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Podcast: Behind the Science of Career Development


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.


Episode 1: Workplace Experiences 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.

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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.

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.

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.

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Episode 2: It Takes a Village: Meet the Singapore Career Development Tribe

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. 

Listen to Snippets:

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.

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.

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.

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Episode 3: Dr. José Domene Explains the Article Publication Process

Trying to get a scholarly article published?  Get some great tips on what to expect.

Listen to Snippets:

What is the purpose of the manuscript review?
What is the difference between a manuscript, a paper, and an article?
What is a double-blind peer review?


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. 

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