Obstacles: Real and Perceived
Making a decision regarding one’s career involves much more than just black and white answers to questions. Facing both real and...
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CDA Insights
- Mar 18
- 3 min
No Surprise! Nothing New Here to Read
It is probably not a good way to start a newsletter by stating there is nothing new here. It doesn’t actually encourage you to read it!...
- Jul 18, 2023
- 2 min
Freshen Up: New Job Search Presentations
Writing resumes and cover letters may be basic tasks to an experienced career professional. The repetitiveness of sharing common...
- Oct 17, 2022
- 3 min
Minds at Work: The Role of Social-Emotional Skills in the World of Work
Can all skills be taught? Who is the better teacher of soft skills: parents, schools, employers, friends? Which jobs require the most...
- Jun 20, 2022
- 3 min
Weighty Decisions: Multiple Factors and Choices
One client shares a worry over when to get a degree while family responsibilities and health care are significant time-drains. Another...
- Jun 21, 2021
- 2 min
Set Up for Success: Strong Attributes for the Future
While “be prepared” may be known as a boy scout motto, it also fits some personality types (e.g. SJ's in Myers-Briggs type language)....
- May 17, 2021
- 3 min
A Day in the Life: What is the Real World?
“Welcome to the real world” is an often used phrase shared with new graduates. It is somewhat false because it implies that students were...
- Mar 15, 2021
- 2 min
Team Work: Factors that Lead to a Better World
The more distanced the world became in 2020, the more the desire for connectedness increased. Workers knew intuitively that they needed...
- Jun 15, 2020
- 2 min
Looking Forward: What is Your Attitude Toward the Future?
Here's another helpful message that showed up in my inbox: “When the light turns green, will you be ready?” It was the wake-up call I...
- Dec 17, 2019
- 2 min
Joy: What Work Brings You Joy?
Marie Kondo, the organizing consulting and author of “The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up,” emphasizes the rule to keep only those...
- Jul 15, 2019
- 3 min
Powerful People: The Movers and the Shakers
Whether your personality tends to fit the “Influential” description or not, the value of watching such people is relevant to anyone with...
- Jan 21, 2019
- 2 min
Project Management and Careers: Working Skillfully, Timely and Ethically
Officially, project manager is a job title that comes with a certain set of skills, certifications, and employment. Off the record,...
- Sep 18, 2017
- 2 min
Kindness and Respect: Two Keys to the Counselor’s Role
Beneficence, actively doing good, is a primary responsibility of career services professionals, according the NCDA Code of Ethics, and...
- Jan 16, 2017
- 3 min
Being the First: Who or What is First in the Work Life?
Being the first, means you are a leader – you are key, cardinal, head, or premier. As a career practitioner, you lead your clients into...
- Dec 19, 2016
- 2 min
Outside the Box: Using Resources Beyond Your Desk
Despite sounding ordinary, in and out are very powerful prepositions. Someone may be “out of a job”, or “in a career search mode.” We are...
- May 16, 2016
- 2 min
May Mortarboard Momentum: Hail to the College Graduate!
Transitioning from backpacks to briefcases is no longer a cut and dried line on graduation day. Many students have already experienced...
- Dec 22, 2015
- 2 min
Tips from the Non-Business World: Career advice is not just for or from business professionals
Business is not the enemy. There is no need to abjure the business world. Yes, there is much to be learned from business professionals...
- Sep 21, 2015
- 2 min
Positive Reactions and Healthy Encounters with Disabled Workers: Ameliorate the Ignorance
Movies and television can have substantial influence on our perception of the disabled when we do not have a living example right next to...
- Apr 20, 2015
- 2 min
Ethical Behaviors: The right actions are always right.
“If a tree falls in a forest…” is an old joke about philosophy, integrity and a lot more. But it is no joke in the working world....
- Jan 19, 2015
- 2 min
Retention
Organizations that look at their employees and only see labor costs are missing the chance to invest in their most important assets....
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David M. Reile, Ph.D., PCC, Managing Director
Barbara H. Suddarth, Ph.D., PCC, Executive Director
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