Member Recognition

APCDA Lifetime Member Bory You

Interview by Lisa Raufman

Bory You, APCDA Cambodia Country Representative
President of Talent Excellence Development Partner Co, LTD which provides Human Resources Consulting, Career and Performance Coaching services and supports SME (Subject Matter Expert) in Human Resources restructuring. She is a Certified Behavioral and Career Consultant, Instructor of Job Career Transition Coach and Certified Trainer for Women Entrepreneur Program by ILO.  Ms. You has held leadership positions in JCI Cambodia, Young Entrepreneur Association of Cambodia and Cambodia Women Entrepreneur Association.

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:

• Master’s degree in Financial Management and bachelor’s degree in Business Management from the National University of Management, Phnom Penh
• Certified Behavioral and Career Consultant, Advance Behavioral Consultant by Lifeskills/PeopleKey
• Certified Job Career Development Coach by Career Network
• Certified Trainer for Women Entrepreneur Leadership Program by ILO.
• Certified KPI Professional by The KPI Institute

Specialties:

• Key Performance Indicator (KPI) and Performance Management Specialist
• Career Development Coach
• Human Resources Strategist

Volunteer Positions

• Board Member, Federation of Education Services in Cambodia 2020-22 Board Member, Cambodia Women Entrepreneur Association for 2018-20
• Vice President, Young Entrepreneur Association of Cambodia 2018-2021
• Chapter President of JCI Phnom Penh-Cambodia in 2015
• APCDA Cambodia Representative, 2017 - present

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.

Andrew Remington — Lifetime Member Interview

Interview by Lisa Raufman

I became involved with APCDA when it was being formed through attendance at the National Career Development Association (NCDA) Conferences in the US and later by attending APCDA Conferences.  As a member of the Executive of the Career Development Association of Australia (CDAA) from 2010 to 2017, I hosting Rich Feller, Marilyn Maze, Cheri Butler and Dick Knowdell in Australia and met many other key APCDA members at APCDA and NCDA conferences and while serving as Treasurer of APCDA for several years.

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

• ADVANCED DIPLOMA OF MANAGEMENT – Swinburne University
• CERTIFICATE IV WORKPLACE TRAINING AND ASSESSMENT – Victoria University
• TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT (INTRODUCTION) – Total Quality Management Institute
• MENTAL HEALTH FIRST AID CERTIFICATE
• Job and Career Transition Coach | Job and Career Development Coach – Career Planning and Adult Network, USA
• QUALIFIED ISO 9000 AUDITOR, ISO 9000 Lead Assessor Certificate – IQA International Register of Certificated Auditors (P.E. Batalas)
• Assessor Training, Quality Management, Quality Assurance Services
• Myers-Briggs Type Indicator | Strong Interest Inventory (Australian Psychological Press, Melbourne)
• Team Management Systems
• Australian Interest Measure, Short Form
• Perform Vocational Assessment and Outplacement for WorkCover & TAC Clients – Transport Accident Commission ACER Tests (Non-Psych Registered)

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)

• Certified Career Coach and Contract Service Provider Coach with extensive experience in the Employment Services and Vocational Education and Training sectors.
• Accredited in behavioural psycho-metric personality instruments, and experienced, accredited rehabilitation counsellor for Workers Compensation and TAC – internationally
• Recognised for professionalism and expertise in the career development space.
• Contributions acknowledged through: ‘State Service Improvement Award’, Department of Employment, Education, Training and Youth Affairs, and ‘Work For Australia’ Outstanding Achievement Certificate.
• 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.
• Institute of Managers & Leaders, Fellow, Bendigo regional Committee member
• Career Development Association of Australia, Life Member, Incumbent Immediate Past National President and Ethics Committee Chair

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.

Dr. Brian Hutchison — Lifetime Member Interview

Interview by Lisa Raufman

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.

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.