDGs. Then I joined the Programme Committee because of the lively personalities of Gerald and Tuna. Later I also became Chair of this committee with Sini Parampota as Co-Chair, another enriching social experience and one that is ever-expanding our network around Asia. Elisabeth P. Montgomery, Ph.D.
I joined APCDA this year in the February through scholarship award. The scholarship entitled me for one year APCDA membership and full registration of the 2022 conference. As soon as I became a member, I was able to access all the content available in the website including recorded webinars, previous conferences’ presentations, journal articles and the permission to join the APCDA Member community. I felt extremely privileged as I was communicating with the eminent experts of the Career Development field whose work had inspired me and I had learned from it. Attending the 2022 APCDA/IAEVG virtual conference was an excellent experience. The presentations were rich in content, presenters were experts in their fields and the conference website interface was user friendly, it helped the presenters and the audiences to have engaging sessions. I tried to be present online as I could be present at an in-person event. I attended back to back sessions and tried to make the most of my scholarship award. Few days offered a great deal of learning and I had meaningful interaction with the eminent scholars and practitioners. The learning did not stop when the conference ended. The recorded webinars can be watched anytime and I already have a list of presentations that I will watch soon. I would like to cordially thank each and every staff of the APCDA for making it possible for us with their dedication and sincerity. The positive effects of their efforts are not limited to those who are connected with this platform but far they reach to the many corners of the globe where this most diverse community of members come from. And for those like me who come from a place (Pakistan) where little to no professional development opportunities exist for career practitioners, APCDA is like an institution to me. Syeda Mohsina Hussain, Ph.D., Career Researcher and Advisor, Pakistan
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APCDA gives us great opportunity to know other practitioners in countries in the Asia Pacific region and get connected to learn and share different practice model of career development . It broaden your thinking in the right perspective . We must celebrate our completion of TEN years with new commitment and dedication to help the society at large. We are family of career professionals and must take oath to further strengthen these bonds .
I got to know APCDA when I joined the Conference Organizing Committee in Vietnam in 2019. My first impression about everyone at APCDA is the professionalism and family feeling. Everyone in the conference makes me feel comfortable, shared and learned from each other.
I joined career development not long ago – only 6 months back, but I’m grateful for knowing APCDA and being a member right at the beginning of my transition to this field. Since joining I have had a chance to constantly learn and be inspired by experts from so many different countries. I was worried at first that I won’t be able to feel belonged due to my lack of experience. However, everyone I have met here has been so kind and helpful, especially for a new member like me. I can deeply feel beautiful connections and a sense of community that APCDA has successfully developed.
I am very indebted to APCDA that I became a Martha Russel Scholarship recipient last 2021. This paved the way for my professional development as a career practitioner. With the two conferences that I have attended, I felt belonged to the group. Race, and even geographical location and time zone may be diverse, these did not impede connections and genuine love to assist and be of help.
Warm greetings from Hanoi!
I had the pleasure of participating in the APCDA Conference this year. APCDA staff worked tirelessly and masterfully to make the event an amazing benefit to all who participated. Your excellence and dedication is above and beyond. It does NOT go unnoticed... by me, so many around the globe, and by NCDA!!! Congrats!
My first encounter with APCDA was at the 2018 NCDA Conference in Phoenix, AZ, and after giving a speech on career education in Chinese public schools. Approached by several Chinese conference goers, I joined the roundtable discussion about career education focus in the Asia Pacific. Upon meeting local colleagues from Hong Kong, Macau, India, Thailand, and Australia, I felt an instant camaraderie with the personalities in the group because they each had unique and colorful country stories about career education. I met practitioners from countries I wanted to see, such as Azerbaijan and Kazakhstan. The group members expressed many challenges I encountered implementing career education in mainland China and shared many solutions!Dr. Candy Ho Selected Career Practitioner of the Year by BCCDAThe British Columbia Career Development Association selected Dr. Candy Ho at its Career Practitioner of the Year! Quoting from their website (https://www.bccda-cdc.org/top-achievement-awards):
APCDA strongly supports their choice and is proud to have Dr. Ho presenting several sessions at our conference. We are excited to have Dr. Ho join our keynote speaker, Riz Ibrahim, for the 3-hour Professional Development Institute on May 24. We are also looking forward to her webinar entitled Sustaining Career Development: Using the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals on June 1/2.
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Candy has accomplished a remarkable amount in her relatively short time in the field. She is an instructor at Kwantlen Polytechnic University as well at Douglas College. She has utilized traditional career development strategies to develop essential transition courses that are customized for learners of all backgrounds and abilities. Candy’s Doctoral dissertation laid the groundwork for the concept of ‘career influencers’ that create a broad career support network including instructors, academic advisors, co-op employers and others rather than relying only on a career centre for that important guidance.Remember JoAnn Harris Bowlsbey
More about Dr. Bowlsbey: https://www.ncda.org/aws/NCDA/pt/sd/news_article/202995/_PARENT/CC_layout_details/false If you would like to share remembrances of Dr. Bowlsbey, send your thoughts and your photo to Info@AsiaPacificCDA.org and we will post them here.
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JoAnn Harris Bowlsbey passed away at age 88 on April 11, 2022 in her home in Finksburg, MD. She is best known as creator of DISCOVER, a computerized career planning system, which was purchased by ACT, Inc in 1982, and ACT continued development of it until 2015. A prolific writer, she co-authored Career Interventions in the 21st Century, with Dr. David Reile and Dr. Barbara Suddarth and a popular textbook for career development students called Essential Elements of Career Counseling: Processes and Techniques co-authored with Spencer G. Niles and Norman E. Amundson, among many other books and manuals. She was one of our keynote speakers at them 2014 APCDA Conference in Hawaii and had a close relationship with the Japan Career Development Association and Kuder. She recorded a webinar for APCDA called "Remembering Richard (Dick) Knowdell
Please send your memories of Dick Knowdell to Info@AsiaPacificCDA.org by Friday, Dec 24 and we will publish them in next week’s news blog and send them to the Dick Knowdell Memorial Book. Below is the remembrance written by Dr. Rich Feller. Dick Knowdell, International Career Leader, Card Sort and JCTC Coach Certificate Developer Passes December 13By Rich Feller
Born November 12, 1934 in San Francisco, CA he is survived by wife Barbara Knowdell, and nephew Chris Knowdell of Sacramento. A dedicated mentor, and generous international colleague he was a dear friend and training partner with Bobbi Floyd and Rich Feller. Tim Hsi and Amy Lew, Michael Robinson (recently purchased Dick’s Career Research and Testing Company), Amhed Mostafa, Ashraf Jamie, and Vera Chapman were a few of his 8000+ Job and Career Transition Certificated Career Coaches. Dick lived in Woodside, CA through high school and served as a US Air Force medic transporting the wounded during the Korean War. Relieved from active duty in 1964 he retired from the Air Force Reserves in 1984 as Chief Master Sergeant. Dick was very proud of having worked in more than forty jobs during his lifetime (including plumber’s helper, cigarette salesman, post office worker, and HP employee). Attending San Jose Community College on the GI Bill, a counselor convinced him he was “college material.” He earned a Master’s degree in Counseling Psychology at San Jose State University. His education and work experience provided a lens which championed all work as dignified and honoring of each trade and worker. He pioneered the idea of a Job and Career Transition Coach, and Job and Career Development Coach Certification in 1979. That training is available virtually across the world. Employed in several Silicon Valley company employee assistance departments, Dick was very proud of his influence over several years at Lawrence Livermore Labs. He started a private counseling practice while there and transitioned to full-time private practice and consulting. He is acknowledged as one of the first full-time career development entrepreneurs, career coaches, and career conference developers. His International Career Conferences were some the largest in the world for many years. Appointed by President Clinton to the Board of Examiners for the US Foreign Service, he authored six books. Dick died peacefully in his sleep at home. He always said he wanted to go to sleep and not wake up. He got his wish. There will be no service of any kind per his wish. He will be cremated and his ashes scattered at sea by the Neptune Society. His family asks that friends "do a kindness for someone in memory of Dick since he was always trying to help and support others.” View an interview with Dick about his major contributions to career development here.
Remembrances
I am sad to hear about his passing away. Mr. Dick Knowdell and his cards of Career Motivation, Career Values have driven me into many meaningful activities. I would like to express my thankfulness to him. Doris Nhung, Working Place: Industry Relations, Academic and Career Development, Van Lang University, Viet Nam
Dr. Elvo Sou, Head of Student Counselling Section. Student Affairs Office, University of Macau, Macau
to the executive level at his hotel for dinner or snacks. I fondly recall at the NCDA Conference in Orlando where we had our booths side by side – his endearment towards my 20 year old daughter Stephanie who was helping at our booth. He personally took her through his card decks and proceeded to coach her for her future career possibilities. Richard pulled me aside and only as Richard could - said “Ken your daughter is much smart than you are!” Richard generosity - lead him to introduce dozens of career development professionals to myself to consider CRG’s assessments and/or build relationships with his global network. This included but limited to Rich Feller, Bobbi Floyd, Tim Hsi, Amy Lew, Michael Robinson, Amhed Mostafa and many more. Finally, a very special memory was from a few years ago while working with a client in California - Richard Knowdell arranged a dinner with he and Richard Bolles and his wife Richard, I appreciated your friendship and being your colleague. Thank you for all that you have done for others – you have left a legacy. Dr. Ken Keis, President & CEO, Consulting Resource Group International, Inc., USA and Canada
When I first met Dick Knowdell fifty years ago, he was working with scientists at Lawrence Livermore Laboratories to assist them in finding career satisfaction, and I was a high school counselor. When I started working for EUREKA, the California Career Information System, I was responsible for organizing an annual member meeting for people in California who used our computerized career planning system. To make this meeting more valuable, I added sharing and training sessions on career development and called it a conference. Dick Knowdell approached me to expand my conference to include his Career Development Network and the California Career Development Association. That sounded like a winning combination – the best career development experts added to my little annual event – who could resist. And he promised to take care of collecting the registration fees. The International Career Conference was born.
Dr. Marilyn E. Maze, Financial Administrator, Asia Pacific Career Development Association, USA
We first me in 1977 at a career development conference, likely delivered by one of his fellow giants, Richard Bolles. We bonded instantly and had a lively correspondence for a while across the USA, Dick on the West Coast and me on the East Coast. So many years later, we reunited at an early APCDA annual conference and every subsequent one, joining with another senior colleague in doing a kind of old geezers of career development presentation in either Taipei or Tokyo. Dick was bigger than life. His kind generosity and compassionate spirit bathed all around him and one of the greatest highlights of each APCDA annual conferences was spending time with him and his lovely wife, Bobbi. He was the perpetual wise old owl dispensing wisdom, delightful stories and good humor at every event and, to me, was the living example of the spirit of career development that I hoped to emulate. He was delightfully honest and direct and was a man any of us could and did trust. Dick knew well the inevitable foibles of what it is to be human but, in his powerful presence, one could feel accepted and appreciated for who each of us was. Dr. Brian A. Schwartz, Founder, Suzhou Success Partners Management Consulting Company, Ltd., Suzhou, China
It was shocking to hear this very sad news; I kept reading the e-mail several time hoping that I miss something, and what I understood is wrong, but the reality is he is gone. Richard Knowdell gone with his buddy what he will remain in our mind and heart. I knew Dick early 2009 when I attended his JCTC/JCDC workshop in San Jose, and I remember that part of my career plan I came-up with out of this program is to work with him. 2010 we had the chance to have him in Egypt, 2011 I developed the Arabic version of his Card Sort, 2012 I became his assistant and did the first workshop with him in April, since that time he was my Boss, Mentor, and my great supporter. I still can digest the idea that I’m not going to work with him again, or not going to travel with him again. It is hard for me to accept this reality, but all what I can do is to keep what I have learned from him and to extend his mission t everywhere I go. I owe him a lot, and it is the time to pay him back all the good things he did for me. Please see the attached pictures, it is the wonderful moments we had in Egypt and also the lats picture I had with him June 2019 ”the last Face-to-face NCDA conference.” Ahmed Mostafa, International Career Development Advisor, GROWAT Cofounder – KSA, Kingdom of Saudi Arabian
I first knew about Dick while attended the Master of Counseling program at Santa Clara University. Back then, our class was introduced to Dick’s Motivated Skills Cards in our Career Development Emphasis course. A couple of years later, while consulting a career development project with the two provinces in Vietnam, I sent Dick an email asking for his support. He instantly and generously gave me his advice and the permission to use his tools for free with the teachers in the two provinces. We continued to use his tools for free until it was officially produced and sold by Phi&P - HR & Leadership Training Company. Contacting Dick via email for a long time, I finally got to meet him in person at the first Asia Pacific Career Conference in Seoul, Korea, in the summer of 2013. To me, Dick was the bridge between me and APCDA, where I no longer felt isolated in my career development practice. In 2019, during one visit to Vietnam, we sat down for dinner and Dick shared with me his career journey story, which was colorful and meaningful. I still vividly remembered that dinner, the table we sat at, the meals we ordered, and the call we made to Bobby who couldn’t make it due to her last-minute cold. We promised to see each other in person at Dick’s home during my next vacation, which did not happen due to COVID-19. My teacher has ended his mission on earth. And I missed him dearly. Dick’s greatest lessons to me included generosity towards people and dedication to the career development profession. Phoenix Ho, Founder, Sông An Career Development Social Enterprise, Ho Chi Minh City, Viet Nam
First of all, I would like to extend my sincere condolences to his family and beloved friends. I first met Dick in 2011 at the NCDA conference in San Jose and had communicated since then at the NCDA and APCDA conferences. I’ve known him as a businessman at first, but got to know his generosity and passion towards people and career development profession through non-profit organization. Dick is a very special person who loved working. In 2012, I invited him to Korea to offer Job & Career Coach, Job and Career Development Coach Certificate program. Even though I wish him to experience Korean culture by visiting selective places, however, he wanted to work only. When we co-sponsored the first APCDA conference in Korea in 2013, I came to know that Dick sponsored a lot to invite Dick Bolles as a keynote speaker. He was pure and modest professional. And he was trying to help and support others. I was especially grateful to learn from him about the American career legend in career development history after the World War II.
I wish him to stay peaceful in another world. Eunmee Hwang, Founder and President of Career Consultant Forum, Founder and Representative of EM Consulting, Korea
When I think of Dick Knowdell, the first word that comes to mind is "generosity." In my first interaction with Dick, I asked him for permission to cite his Career Values Card Sort in my graduate project. Dick said, "absolutely" and then added, "can I send you some free card sorts to get you started with this workshop?" I was blown away! He was already a "great" in the field and truth be told, I was nervous to even ask for permission to cite his resource. When he responded not only graciously but with such generosity, I was startled in the best possible way. From then on, I recognized him as the professional I would like to strive to be. He will be sincerely missed for all the good he's done for our profession. But it may be the little conversations like this that burn brightest in the minds of the individuals he so positively impacted. A huge loss to the field of Career Development to be sure! My husband, Alrien Berg, who completed his Job and Career Transition Coach Certification program, had this to say: I attended Dick Knowdell's Job and Career Transition Coach Certification program some years ago. It was a smaller group with maybe a dozen of us in attendance. He was incredibly professional and I knew he was a pioneer in his field. But what I didn't expect, is how personable, friendly and willing to share any/all knowledge he had with us. He was so approachable! I never felt I was bothering him. Wendy Berg, M.S., Moorpark College, General and International Student Counselor, Academic Counselor/Career Counselor/Professor, USA
I was saddened to hear of Dick’s passing but happy to hear it happened as he had wanted. Though he lived a very full life, it’s hard to accept that he is gone. Thankfully, his legacy will live on in the many lives he touched because his impact was so far and wide. He was constantly visiting places around the world so it’s no surprise that he was a global minded person. It’s appropriate that the resources he created are known world-wide. Like many others, my first introduction to Dick was in a workshop about his Motivated Skills Cards at a National Career Development Conference (NCDA). I remember the room was so full that many of us had to spread our cards on the floor. His card sorts alone changed many lives but there was so much more to his work. From authoring books, to training, to a wealth of useful resources like conferences a newsletter and a journal, his impact on our field is immeasurable. His body of work offered a point of entry for new career professionals along with useful resources for seasoned practitioners. As many others have said, Dick was very generous in his actions, and he loved to share advice with others. He was full of energy and the training room was like a stage to him. Dick was truly passionate about giving career advice to clients and colleagues and he was dedicated to providing career development opportunities for employees and students.
Dick, thank you for all that you contributed to our field. We will miss you very much! Paula Brand, Founder of Brand Career Management | Global Career Coach | Speaker, Trainer & LinkedIn Expert
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Dick Knowdell was a founding member of APCDA and his wisdom guides us today. His influence on our association was profound and his contributions were many, earning him the status of Lifetime Legacy Partner. Please see his 
Recipient of NCDA’s Centennial Award, APCDA’s and the California CDA’s Lifetime Achievement Award, author and trainer, Richard (Dick) Knowdell has passed. He impacted millions within the career development field as a career coaching innovator. Known for his Card Sorts (Motivated Skills, Career Values, Leisure/Retirement, Occupational Interests, and Career Development & Job Search Profile), the Career Planning Network, and JOURNAL of Career Planning and Adult Development he was recognized for creating easy to use products and practitioner training worldwide.
I remember vividly when I first met Dick in his JCTC course in Hong Kong. He was full of energy, doing what he was passionate about. At that moment, I thought “I wish I’d have the same rigor and passion when I’m at his age.” He was a pioneer and willing to help out the younger generation. He was approachable, witty, and fun to be with. I always looked forward to seeing his smiling faces whenever I attended APCDA conferences. I’ll miss him always.
Marci – which ended up with drinks at Dick Bolles residence.
I learned that Dick Knowdell was a brilliant businessman, a reliable partner, and a source of excellent advice. When Soonhoon Ahn and I started the Asia Pacific Career Development Association conferences, Dick joined us again and we continued where we had left off. We all miss you, Dick. We will always be grateful that you got us started on a good path.
He will be sorely missed but I am so happy he passed peacefully into his sleep and feel well assured that his spirit will live on in the best of all those many whose lives he has touched. Goodbye my dear Dick Knowdell. You embodied the best of our profession.
Thanking him for his great contribution to all the people concerned with career,
In fact, he always encouraged us to approach him and made himself available for meals outside of the training so that he could help in a more personal way. He was constantly other-focused including providing free materials if needed to get us started. He inspired me to put others first in my work and life. 
I had the pleasure of knowing Dick through many professional endeavors. After attending his job coach training in Alexandria in 2012, we stayed in touch and later in 2013, I attended the fourth day of training for entrepreneurs. During his annual fall trek to the east coast to deliver training, we would try to meet up somewhere in the Washington/Baltimore area. I enjoyed our meetings and always walked away with a new idea or resource that he had shared. He asked me to write a column for his Career Development and Adult Planning Network international newsletter. In response, I contributed the LinkedInsider column for three years. I was always appreciative that he introduced me to Dick Bolles and regretful that I entered the field too late to attend one of his California conferences. Above is a picture of a group of attendees with Dick after the 2018 Maryland Career Development Conference in Columbia, MD.
It’s the last time I saw him in person.Lifetime Member Interview with Dr. Linda PardyBy Lisa Raufman
She is the Associate Dean of Students, in the College of Arts, as well as an Associate Professor, Communications at UFV where she encourages and supports faculty and students to recognize the embedded work/life career development that is fostered by a Humanities and Social Science education. Her research agenda is committed to ensuring Liberal Arts grads know they are equipped to tackle today's challenges and numerous career opportunities. Prior to coming to UFV, she held a variety of leadership positions in student affairs, career, and community and corporate education with Kwantlen Polytechnic University, and the British Columbia (BC) Council on Admissions and Transfer. She is one of two original creators of the BC Council on Admissions and Transfer’s (BCCAT) premier planning resource, EducationPlannerBC.ca (EPBC), and has provided research, systems development, consulting services and project management to the Ministry of Advanced Education and BCCAT over the past 20 years. Her most recent project is the creation of a new student Career Mapping resource. Career Mapping will be officially launched this summer and is an education/career planning tool built on a mindset of expansion. It is designed to help students navigate the multiple education and/or employment transitions of their careers. Her entire career has been focused on building student capacity towards life beyond university. As a UFV Teaching Excellence Award winner, her integrated approach to student success is recognized for improving inclusion, knowledge transfer, and experiential learning so that all students are prepared to meet their future work/life challenges. Her research and publications focus on transformative learning, workplace learning and career development, student development, Indigenization, internationalization, and teaching and learning practices that enable multiple student populations to experience success and flourish. Awards:
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Dr. Linda Pardy recently became a lifetime member of APCDA because she wants to provide better career development support for the growing number of international students studying at the University of Fraser (UFV). Dr. Pardy holds a BA in Adult Education from UFV, as well as a Master of Education in Community and Workplace Learning and a Doctor of Education in Higher Education Leadership from the University of Calgary. Over her career she has supported 1000s of students in becoming workplace ready.
What made you decide to become a lifetime APCDA member?Lifetime Member interview with
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ILifetime Member: Dr. Candy HoAssistant Professor, Integrative Career & Capstone Learning, University of the Fraser ValleyBy Dr. Lisa RaufmanWhat made you decide to become a lifetime APCDA member?
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Professional influences – where you have worked Prior to becoming a faculty member, I have worked extensively in university student affairs in areas such as first year experience and student transition, campus and residence life, career and volunteer services, co-operative education, academic advising, and university advancement. These collective professional experiences to date have culminated in my EdD dissertation investigating the conceptions of post-secondary career influencers in student career success, and I readily share my expertise locally, nationally, and globally. Finally, I am currently proudly serving as the Vice Chair of CERIC, a Canadian charitable organization that advances education and research in career counselling and career development, in order to increase the economic and social well-being of Canadians. Professors of Influence: Dr. Krumboltz would definitely be one at the top of my list. English is my additional language and the first time I read Krumboltz I was inspired, elated, and relieved at not only his theoretical components, but also how clear and matter of fact his writing was. In my work with post-secondary students, I have also found that the planned happenstance theory, the notions of luck, chance, and learning from failure put students at ease; they don't have to have everything figured out...nobody does! I was extremely fortunate to have shook his hand and tell him in person how much he's changed my life and the lives of people I work with at NCDA 2018 because as we know, he left us too soon the following summer. Another key individual would definitely be my doctoral supervisor and "academic parent", Kris Magnusson. I embarrassed him in my SFU Education alumni profile: Who is a faculty member you have enjoyed working with and why? Without the brilliant guidance and support of Dr. Kris Magnusson, I wouldn’t be answering these questions as an alumna! A seasoned, relationship-focused academic supervisor, he worked with me to explore the curiosities I had for my research; there were many and he effectively helped me channelled them into my final dissertation on post-secondary professionals as career influencers. Kris provided timely support and insights, while positively challenging me every step of the way. Finally, Kris is widely recognized and respected as an international expert and scholar in career counselling and education, and I feel extremely fortunate to have been his doctoral student and now a lifelong protégé. What do you miss most about your graduate studies in the Faculty of Education? The regular meetings with my committee members, Drs. Kris Magnusson and Cindy Xin. Committee meetings with these two amazing mentors are a combination of inspiring keynotes and uplifting pep talks; I always leave our conversations feeling motivated to keep going. Full link in case of interest: https://www.sfu.ca/education/gs/profiles/ed-leader/ed-leadership-edd/candy-ho.html Your current job, your specialties, publications, contributions/awards Current roles
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Maximizing Career: Guidance & Developmentby Raza Abbas
As Anthony Mann from the OECD says ‘Never before in human history has career guidance been so important’. These inspirational words provide us with real hope and remind us that as professionals we have a collective responsibility to serve and inspire the diverse communities that we live in. Don't forget to share Dr. Seth’s interview in your professional communities, associations. Kindly subscribe to my Youtube channel to remain engaged: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gFvujWp7C78&t=7s A description of the work of Mr. Abbas was just published on the Career Guidance for Social Justice website: Maximizing Career: Guidance & Development is an ongoing digital initiative that career professionals from other countries can emulate. Collective advocacy is key for our profession. Let’s keep the career conversations flowing .
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Is a new global initiative that Mr. Raza Abbas -- Global Career practitioner & Lifetime APCDA member has taken for the career’s profession. The objective is to provide valuable perspectives on careers from leading careers influencers around the globe to raise awareness on the significance of career guidance and career development especially in the times of Covid-19 pandemic. The 1st Conversation is with Dr. Seth Hayden-President NCDA an eminent career development association and Associate Professor at Wake Forest University-USA.
APCDA Lifetime Member: Dr. Xiaolu HuProfessor, Department of Counselor Education, San Jose State University, CA, USA
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APCDA Lifetime Member Bory YouInterview by Lisa Raufman
What made you decide to become a lifetime APCDA member? In 2018, she attended her first APCDA Conference in Manila, Philippines. The senior APCDA members were friendly, warm, and sharing, which inspired her to become involved. She found the senior APCDA members all expressing to her that they share the same value: They like to share their knowledge and experience with all career practitioners. She thought that the APCDA Conference provided her with many career tools, tips, and ideas. She continues to build an international network with career professionals by serving on the APCDA Board. She loves her profession as Career Coach because she helps others in achieving their career goals. As a Lifetime member, she feels that she can look forward to sharing with more career professionals and that she will ultimately be able to provide more support to APCDA members. Career Development Influences: Mr. Richard L. Knowdell, MS, NCC, NCCC, GCDFI, who has been the President of Career Research & Testing, Inc., author of six books, many training materials and who trained her in Job Career Transition Coaching (JCTC) and Dr. Timothy Hsi, Founder of Abundanz Consulting and Master Trainer of the Singapore Global Career Development Facilitator (GCDF) program Work Experience: She has over 16 years’ experience in the banking industry, working in human resource and talent management for Canadia Bank PLC. Her best achievement in the Banking industry was successfully creating a performance management program on the Key Performance Indicator (KPI) in 2010. Currently, she is the President of the Talent Excellence Development Partner Co, LTD. Education and Training:
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Youth programs founded by Ms. You: Young Leader Program (YLP) for JCI Phnom Penh-Cambodia: started in 2015, this program has become a flagship program. So far it has inspired around 500 young volunteers to become involved in leadership positions and in the SME sector. Junior Entrepreneur Program (JEP) for Young Entrepreneur Association of Cambodia. This new program empowers young people to be involved in new creative initiatives and dare to take the lead in building more networks which will create opportunities for trainees to start their Entrepreneurship Journey.
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Bory You, APCDA Cambodia Country RepresentativeAndrew Remington — Lifetime Member InterviewInterview by Lisa Raufman
I have admired the contributions of APCDA leadership to establish and ensure that this crucially important initiative in the region was vibrant, ongoing and sustainable. In renewing my APCDA membership this year I was able to join as a Legacy Lifetime member and in a small way contribute to the ongoing legacy established with those of vision, care and concern for professionals working within the field of career development and for those they serve in the Asia Pacific region. Education -degrees, and certificates
Professional influences My early career in Commonwealth Employment Service (CES), beginning in the early 1970’s, afforded me the opportunity to work in employment advice, guidance and counselling. At that time there was an influx of refugees from Vietnam and the Middle East and the government introduced wage subsidies and training programs. We developed specialist counselling services for people with disabilities, indigenous, ex-prisoners, youth, and the long-term unemployed. We also did school visits to discuss career options. My work in rehabilitation counselling in the prison system and various psychiatric hospitals afforded me a rare insight into those most vulnerable in society as they endeavoured to transition into mainstream society. I have always been conscious of those facing significant difficulty in their lives and in particular have been passionate about Australia’s youth as they also transition into mainstream employment. I had the great fortune as a Regional Manager to implement and introduce the Australian Traineeship system to complement the Trade training system in Australian from mid-1980’s until 1990 when I moved into Executive Management. I joined the Victorian Chamber of Commerce in 2003, which enabled me to contribute nationally through the Australian Chamber of Commerce and was actively involved in contributing in writing and developing proposals that went to the Australian Government. This resulted in the funding and implementation of initiatives such as the Career Advice Australia network, the Employer Broker Scheme. Your specialties, publications, contributions, awards (selected)
Current Activities I retired from the Chamber in 2015. When I stepped down as National President of CDAA in 2017, I was awarded a Certificate in recognition of Outstanding Service and have since Chaired the Ethics Committee. I was awarded Life Membership of CDAA in 2019 in recognition of my contribution at State and National level over a 20-year period. I received Life Memberships at CDAA last September. I am currently semi-retired and moved back to a rural location in Central Victoria at Bendigo where we raised our family of 4 children through the 1980’s & 1990’s. I have since moved into consulting across the VET, Higher Education and Career Transition space. I stay active in our field through sub-contracts with Outplacement Australia and also Randstad RiseSmart. I have enjoyed my journey and I hope it continues for some time yet.
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Recognised for career development policy and professional contribution in the Asia-Pacific region through the National Career Development Association (NCDA-USA) International Practitioner Award for 2017.Dr. Brian Hutchison — Lifetime Member InterviewInterview by Lisa Raufman
APCDA represents the fulfillment of two lifelong dreams. It represents my expanding scope of practice as a global career services professional and scholar. It also represents my interest and commitment to global citizenship. This is why I became a lifetime member of APCDA. It represents the best life I could have ever imagined for myself as a young person and so much more. Educational Credentials My bachelor’s degree is in social science education with a focus on middle and high school aged students. At the age of 35, I earned my Master’s in College Counseling with an emphasis in career and a certification in school counseling. At 38 I earned a Ph.D. in Counselor Education & Supervision with an emphasis in career and a research agenda focused on poverty and education/ career development. Today, I am a Licensed Professional Counselor (mental health), Certified Career Counselor Educator (NCDA), and creator of the Advanced Career Facilitation for the 21st Century (ACF21) certification program. ACF21 training is recognized by the American Counseling Association, National Career Development Association, and International Coach Federation for Continuing Education Units. Professional Experience Currently, I am a Core Faculty in the Clinical Mental Health Program at Walden University after recently leaving my position of Department Chair at New Jersey City University. Prior to that, I held an academic appointment at University of Missouri – St. Louis. I have been in private practice for 11 years. My focus has always been career counseling and coaching, although I did also see mental health clients during my first 3 years. Additionally, I have worked as a university career, community-based, and school counselor. We all stand on the shoulders of others when we reflect on our career journey. More than anyone my grandmother, Rebecca “Grace” Gillam showed me the value of education and work. In fact, she graduated from high school the same year that I graduated from college which stands as a testament to lifelong career development in the truest sense of the word. My earliest memory of work was going with her as she cleaned other people’s homes when I was only 4 or 5 years old. In the Career Development field, Dr. Spencer “Skip” Niles is the one who saw something in me that I never saw in myself. Unasked, he nominated me for a prestigious fellowship award that allowed (some might say forced) me to study under him at Penn State University for my Ph.D. It is amazing to me that he went to such great lengths to help me know that a doctorate was something I deserved to pursue. There are countless other influences that I don’t have space to name. I do believe that the aggregate of the 10,000+ clients and students I have worked with through the years deserve more credit for the professional I am than any individual person. If any of them read this, thank you. Specialties, Awards, and Contributions My scholarship focuses on career development as it impacts mental health, wellness, and school engagement. My practice is to influence the quality of career interventions that impact these three important factors with as many practitioners in as many places as I possibly can. I do this through teaching as a professor, training through the ACF21, keynote speeches, webinars, podcasts, and anything else that helps me positively impact career service professionals. I am writing my second book and preparing a proposal for a third. My scholarly contributions include more than 30 journal articles and textbook chapters as well as dozens of columns, blogs, and professional articles. I also facilitate scholarship as Founding Editor of the Asia Pacific Career Development Journal which is published twice per year. I have served as President of APCDA and MoCDA (Missouri), Treasurer of NCDA, and on various boards around the world. My work has been recognized with the Association of Humanistic Counseling Social Justice and Advocacy Award in 2015 and NCDA’s Merit Award this year (2020). My desire is to strengthen the career development professional community so that we support, care for, and encourage one another to grow in our practice and service to clients. APCDA is the most exciting place for this to happen and for that I am eternally (or at least for this lifetime ;-) grateful.
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Growing up, books were my only contact with the world outside of the rural Appalachian Mountains of Pennsylvania. My working-class family had lived in my area for more than 220 years all as laborers, farm hands, and tradespersons before me. Much of my search for meaning as an adult has been to understand how I am the first Hutchison to go to college, build a white-collar career, and enter the upper middle class.Lifetime Member Mrs. Gyulnur Ismayil, CMF, GCDFBy Lisa Raufman
Joining APCDA as a regular member has impacted my life so greatly. I have spent more than 10 years in the field of career development and held memberships with many leading associations around the globe. Until 2015 nothing has affected me as much as my membership with the APCDA. It is a tremendously rich, vibrant and dynamic learning platform that creates an irreplaceable opportunity of meeting people from around the world. Different cultures, work perspectives, patterns of communication and cooperation can be found within APCDA, which leads to a better insight as well as provides an opportunity to understand global trends in career guidance, career education & research. Actually experiencing APCDA's vision of sharing career development ideas and practices in the Asia Pacific region and engaging the world about these insights helped me to initially decide to represent my native country on the Board at first, and later to consider Lifetime membership. Now, as a successor fto our association's Executive Director role, I think the decision was indeed timely; both commitment- and responsibility-wise. Joining APCDA is a great experience of internationalization, broadening your outlook, deepening your knowledge in the field, extending horizons of your network and having an opportunity to impact on a greater scale. Education:
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Professional influences and career philosophy: Gyulnur Ismayil was a founding Director of Career Services with one of the leading universities in Azerbaijan, where she remained for the last 9 years with her duties evolving to include training of career professionals, career education and guidance for the students/alumni of the University. Her position also provided Gyulnur with the opportunity to work with a number of international experts and consultants in the field that helped her grow professionally in the role, as well as increased added value for the University. Since 2009, she has designed a number of career development programs to meet the needs of BA and MA students of ADA, created career counseling strategies and established well-tailored employer relations strategies to penetrate local and international labor markets. Several of those programs have been academically incorporated to meet University requirements. Additionally, Gyulnur trained a team of Career Advisors to teach a skills course on Career Development Skills & Strategies followed by a credit–bearing internship for each undergraduate student of the University. Working with her team, she established professional seminars and PD Labs based on major curriculum courses. Recently, Gyulnur and her Career Services team received a record number of alumni placements. Her current role consolidates the full scope of support services for students including career planning, student life, alumni affairs, global outreach and partnerships. Furthermore, Gyulnur has been continuously engaged with other local universities to assist them in their efforts to establish successful career services with effective career guidance and counseling programs. Through the collaborative activities of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ministry of Education and the British Council, she delivered conference speeches and took part in discussion forums on graduate employability. Gyulnur also consulted with more than 200 students of partner universities to help them in their career choice and decision-making. Lastly, through a number of government initiatives, Gyulnur engaged in civil servant trainings on soft and people skill areas. Within the last 4 years she personally trained more than 20 civil servants, up to 50 private sector specialists, and nearly 100 youth from other Universities and High Schools. Memberships & Publications:
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In your own words, what made you decide to become a lifetime APCDA member:RAZA ABBAS - Globally Acclaimed Career Practitioner, Advisor & SpeakerWhy did I decide to become a Lifetime APCDA Member?
I highly encourage all members and prospective members to become APCDA Lifetime Members, it will be the best nominal career investment you have ever made. It's worth repeating what our new President, Woongtae Kim, shared earlier in this newsletter issue in his Message, "I invite you to get to know me better by reviewing my APCDA Member Profile in the Members section of our website. I also ask you to review and update your profile and/or complete it so all of us can virtually build our APCDA connections. You can build your connections through our Member Directory by initiating and scheduling career conversations with like-minded progressive professionals who, like me, are here to learn, un-learn and re-learn My journey at APCDA has been inspirational and full of learning. I highly recommend that newer members think about getting involved the way I have . . .
Volunteering for an eminent career development association demonstrates values in action. I enjoy serving with many of you now and look forward to working with more of you soon. Education - Degrees, Certificates
Professional Influences: I am fortunate to have personally met several distinguished career professionals and career luminaries from across the globe in my career. Each one of them has encouraged me to inspire inclusive humanity with sustained impact. My father also stands out as a great professional influence on my career. He believed in my social entrepreneurship abilities to start a pioneering career counseling, guidance and education initiative in Pakistan when it was only a dream. Now it is a reality. His wisdom when I was starting my social entrepreneurship career: "Raza I am not aware of career counseling but I can see from your passion that you really want to do this as a career. If you can take it to a level that people across the globe will acknowledge you for career counseling reforms, then do it." I replied, "thank you for the trust, I promise I will do it. In a span of a decade." I am humbled to have been able to advocate for career education in 6 continents especially in alien regions where career counseling was previously unknown. I give credit to my father's positive influence and motivation, which helped especially during times of adversity. He is an excellent example of positive role-modeling of Parental Career Guidance in Asia — a definite game-changer for children's career counseling. Specialities As a social entrepreneur, I initiated career education as a new professional concept in Pakistan which had not been institutionalized in 72 years as a country. I work with the following:
Having established career infrastructures from the ground up to execution in Pakistan, I am humbled to have inspired more than 100,000 lives. I am now scaling to new countries in Asia to spread the message of hope and career development towards an inclusive society. I am looking forward to continuing to present transformational keynotes and presentations on career reforms, motivation, management development and well-being. Publications
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