CDA Insights

Any definition of career development involves words like professional, progress, employee, life, goals, advance, workforce… Reading...

Making educated choices should be the goal of every individual, regardless of the level of education they achieved. There is a baseline...

Discussions regarding salary are likely to surface in the work of the career development professional, necessitating an understanding of...

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!...

Workers may come to the conclusion that their best or only option for overcoming employment issues is to move to a new job or career...

In the absence of intentional and mindful decisions regarding employment, many critical conversations are left unspoken. Supporting the...

The 10th anniversary of CDA Insights could generate a desire to look back, however, that topic was already covered in the December 2021...

Readers of CDA Insights can look at published issues and see all the topics covered over the years. In fact, the 10th anniversary of this...

Individuals and companies are benefiting from the massive transition occurring in work models. Study after study in the past two years...

An internet search on how to negotiate salary quickly pulls up all the usual articles and sources: “Words to Use When Negotiating...

It is easy to generate questions surrounding the challenges faced by executives today. For example, are “teamwork” and “executives” an...

In a matter of seconds, someone could be hurt because a red flag was overlooked. In those same few seconds, 74+M google results covering...

The grass is not always greener on the other side of the fence. Yet people still believe others have found more satisfaction, rewards, or...

“Welcome to the real world” is an often used phrase shared with new graduates. It is somewhat false because it implies that students were...

The need to broaden and deepen our understanding of visionary women, gender bias, and career development cannot be limited to one month,...

No one would argue that 2020 has been a year of disruptions. Paychecks, lifestyles, and even the weather have seen such extreme changes...

Think of all the industries that have specific uses of the word “impression.” For example, we may know about printing (an impression from...

Marie Kondo, the organizing consulting and author of “The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up,” emphasizes the rule to keep only those...

How do people convince employers to hire them? Why do people seek career help? Do they see value in seeking help? If one basic tenet of...

Employment status, contractor title, legislation, and more terms need to be (re)learned in order to understand the gig economy....