Episode 13: The Climate Crisis and Career Development: Finding Hope
Episode 14: Finding Wellness, Hope, and Themselves in College Career Services
Episode 16: Women Led Social Enterprise in Vietnam with Ms. Phoenix Ho
The Asia Pacific Career Development Journal (APCDJ) is an international biannual publication dedicated to all career development and intervention related topics. It is the official journal of the Asia Pacific Career Development Association (APCDA).
Behind the Science of Career Development podcast will feature the Asia Pacific Career Development Journal articles. Providing a glimpse of the work found in the journal articles. Our first podcast is about Transgender Workplace Experience. The review was guided by a strength-based perspective, highlighting the adaptability, flexibility, and resiliency of transgender individuals.
What issues do transgender individuals experience in the workplace in the Asia Pacific region and how can counselors help them to with these issues? In this episode, Author Danielle Lefebvre explains what she learned through her research into this fascinating topic.
Cisgender describes a person whose sex assigned at birth matches their gender identity. | |
A lot of transgender women felt pressured to go into the entertainment industry. | |
I think what really helps is to be open and honest. |
Brian Hutchison, Ph.D., LPC, CCCE, is the Editor of the Asia Pacific Career Development Journal and a Core Clinical Mental Health Faculty at Walden University. Dr. Hutchison’s career consultation and education work operates within the brand of Global Career Guy where he specializes in developing career publications, programs, keynote talks, workshops, and on-line career coaching and mentorship for global career professionals.
Danielle C. Lefebvre, a doctoral student at the Werklund School of Education, University of Calgary, Canada, is planning to work with and advocating for transgender people in the workplace.
What is it about the career development team in Singapore that makes it so successful? Discover the magical formula they have created for bringing out the best in everyone.
Yvonne Kong-Ho: I am a Workforce developer because I am a firm believers that we can take on a cradle-to-grave approach as we work. | |
Jeremiah Wong: Career, to me, is life. It is about enjoying life. It is the way life was meant to be. | |
Dr. Brian Hutchison: There is something exciting about capturing the development of a profession in a country at a moment in time and almost putting it in a time capsule. |
Brian Hutchison, Ph.D., LPC, CCCE, is the Editor of the Asia Pacific Career Development Journal and a Core Clinical Mental Health Faculty at Walden University. Dr. Hutchison’s career consultation and education work operates within the brand of Global Career Guy where he specializes in developing career publications, programs, keynote talks, workshops, and on-line career coaching and mentorship for global career professionals.
Yvonne Kong-Ho, a Doctoral Student at Singapore University of Social Science, is thankful for the privilege to be able to walk alongside with people (from ages 13 to 60) who have faced career conundrums or needed greater clarity in the career-related decisions which they have had to make. Ms Kong-Ho has had 15 years of experiences in education, people and career development. Her research interests lie in the strengthening of career resilience in older workers and how best to develop younger workers towards greater career fulfillment; earlier on in their career trajectories. It is her greatest hope to see people working towards the building and strengthening of their career capital at every stage of their lives.
Jeremiah Wong, a certified Career Development Facilitator, Certified Career Service Provider and a Career Construction and Life Design Coach for Workforce Singapore, designs career development programs and capabilities for more than 50 career coaches in his organization. Together, they render career services to the unemployed workforce. He also has provided pro bono career services since 2013. Mr Wong is a member of NCDA and has been awarded the Singapore Public Service Excel Innovation Champion Award for Career Development Capabilities in 2018.
Episode 3: Dr. José Domene Explains the Article Publication ProcessTrying to get a scholarly article published? Get some great tips on what to expect.Listen to Snippets:
Presenters:Brian Hutchison, Ph.D., LPC, CCCE, is the Editor of the Asia Pacific Career Development Journal and a Core Clinical Mental Health Faculty at Walden University. Dr. Hutchison’s career consultation and education work operates within the brand of Global Career Guy where he specializes in developing career publications, programs, keynote talks, workshops, and on-line career coaching and mentorship for global career professionals. José Domene, Ph.D., immigrated to Canada with his family when he was a teenager and has a Mexican and Chinese cultural heritage. José joined the Werklund School of Education at the University of Calgary in 2018, having previously taught at the University of New Brunswick, and Trinity Western University in British Columbia. He teaches graduate courses in the counselling psychology EDSA and is a Registered Psychologist in Alberta. Listen Now:Links for more information:
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Episode 4: Developing an Adaptive Career Mindset for the Post-COVID World-of-WorkThis conversation really digs into aspects of career development that we need to adapt to the 21st Century. Listen to Snippets:
Presenters:Brian Hutchison, Ph.D., LPC, CCCE, is the Editor of the Asia Pacific Career Development Journal and a Core Clinical Mental Health Faculty at Walden University. Dr. Hutchison’s career consultation and education work operates within the brand of Global Career Guy where he specializes in developing career publications, programs, keynote talks, workshops, and on-line career coaching and mentorship for global career professionals. Alfredo Palacios, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Clinical Mental Health Counseling at Auburn University, is a Licensed Professional Counselor providing telehealth counseling and a podcast called Theory of Change. He earned a PhD from The University of New Mexico and has worked with adults, youth and couples. Listen Now:Links for more information:
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Episode 5: Career Work for Persons with Disability is UniversalMany of us think of working with people with disabilities as something others do, but all of us are likely to develop a disability at some point in life, and we may need assistance adjusting to our new reality. Listen to Snippets:
Presenters:Brian Hutchison, Ph.D., LPC, CCCE, is the Editor of the Asia Pacific Career Development Journal and a Core Clinical Mental Health Faculty at Walden University. Dr. Hutchison’s career consultation and education work operates within the brand of Global Career Guy where he specializes in developing career publications, programs, keynote talks, workshops, and on-line career coaching and mentorship for global career professionals. Dr. Tina Anctil is currently a Professor and the Associate Dean for Academic Affairs in the College of Education at Portland State University. She is a nationally Certified Rehabilitation Counselor, a Certified Career Counselor Educator, and a Licensed Professional Counselor. She earned her PhD in Rehabilitation Psychology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 2003 and has been in the field of Rehabilitation Counseling for over 25 years. Prior to her academic career she was a vocational rehabilitation counselor with the State of Oregon. Dr. Anctil is a skilled educator and enjoys teaching and supervising both future and seasoned counselors. Listen Now:Links for more information:
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Episode 6: Women Were There Too: The Early History of Career DevelopmentWhat role did women play in the early days of career development? Listen to Snippets:
Presenters:Brian Hutchison, Ph.D., LPC, CCCE, is the Editor of the Asia Pacific Career Development Journal and a Core Clinical Mental Health Faculty at Walden University. Dr. Hutchison’s career consultation and education work operates within the brand of Global Career Guy where he specializes in developing career publications, programs, keynote talks, workshops, and on-line career coaching and mentorship for global career professionals. Dr. Sarah Patterson-Mills, Ph.D., is a Licensed Professional Counselor and formerly a 7-12th certified school counselor. She earned her master’s degree in human development counseling from Saint Louis University in 2002. In 2010, she earned her doctorate in counseling and family therapy from Saint Louis University. She is writing a series about the history of women in career development for NCDA’s Career Convergences. Her first article is “We All Want to Change the World: An Introduction to the Series, Early Women Pioneers in Career Development.” Listen Now:Links for more information:
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Episode 7: Marilyn and Brian Talk Career Theory and PracticeWhat is the future of Career Development Theory? Listen to Snippets:
Presenters:Brian Hutchison, Ph.D., LPC, CCCE, is the Editor of the Asia Pacific Career Development Journal and a Core Clinical Mental Health Faculty at Walden University. Dr. Hutchison’s career consultation and education work operates within the brand of Global Career Guy where he specializes in developing career publications, programs, keynote talks, workshops, and on-line career coaching and mentorship for global career professionals. Marilyn Maze, PhD, Financial Administrator, has organized the annual APCDA Conference since its inception, conducted numerous research projects on hot labor market and career counseling issues, and presented at international conferences. Listen Now:Links for more information:
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Episode 8: Going Global with Student Coaching and DevelopmentWhat are the unique needs of international students and workers that they would not know about the job search in the US? Listen to Snippets:
Presenters:Brian Hutchison, Ph.D., LPC, CCCE, is the Editor of the Asia Pacific Career Development Journal and a Core Clinical Mental Health Faculty at Walden University. Dr. Hutchison’s career consultation and education work operates within the brand of Global Career Guy where he specializes in developing career publications, programs, keynote talks, workshops, and on-line career coaching and mentorship for global career professionals. Heather Lu-Lasky, CFA, is the founder and lead career coach of ChampAmerica Inc., a New York-based career & leadership development consulting firm. She started her career in the Enterprise Risk Services Group (ERS) at Deloitte and later moved on to various finance and risk roles at Goldman Sachs, JP Morgan, and Barclays A CFA with extensive financial, banking, and consulting industry knowledge, Heather is a passionate educator who wants to make finance & business education more engaging, and to make career education more meaningful for people at all ages. At Harvard, Heather is able to utilize her creativity and design thinking to experiment end-to-end career coaching, leadership, and DEI programs. Heather is also a social media influencer with more than 35k followers. Listen Now:Links for more information:
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Episode 9: First Gen Around the WorldWhether first generation college students grow up in the US or another country, the challenges are similar and pretty intense. Listen to Snippets:
Presenters:Brian Hutchison, Ph.D., LPC, CCCE, is the Editor of the Asia Pacific Career Development Journal and a Core Clinical Mental Health Faculty at Walden University. Dr. Hutchison’s career consultation and education work operates within the brand of Global Career Guy where he specializes in developing career publications, programs, keynote talks, workshops, and on-line career coaching and mentorship for global career professionals. Jonique Childs, Ph.D., is an assistant professor in the College of Education Student Development program at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. Dr. Childs has previous experiences as an at-risk school counselor, college career counselor and recruiter, and clinical mental health counselor on the national suicide prevention hotline. She has served various individuals from different ethnic backgrounds to include adolescent, high school students, undergraduates, graduate students, and older adults. Her research investigates the psychosocial needs of students of color that also identify as First-Generation in K-12 and post-secondary education. Listen Now:Links for more information:
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Episode 10: Uniting Us All with the UN Sustainable Development Goals with Raza AbbasHow do you initiate career planning in a country where there is none? Listen to Snippets:
Show Notes:Pakistan’s career development pioneer Raza Abbas joins host Brian Hutchison for an important conversation. Beginning in 2010, Raza jump started the field of career development in Pakistan by meeting global leaders, using their evidence, and adapting it to his country’s cultural context. We bridge this amazing story to Raza’s use of the UN Sustainable Development Goals in career development to organize and mobilize thousands of career seekers in Pakistan and beyond. The conversation touches on the following topics (time stamp of this dialogue):
Presenters:Brian Hutchison, Ph.D., LPC, CCCE, is the Editor of the Asia Pacific Career Development Journal and a Core Clinical Mental Health Faculty at Walden University. Dr. Hutchison’s career consultation and education work operates within the brand of Global Career Guy where he specializes in developing career publications, programs, keynote talks, workshops, and on-line career coaching and mentorship for global career professionals. Mr. Raza Abbas is an organizational development adviser and careers strategist. He is a globally acclaimed career practitioner and has received several international outstanding career practitioner awards from NCDA and APCDA. He is a Lifetime APCDA member and currently APCDA’s Pakistan Country Representative. He is ARACD’s Pakistan Director. He also serves as the IAEVG National Correspondent and is also an Editorial Board Member. He works for inclusivity and social justice in career development practice both in Pakistan and globally. He is humble to be profiled in the Global Best-Seller ‘The World Book of Hope’. Listen Now:> Links for more information:
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Episode 11: The International Student Journey - Chinese EditionWhat challenges to Chinese students face when they enter a degree program in the United States? Listen to Snippets:
Show Notes:Dr. Yang Ai and Hongshan Shao join this episode to share their journey as Chinese international students to the US and how it impacted their research agenda. Dr. Ai is currently a tenure track Assistant Professor at the University of the Redlands and Ms. Shao is a doctoral candidate at Penn State University. Both are counselor educators with a focus on career development; both study the experience of Asian international students attending schools in Western countries. Hongshan Shao is the author of the lead article in the September 2021 issue of the Asia Pacific Career Development Journal titled “Career Considerations When Working with Chinese International Students. The conversation touches on the following topics:
Presenters:Brian Hutchison, Ph.D., LPC, CCCE, is the Editor of the Asia Pacific Career Development Journal and a Core Clinical Mental Health Faculty at Walden University. Dr. Hutchison’s career consultation and education work operates within the brand of Global Career Guy where he specializes in developing career publications, programs, keynote talks, workshops, and on-line career coaching and mentorship for global career professionals. Dr. Yang Ai, Assistant Professor, School of Education, Department of Counseling and Human Services, University of the Redlands, believes in fostering a socially just and inclusive community as a counselor educator. Matters relating to diversity, equity, and inclusion are essential to my teaching, research, counseling, and supervision. My commitment to the promotion of these factors in the field of counselor education stems from a deeply seated passion for improving the lives of all students and clients. My passion is cultivated through my personal and professional experiences of recognizing the role of culture in well-being. As a human development and mental health discipline, I believe that counselor education plays a vital role in fostering an inclusive environment to meet the needs of our diverse communities. Ms. Hongshan Shao is a doctoral candidate in the Counselor Education Program at Pennsylvania State University. She currently works at Penn State Career Center as a career counseling graduate assistant. She received her master’s degree in Clinical Mental Health Counseling in 2019 from University of Missouri - St. Louis. She is a National Certificated Counselor (NCC). Her research interests include career counseling and development with international students/Asian population, cross-cultural training, counseling, and supervision. Listen Now:Links for more information:
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Episode 12: Putting Life First in Career WorkWhat is Lifology and what inspired you to create this career development service? Listen to Snippets:
Show Notes:Lifology co-founder and CEO Praveen Parameswar joins host Brian Hutchison to close out the 2021 season of Behind the Science of Career Development. Praveen shares the Lifology philosophy as it applies to working with children and adolescents around the world. What happens when we focus on developing the life we wish to live within the context of career development? How do we help parents engage with their own children’s career development? The conversation touches on the following topics (time stamp of this dialogue):
Presenters:Brian Hutchison, Ph.D., LPC, CCCE, is the Editor of the Asia Pacific Career Development Journal and a Core Clinical Mental Health Faculty at Walden University. Dr. Hutchison’s career consultation and education work operates within the brand of Global Career Guy where he specializes in developing career publications, programs, keynote talks, workshops, and on-line career coaching and mentorship for global career professionals. Praveen Parameswar is the CEO of Lifology.com, a sophisticated growth ecosystem for children powered with technology and human factors. He is a passionate entrepreneur who cherishes a vision to create a world where every child is led towards a meaningful future. Before venturing into Lifology.com, he was heading Thoughts Academy Plc, a pioneer in Organization Development Interventions across South India. Mr. Parameswar is a TEDx speaker, educated at the London School of Economics, holds a MBA from the University of Cardiff (UK), and Sir Julian Hodge Prize winner for the best performance in Human Resource Management. Listen Now:Links for more information:
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Episode 13: The Climate Crisis and Career Development:
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Boy, in my private practice I'm seeing more and more, it really seems to be a lot on their minds, even when they are coming for services around career development. | |
I've seen indigenous groups that are seeing the land they live on in northern Canada disappearing. There is a term called home nostalgia or homesickness for a home that has been altered. |
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Actually, I think one thing is that people can experience grief in advance. Sometimes people are grieving a lot of different things. Sometimes what they are worried about is that the future they thought was a certainty, just isn't so. |
Happy New Year! We kick off 2022 with a dynamic, important episode focused on the climate crisis and career development. Your host Brian Hutchison is joined by Trevor Lehmann, a career counselor who specializes in working with clients’ career decision while taking into account climate change and climate grief. This episode is full of so much great information including:
Brian Hutchison, Ph.D., LPC, CCCE, is the Editor of the Asia Pacific Career Development Journal and a Core Clinical Mental Health Faculty at Walden University. Dr. Hutchison’s career consultation and education work operates within the brand of Global Career Guy where he specializes in developing career publications, programs, keynote talks, workshops, and on-line career coaching and mentorship for global career professionals.
Trevor Lehmann, MEd, CCC, is a Career Consultant with the University of Manitoba and runs a private practice, Convergent Careers, where he supports adults through grief, loss and the career decision-making process.
Episode 14: Finding Wellness, Hope, and Themselves in College Career ServicesWhat is unique about working in a work-famous university like Princeton? Listen to Snippets:
Show Notes:APCDA President Satomi Chudasama joins us in a very practical career practitioner focused episode. She sits down with host Dr. Brian Hutchison for a conversation about working with college students in a Career Services setting. Most present in our dialogue is the importance of helping students slow down, self-reflect, and see themselves in the process of career planning. Full of practical tips, insight into her personal career practice at Princeton University, and the important role career planning plays in our lives… Presenters:Brian Hutchison, Ph.D., LPC, CCCE, is the Editor of the Asia Pacific Career Development Journal and a Core Clinical Mental Health Faculty at Walden University. Dr. Hutchison’s career consultation and education work operates within the brand of Global Career Guy where he specializes in developing career publications, programs, keynote talks, workshops, and on-line career coaching and mentorship for global career professionals. Satomi Chudasama, NCC, CCC, GCDF, is a founding member of APCDA. Her past leadership positions with APCDA include Treasurer, Chair of Public Relations, Chair of Membership, and Lead of Membership Engagement through Technology Taskforce. She is currently Senior Associate Director, Student Engagement at the Center for Career Development at Princeton University in the United States. Since embarking on her journey in the career development field nearly 20 years ago, Satomi has gained significant experience in career counseling, career educational programming, employer and alumni engagement, and technology. She is active in the National Career Development Association (NCDA) and Eastern Association of Colleges and Employers (EACE) among other organizations. Listen Now:Links for more information:
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Episode 15: Social Workers Do Career Development TooWhy and how do social workers focus on the career development of their clients?
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Show Notes:Host Global Career Guy Dr. Brian Hutchison hosts Amber Brown and Jennifer Luna, two career development experts in the social work career space. This wide-ranging conversation digs into the training of social workers, career development and coaching issues with students pursuing a social work career, myths about social work, and how social workers can and do focus on career development as part of their social work practice. Both are active leaders in the Consortium for Career Development in Social Work Education, a US based student support organization. This episode will expand your knowledge and perspective! Presenters:Brian Hutchison, Ph.D., LPC, CCCE, is the Editor of the Asia Pacific Career Development Journal and a Core Clinical Mental Health Faculty at Walden University. Dr. Hutchison’s career consultation and education work operates within the brand of Global Career Guy where he specializes in developing career publications, programs, keynote talks, workshops, and on-line career coaching and mentorship for global career professionals.
Amber Brown is a Career Advisor at the Brown School of Social Work at Washington University in St. Louis, MO. She is a Licensed Professional Counselor with a focus on career services. Jennifer Luna is the Director of the DiNitto Career Center and Alumni Relations office in the Steve Hicks School of Social Work at the University of Texas at Austin. She has a Master’s degree in Social Work with a concentration in administration and planning. Listen Now:Links for more information:
Episode 16: Women Led Social Enterprise in Vietnamwith Ms. Phoenix HoThe story of Phoenix Ho and her very talented female co-founder when establishing a career-oriented social enterprise in Vietnam.Listen to Snippets:
Show Notes:Phoenix Ho, co-founder of Hướng Nghiệp Sông An, a career focused social enterprise in Vietnam joins host Dr. Brian Hutchison for this episode of Behind the Science of Career Development. Phoenix describes the work of Sông An and how it provides leadership in the field of career development in her country including training, supervision, and the translation of career assessment instruments. The conversation turns to the following topics (time stamp of this dialogue):
Presenters:Brian Hutchison, Ph.D., LPC, CCCE, is the Editor of the Asia Pacific Career Development Journal and a Core Clinical Mental Health Faculty at Walden University. Dr. Hutchison’s career consultation and education work operates within the brand of Global Career Guy where he specializes in developing career publications, programs, keynote talks, workshops, and on-line career coaching and mentorship for global career professionals. Phoenix Ho, Co-founder and CEO at Hướng Nghiệp Sông An. Over thirteen years of experience in the field of education, counseling, career counseling, and career development education. Currently serves as Vietnam Country Director for APCDA (Asia Pacific Career Development Association). Listen Now:Links for more information:
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