Career Practitioner Conversations with NCDA

This episode is part of a series celebrating #NationalMentoringMonth. It is hosted by Dr. Sharon Givens, visionary leader of NCDA’s pilot mentoring program and a Past President of NCDA. It features a conversation with Dr. Spencer (Skip) Niles, a past NCDA President and current professor of counselor education and Co-Director of the THRIVE Research and Intervention Center at William and Mary. Skip and Sharon share their mentorship and networking experiences, reflecting on the role of the professional association to build a community that fosters and facilitates mentoring relationships through strategies that promote inclusion and connection. 

Visit the NCDA website for more information about the Mentoring Program: https://ncda.org/aws/NCDA/pt/sp/mentoring_program.

Interested in attending the 2023 NCDA Conference?  Travel and programming details can be found online: https://ncda.org/aws/NCDA/pt/sp/conference_home.

This episode is the first in a series celebrating #NationalMentoringMonth. It is hosted by Dr. Sharon Givens, visionary leader of NCDA’s pilot mentoring program and a Past President of NCDA. It features a conversation with Marty Apodaca, NCDA’s current President-Elect-Elect who serves as a mentor in the new program. They not only discuss the importance of communication, empathy,  relationship building, acknowledgement of cultural differences, and being open to the mutual learning benefits mentoring can provide, but also provide tips for taking action to maintain and strengthen these relationships.

Visit the NCDA website for more information about the Mentoring Program and related downloadable resources: 
https://ncda.org/aws/NCDA/pt/sp/mentoring_program 

Additional Resource:

Matching, Trust, and Symbiosis for High Quality Mentoring, Career Convergence Web Magazine

This episode features a conversation about the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in your career development work with Dr. Candy Ho, inaugural Assistant Professor, Integrative Career and Capstone Learning at the University of the Fraser Valley in British Columbia, Canada. Dr. Ho is also the University Lead for Sustainable Development Goals at Kwantlen Polytechnic University and Board Chair of CERIC, a Canadian charitable organization advancing education and research in career counseling and career development.  The conversation provides an introduction to the SDGs and explores ways that career practitioners and employers can integrate them into their work with students, clients, and employees to identify opportunities everyone can take to have an impact on and contribute to their local communities and the world. 

For more information:

• How the UN SDGs Can Support Career Education
• It’s time for a UN International Day of Careers and Livelihood [Video]
• Sign the petition to join the advocacy for a UN Day of Career and Livelihood

This episode is the first in a new Presidential Series - hosted by NCDA president, Dr. Lakeisha Mathews. It features a conversation about parenting in the workplace with Dr. Sharon Glazer, Professor of Cross-Cultural Industrial and Organizational Psychology at the University of Baltimore. The conversation addresses challenges faced by working parents today and tips for connecting them with resources and strategies to help them thrive, not just survive. Also included in this episode: ideas to inform employer decisions about policies and benefits that impact working parents and a call for more integration of systems, laws, and policies that support parents and families.

 Dr. Sharon Glazer is a Full Professor at The University of Baltimore and President of Healthy Organization consulting. She has over 25 years of teaching, consulting, and research experience around the world, with expertise in cross-cultural issues in occupational stress & health and organizational development. Listeners/colleagues are welcome to contact her at: [email protected] or [email protected]

Research shared in this episode:

• https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/may/03/i-feel-like-a-1950s-housewife-how-lockdown-has-exposed-the-gender-divide
• https://www.apa.org/monitor/2022/04/employers-support-parental-leave
• https://www.americanprogress.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/Parent-Time-Use.pdf

 Additional resource:  

• The Burnout Study in Women  Fact Sheet 

This episode features a conversation between Melissa Venable, NCDA Director of Professional Development, and Jeremy Schifeling, LinkedIn insider and author. Jeremy shares advice for career practitioners working with students and clients who are exploring careers and actively searching for jobs. He provides advice about TikTok, LinkedIn’s #OpenToWork feature, and tips for making sure profiles get found. Learn more about common LinkedIn mistakes and the importance of recruiters on the platform. Jeremy also shares helpful suggestions for career practitioners who want to connect with potential clients via LinkedIn. 

Connect with Jeremy Schifeling:

• Profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/schifeling/
• Website: www.linkedinguys.com

 Resources mentioned in this episode:

• NCDA Webinar – What’s New on LinkedIn this Year? (scroll to view list of pre-recorded sessions)
• Hunter.io
• Jobscan.co

This episode features a conversation about preparing K-12 students for career development and the future of work. The conversation is led by Cornelius Thomas, Co-Chair of NCDA’s Poetry and Art Contest, with Career Development Coordinators (CDCs) Irma Bodie and Kymmie Cartledge. This episode captures trends the panelists are seeing with employers, the resources they are using right now with students, and how they are helping students understand employer expectations and explore career options. The following questions guide the conversation:

1. What are we seeing from candidates and employers as experts in the field?
2. What are the comprehensive resources you are seeing that are adding value to benefit students?  
3. How can we build students' understanding of the professional environment in the future? 
4. Are you finding that students need to learn more about the process of engaging in research?   
5. How do you suggest we prepare students for the most sought-after industries of interest domestically and globally?

The panel participants invite you to connect with them and their work:

• Cornelius Thomas, MBA
  • https://www.linkedin.com/in/cornelius-thomas-20512b79/
  • [email protected]
• Irma Bode, M.Ed., NBPTS
  • [email protected]
• Kymmie Cartledge, M.Ed., CCSP, GCDF
  • https://www.linkedin.com/in/kymmie-cartledge/ 
  • [email protected]

Johnston County (NC) Public Schools
Career Development Resource Site 

This episode, hosted by Brian Hutchison, PhD Principal of Global Career Guy and a former NCDA Board member, features a conversation about the importance of career development in school counseling with Associate Professor of Counseling, Grace Wambu, EdD, LAC, NCC, and Assistant Professor of School Counseling, Katy Leigh-Osroosh, PhD, NCC. They share ways that school counselors can advocate for career development work and ideas for creating energy around career development in schools at all levels. Grace and Katy also share their experiences and research in working with diverse student populations, to include African immigrants and Indigenous students in the U.S. Brian, Grace, and Katy are three co-authors of the recently published 12th edition of the high school textbook, School to Career.

This episode features a conversation between Candida Pouchie and Yuliia Sobko, Career Consultants at the University Career Center of the University of Texas at Dallas. They share career-related challenges and strategies for career professionals to holistically help immigrants, refugees, and international students build their careers. Yuliia and Candida also provide tips for connecting with these students and client populations in an initial session to explore and understand their unique needs with compassion and empathy.

For more information, explore the following NCDA Resources:
NCDA’s International Student Services Committee
Multicultural Career Counseling Competencies

This episode is hosted by NCDA president, Dr. Sharon Givens – it features a conversation with NCDA’s Director of Credentialing, Aaron Leson. This conversation includes an overview of the five current credentialing options, frequently asked questions from prospective credential applicants, and tips for credential holders on how to earn continuing education credit. For more information, review NCDA’s credentialing webpage and contact Aaron Leson:  [email protected].

This episode is the third in our Presidential Series - hosted by NCDA president, Dr. Sharon Givens – it features a conversation with Dr. Seth C. W. Hayden, a licensed mental health counselor and associate professor of counseling at Wake Forest University. This conversation addresses the interconnectedness of mental health and career development and the goal of providing services that best reflect the lives of those we serve. Learn more about Dr. Hayden’s work at: https://counseling.graduate.wfu.edu/faculty-staff/dr-seth-hayden/.   

To learn more about this topic, consider the following:

• HUB Course: MON004 - NCDA Monograph: The Mental Health and Career Development Nexus: A Framework for the Role and Function of Career Practitioners (3 CEs)
• Monograph: The Mental Health and Career Development Nexus: A Framework for the Role and Function of Career 
• Web page: Mental Health Resources