Member Mentoring Webinar

Utilizing Creative Strategies for Career Decision Making

Presented by Dr. Deb Osborn, NCC & Dr. Barbara Parker-Bell, ATR-BC
October 12/13, 2023

Are you looking for creative interventions to meet the needs of your clients?  Would you like to try some effective creative methods for enhancing career decision-making? This Member Mentoring Webinar will offer you opportunities to learn and engage in creative processes that make thoughts and feelings regarding career decisions more visible and available for exploration within career counseling. Bring some art materials (paper, markers, color pencils, your phone camera, and/or an easy digital art making application) and practice creative processes that will support development of self-knowledge, occupational knowledge, and reflection on decision making thoughts and skills.

Please find the time in your location:

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Cost: Free to Members, Non-members: High-income country: Professional $10, Student $5; Not high-income country:  Professional $5, Student $2.50.

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Dr. Deb Osborn is a Professor and Director of Psychological and Counseling Services in the Educational Psychology and Learning Systems Department at Florida State University. She also co-directs the Center for the Study of Technology in Counseling and Career Development and is a Nationally Certified Counselor. She is both a Fellow and Past President of the National Career Development Association. Dr. Osborn’s program of research includes: identify predictors of and best practices for increasing positive career outcomes and decreasing negative outcomes; applying career-related theory (especially Cognitive Information Processing theory) in research and practice; designing and using assessments in career services; and exploring the role technology can play in enhancing and extending services. Her primary passion undergirding her work is providing creative, practical, evidence-based resources practitioners can use to support individuals in their career decision-making.

Dr. Barbara Parker-Bell is a Professor and Director of Art Therapy Programs at Florida State University and a Board-Certified Art Therapist (ATR-BC). Dr. Parker-Bell has served as President of the Art Therapy Credentials Board and as a director on the American Art Therapy Association Board of Directors. In 2016-2017, She served as Fulbright Scholar to conduct research and teaching related to the development of art therapy in the Russian Federation. Most recently, Dr. Parker-Bell has been focusing on the integration of art therapy with career counseling concepts and practices and was pleased to collaborate with Dr. Osborn on the new text: Art Therapy and Career Counseling: Creative Strategies for Career Development Across the Lifespan  and is continuing to collaborate with Dr. Osborn on the development of a creative career guide for middle and high school students.

Webinar

STEM Career Coaching: A Fireside Chat about Best Practices, Challenges and Opportunities

STEM career coaching and counseling is a special field within the career development ecosystem that provides great opportunities for our clients, as well as challenges. In this lively conversation, you will hear from Alaina G. Levine, an expert in the STEM career development arena with more than 2 decades of experience helping scientists and engineers design and execute realistic and exciting career plans. She will share some of the strategies and tactics she employs to enable her clients and students to be employed in STEM, as well as the approaches she utilizes to deliver value to those she mentors. You will learn how you can take a data-driven approach to helping those you serve create their "Unicorn Careers", the customized, authentic careers that bring joy, meaning, and money, and in doing so, you will also learn how you can create your own Unicorn Career in career development.

This webinar is in the Be Awakened trace and helps you to understand current trends toward a greener workplace and sustainable development.

Webinar date: October 25/26

 * We believe this region is observing Daylight Savings Time.

Fees:     Cost for residents of high-income countries: $20 for members, $30 for non-members, $15 students; Cost for residents of other countries: $10 for members, $15 for non-members, $7.50 students

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In attending this webinar, APCDA Professional Members can enhance their understanding of APCDA Career Service Competencies: Labor Market Trends and Employability Skills. Read here for more information about APCDA Career Service Competencies.

Alaina G. Levine is a professional speaker, STEM career coach, corporate comedian, and author of 2 books: Networking for Nerds (Wiley), and Create Your Unicorn Career! (forthcoming). Levine has delivered over 850 speeches and webinars for clients in 15 nations, and her hundreds of articles have appeared in Science, Nature, Scientific American, National Geographic News Watch, World Economic Forum, and Smithsonian, including her column, “Your Unicorn Career”. Levine studied at the American University in Cairo as a US Department of Defense Boren Fellow, and holds bachelor’s degrees in mathematics and anthropology from the University of Arizona.

ABOUT APCDA WEBINARS

This webinar is under the “Be Inspired” webinar track, as part of the APCDA Programs Committee’s 4 webinar track series –

• Be Updated – International and emerging career practices
• Be Informed – Private sector and industry developments
• Be Inspired – Stories of resilience, inspiration, innovation in career practices
• Be Awakened – Global mindset, trends and issues

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Recorded Webinar

A Rapidly Automating World: Issues and Challenges for 21st Century Career Planning

Recorded on October 25, 2017

Automation is the single greatest threat to the human labor and the modern human-based workforce. As humans adapt to the capitalist realities of a fully-automated workforce, the challenge for career counselors and specialists is to recognize and provide services to clients with an understanding of the future of work. This webinar will discuss the rapidly changing landscape of automated labor and the threats as well as the opportunities that lie ahead.

Recorded Webinar

Peer Supervision for the Helping Professional

By Dr. Timothy Hsi
Recorded on January 27, 2021

Traditionally, practitioners from the helping professions are required to receive clinical supervision form a senior practitioner/supervisor as part of their professional development.  However, as career practice in much of the Asia Pacific region is still in its early stages of development, there are currently very few qualified career supervisors within the community.  Until this changes, a highly effective alternative is for career practitioners to engage in peer supervision as part of their professional development.  This approach harnesses the power of social learning (Bandura, 1971) which proposes that new behaviors can be acquired by observing and emulating others.  Dr. Timothy Hsi will explain the process of peer supervision and the benefit for organizations.

Dr. Timothy Hsi is the Founding President of the Career Development Association of Singapore (CDAS) and founder of Abundanz Consulting Pte Ltd.  He was instrumental in the development of a whole new generation of career practitioners in Singapore from 2015.  Dr. Tim currently teaches career counseling and psychotherapy at the Australian College of Applied Psychology and travels regularly across Asia, educating and training individuals to be career practitioners.

Recorded Webinar

Reimagining the Future of Career Services

By Dr. Rich Feller
Recorded on February 23, 2021

Farouk Dey suggested that career practitioners must limit focusing on talking 1-1 with individuals about their own interests, values, needs and goals, and instead focus on enabling clients to make audacious moves through immersive experiences and consequential connections. Can services be scalable to reach the majority of clients/students being confronted by technological and social changes? Can we help clients/students challenge the social access and hierarchical pyramid where only a few can reach their goal and serve each client/student equally? Join APCDA’s US Representative Dr. Rich Feller to dive deeper into these ideas and envision a new future for career practitioners.

Cost: Free to Members, Non-members: High-income area professional $10, Student $5; Not high-income professional $5, Student $2.50

Rich Feller, PhD, USA Representative, is NCDA Past-President, Professor Emeritus of Counseling and Career Development and University Distinguished Teaching Scholar at Colorado State University, and recipient of NCDA’s Eminent Lifetime Career Award. Career Specialist for NSF Gaussi Project, Colorado State University and Semester at Sea, Thought Leader for AARP, Life Reimagined Program, Washington, DC, Chief Advisor for YouScience, Nashville, TN, and Co-owner of Valer Productions, Inc., Fort Collins, CO and of One Life Tools, Inc., Toronto, Canada. He has consulted in all 50 US states and on 6 continents.

Recorded Webinar

Tips & Techniques for a Great Career Fair

Recorded December 8, 2022

Join other members of APCDA who work in career centers to share advice on how to run a virtual career fair, or a hybrid (both virtual and in-person) career fair.  Bring your ideas and tips for using the virtual space.  Share your experiences with different software for running career fairs.  How do manage and schedule all of the employers effectively? What do students like/dislike about the virtual experience?  If you have run a Hybrid career fair with both virtual and in-person options, how was that different?  Which tips do others need to know to run a successful hybrid career fair?

When you register, please select “I have answers” if you have any information or ideas to share, and select “I have questions” if you do not want to speak. Everyone is welcome to type questions into the Chatbox. 

Recorded Webinar

Mental Health in the Workplace: A Facilitated Discussion

Dr. Roberta Borgen (Neault)

Recorded January 5, 2023

Mental health challenges have escalated globally during the pandemic, across sectors, professions, and regions. Some of the most common concerns relate to isolation, financial stress, relational breakdowns, anxiety, and trauma. Career development professionals are not immune to this – and can be doubly impacted as we deal with our own challenges while trying to help others manage theirs. Join Dr. Roberta Borgen (Neault) for a facilitated discussion on what mental health challenges are most prevalent within your context, how to open up conversations about mental health and wellbeing, and how to strengthen resilience during challenging times.

Dr. Roberta Borgen (Neault), PhD, President of Life Strategies Ltd. and Adjunct Professor in Counselling Psychology at the University of British Columbia, is co-developer of the Career Engagement model and has extensive experience as an educator and counsellor supporting individuals and organizations with transitions, engagement, and strategies to maximize their success.

Recorded Webinar

Remote Career Coaching: A Facilitated Discussion

by Rich Feller, PhD
Recorded on Feb 9, 2023

A few years ago, we worried about the ethics of meeting with clients using online technology like Zoom.  During the pandemic most of us were forced into remote coaching/counseling, and we discovered that online meetings allow us to use our time more efficiently. Now is a good time to assess the strengths and weaknesses of this type of technology in career coaching/counseling.  Rich Feller, one of the developers of Conversations Matter - a highly effective use of this type of technology, will lead this discussion. 

Note: This is not a lecture.  This is a discussion and will make extensive use of breakout rooms.  You are not required to turn on your camera, but we do expect you to share your thoughts.  We ask that each attendee be prepared to share your thoughts and ideas with other attendees. 

Rich Feller, PhD, had a long career as a professor at Colorado State University.  He is also a licensed professional counselor, certified coach, futurist, thought leader, international keynote speaker, consultant, and author.  He is a Past President of National Career Development Association and winner of its Eminent Career Award. He is a chief advisor to YouScience (a career assessment company), co-owner of One Life Tools (publisher of Conversations Matter), and provides training for career coaches using the Knowdell cardsorts, among many other activities.

Recorded Webinar

The Future of Career Development Services

Recorded on February 23, 2023
By Dr. Jaana Kettunen

To Update Us!  International and Emerging Career Development Practices

In this webinar, we will shed insights and learnings on how technology is shaping our professional practices.

• What changes have occurred in the perceptions of practitioners regarding their role and the role of the technology in career guidance services?
• What does co-careering mean?

This webinar topic will benefit career practitioners working with clients to explore ways that we use technology in career development now and ways that we could use it in the future.  Dr. Kettunen developed the concept of using social media for co-careering and continues to explore new ways of using the latest technologies to improve our career services.

Fees: Cost for residents of high-income areas: $20 for members, $30 for non-members, $15 students; Cost for residents of other areas: $10 for members, $15 for non-members, $7.50 students

Dr. Jaana Kettunen, PhD, is a Research Professor of lifelong guidance and a Vice-director at the Finnish Institute for Educational Research of the University of Jyväskylä. Her research, which has a strong international orientation, revolves around career guidance practice and policy with a special interest on the design and use of information and communication technology in career guidance. Her previous APCDA webinar can be watched here and is free to members.

Why Attend? To Build your Technology Skills related to Career Development services and navigate effectively the application of Information and Communication Technology interventions with clients as they evolve.

Recorded Webinar

Assessments for Career Choice: Does It Really Work?

by Eric Bryan Amaladas
Recorded on Aug 29, 2023

The webinar explores the efficacy of using assessment tools for career decision-making. Career counsellors often use career assessments to help clients discover possible careers that might match their skills and interests and to get them thinking about how well-suited they might be for a particular career. However, the question remains - just because a person scores high in an interest assessment in marine biology, engineering, or data analytics, does that mean he or she has the natural abilities for the work? The webinar will provide some insights on issues like these and offer strategic tips to help practitioners make the best use of career assessments.

In attending this webinar, APCDA Professional Members can fulfil the following APCDA Career Service Competencies: Career Assessment. Read here for more information about APCDA Career Service Competencies.

Eric Bryan Amaladas, MCounseling (HELP), ICF Certified Coach, HRDF Trainer, is the Director of CAREERsense, HELP University’s Department of Graduate Employability and Talent Development. Mr. Amaladas has facilitated training programs for a variety of organizations, which include: The Ministry of Women, Family, and Community Development, Ministry of Education, Petronas, Bank Negara Malaysia, Maxis, Sime Darby, HSBC, OCBC, Nestle, Tokio Marine, Great Eastern, MSIG, Volvo, Air Selangor, Japan Tobacco International (Malaysia), etc. Through seminars and group facilitation, he has successfully enabled a culture of dialogue for organizational and social change. Over the years, he has helped people develop healthy and positive perspectives of themselves, their work, and their personal environment. Eric’s forte lies in experiential learning and methodologies. Different facilitative tools enable him to provide an effective learning process for small or large groups.

Recorded Webinar

Career Planning Around the World

By Dr. Marilyn Maze

Recorded on July 24, 2019

This webinar is based on the book called International Practices of Career Services, Credentials, and Training (National Career Development Association, 2018).  This book explores career services on every continent, with a special focus on the training and credentialing of career service providers.  It includes chapters written by experts from 12 countries which illustrate the stages of development of career services throughout the world and the complex factors that facilitate or impede this development.  This comparison provides an important learning opportunity, offering insights relevant to issues faced by all career services providers.

Recorded Webinar

Social Media in Career Services: From Delivering Information to Co-careering

By Jaana Kettunen
Recorded on October 24, 2019 

A growing number of career practitioners and career centers are reaching out to individuals and community members in new ways by integrating various social media tools, into their professional practice. This presentation examines career practitioners´ experiences in this technology, and competencies required for using social media in career services. Practical examples and strategies for developing the necessary skills and competencies are discussed.

Recorded Webinar

The Journey of Becoming a Self-Sustained Career Center by Employer Partnership

By Francesca Saracino
Recorded June 9, 2020

The Career Service of Politecnico di Milano, one of Europe’s top leading public universities for Engineering, Architecture and Design, has been active for about 15 years and it has grown from a team of 5 to a team 19 and from serving 1,000 to over 10,000 students every year, thanks to a business model based on fee-based partnerships with employers. In my webinar I will share the journey that has led the Career Service to become free from the uncertainty of central budget, bringing insights that will surely help you see how this can apply to your context as well.

Francesca Saracino is Head of the Career Service office at Politecnico di Milano, one of Europe’s top leading universities for technical studies. Being a native American-Italian bilingual and having obtained a Master degree in Languages and Cultural Mediation, she sees how students and employers need help in understanding each other because they speak different languages. The Career Service she manages is entirely self-financed and serves 45,000 students with 19 people in staff. Since 2018, she also manages the first Diversity & Inclusion Program of the University, called POP (Pari Opportunità Politecniche). Previously, she worked as an English language teacher and translator.  Francesca is also a lindy-hop dancer, yoga learner, occasional singer and concert addict.

Member-Mentoring Recorded Webinar

Engaging our Clients with MI

By Constance Pritchard
Recorded on September 10, 2020

Motivational Interviewing (MI) is not what it sounds like. We tend to think it has something to do with career information interviewing or talent acquisition.  Not at all!! It is a proven technique for framing questions and conversations to engage and empower a client. MI is designed to strengthen personal motivation for and commitment to a specific goal. In this skill-based webinar, we will learn about these techniques to add to our toolbox. Join us to learn about this methodology of client engagement!

Cost: Free to Members, Non-members: High-income area professional $10, Student $5; Not high-income professional $5, Student $2.50

Dr. Constance Jenkins Pritchard, APCDA Treasurer, PhD works in leadership, business consulting and career development. The Pritchard Group serves clients internationally in face to face consultation and trainings as well as through her corporate eLearning site. Dr. Pritchard has been active in career development associations regionally, nationally, and internationally.  Currently she is treasurer of APCDA and a Board member of the Institute of Career Certification International.  She has developed curriculum contributed to professional publications. Dr. Pritchard has earned a doctorate in education from the University of South Carolina, US.

Recorded Webinar

ReimagineU

By Dr. Farouk Dey
Recorded November 16, 2020

Today we see emerging a new vision of equitable access to life purpose for all students regardless of background or social capital using principles of integrative learning and life design. Socioeconomic changes, technological advances, and generational trends provide the impetus for a major paradigm shift in the delivery of career services in higher education. Dr. Dey will provide an overview of the changing nature and emerging trends that are shaping the future of career services in higher education and explain how career services of the future will differ from those of the past.

Dr. Farouk Dey, Vice Provost for Integrative Learning and Life Design at Johns Hopkins University, leads programs and services that bridge curricular and experiential learning with life aspirations for undergraduate and graduate students, postdoctoral fellows, and alumni across the university’s schools and divisions. He works with education and industry leaders at Johns Hopkins University to launch a new vision of equitable access to life purpose for all students regardless of background or social capital using principles of integrative learning and life design. Dr. Dey has held senior leadership and board roles at Johns Hopkins, Stanford, Carnegie Mellon, the University of Florida, the National Association for Colleges and Employers (NACE), the American College Personnel Association (ACPA), and various startups and non-profit organizations. A native of Algeria, Dr. Dey was named one of LinkedIn’s Top Ten Voices in Education and is recognized in higher education circles for his thought-provoking writings, engaging speaking, and transformational leadership.

Reacting to Dr. Dey will be Dr. Rich Feller, the USA Area Representative. Ms. Anne Chen, the Taiwan Area Representative, and Dr. Vijay Paralkar, one of APCDA’s 2020 Scholars.

Recorded Webinar

The Use of Metaphors in Career Development

by Norm Amundson
Recorded on February 12, 2018

Story telling is an integral part of career development. A key component within stories are the metaphors being used by clients, counsellors and coaches. Metaphors encourage imagination, add clarity, and help to build understanding. In this presentation, he will be expanding on many of the themes (and metaphors) included in his book “Metaphor Making” and will be exploring the dynamics of metaphors and analogical reasoning. He also will be sharing some practical career development exercises that build upon metaphors and lead to greater self-awareness, clarity, and action. This session will be of interest to a broad range of career educators and practitioners.