Purpose: Everyday Living Made Clear
Do you help your clients reflect on the purpose of their career? Do you reflect on your own sense of purpose in your daily work? The...
CDA Insights
- Nov 15, 2021
- 2 min
Executive Challenges Today: Help is Needed at the “Hire” Levels
It is easy to generate questions surrounding the challenges faced by executives today. For example, are “teamwork” and “executives” an...
- 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...
- Dec 21, 2020
- 2 min
The Present: Focusing on What Is Needed Right Now
No one wants to spend the last few days of 2020 looking back at a year that was fraught with fear, change and challenges. Looking to 2021...
- Oct 19, 2020
- 2 min
Disrupt: An Energizing, Informing and Empowering Response to 2020
No one would argue that 2020 has been a year of disruptions. Paychecks, lifestyles, and even the weather have seen such extreme changes...
- Sep 21, 2020
- 3 min
Terms of Endearment
Last year, CDA Insights explored what “Gig” meant. There are many other terms used in the field of career development, with and without...
- Aug 17, 2020
- 2 min
Wisdom: Knowledge Increases Effective Decision Making
Most people know the quote “With age comes wisdom” but few know the five words that actually follow: “...sometimes age comes alone.”...
- Jul 20, 2020
- 2 min
Enhancing the Job Search: Successful Tricks when Facing a Tricky Search
Of course the all-important word “LinkedIn” is going to be included somewhere on this page about enhancing the job search. There is no...
- Sep 16, 2019
- 2 min
The Gig Economy: Still Learning What a Gig Really Is
Employment status, contractor title, legislation, and more terms need to be (re)learned in order to understand the gig economy....
- Apr 15, 2019
- 2 min
School’s NOT Out: Be a Lifelong Learner!
Geography. It is my weak subject. (You remember those blue pie pieces on the Trivial Pursuit board – well, I was usually missing those!)...
- Mar 18, 2019
- 2 min
Sustainability: Treat Yourself Well
The definition of sustainability is the ability to be sustained, supported, upheld, or confirmed (dictionary.com). There is no ego is...
- 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,...
- Feb 19, 2018
- 3 min
Counselor Competencies: Developing and Maintaining Counseling Proficiencies
Staying on top of your game is probably a more sports-minded way of saying “remain competent.” Just as athletes must consistently...
- Jan 15, 2018
- 3 min
Supervision: Too Much or Too Little Won’t Go a Long Way
Long ago, I was a college student and psychology club president. While not exactly a supervisor, I learned a lesson that I took to my...
- Jun 22, 2017
- 2 min
Corporate Culture: Understanding Leads to Collaboration
My company focuses on providing quality career services. We offer employees flexible work options and we do not house everyone in a...
- 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...
- Aug 15, 2016
- 3 min
Performance: Examining Optimal Levels of Productivity as an Organization, Employee or Job Seeker
Dictionary.com offers eight different meanings of the noun performance and 19 synonyms were listed on thesaurus.com. Both include the...
- Jun 20, 2016
- 2 min
Change Happens: Aim for a Blend of Introspect, Retrospect and Prospect
Some people prefer to perceive change with their own eyes, ears or other senses. Yet other people prefer to follow their intuition or gut...
- Apr 18, 2016
- 2 min
Overcoming Bad Career Moves: Forward Focus From Now On
Just because you have made one (three? sixty?) bad career moves, doesn’t mean you need to continue that pattern. Unless you have ossified...
- Nov 16, 2015
- 2 min
Working for a Purpose: Strive to Banish Meaningless Activities
Watching a four-year old play, with an educator’s eyes, it is fascinating to see the movements of the body and imagine the activity in...