CDA Insights

Why are some employees unhappy in their work yet unwilling to search for another career? Hearing the words, “I can’t” elicits a variety of responses from the career development professional, who often want to know the reason behind the lack of movement. Client answers to “Why not?” may include “I’m too busy/afraid/needed” or other excuses about financial stain or dependencies, may mask deeper reasons such as lack of confidence or career indecision. Teaching, modeling and over

Being able to seek and find answers to career decisions may appear to be a simple description of readiness, but diving deep into the requirements reveals an integration of numerous concepts. Super (1980) described maturity and adaptability based on employing coping dimensions such as planfulness and exploration. Colozzi (2016) emphasized the need for the individual to possess “a willing readiness to reflect” (para. 8). Podany (2025) stressed that career learning outcomes (i.e

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...

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...

Despite the fact that hope is only four little letters, it is a very big word. The thesaurus lists over 40 synonyms for hope, including...

With competency and identity issues addressed in earlier stages of adult development, those in mid-life (generally around ages 40-50)...

Because life isn't always rosy, we may need to take time to look at what is interfering with the chance of a positive outcome to a career...