CDA Insights

In all likelihood, no job seeker has ever made an employment decision without hearing or saying the word “skill”. Similarly, no career development professional has met with a client without being trained in employability skills (or, more importantly, helping skills). Common words, such as communication, teamwork, leadership and creativity are tossed around as easily as fresh greens on a salad at every edible buffet. For the worker and employer who are tired of using these wo

The outcome of any conflict should be a resolution leaning toward satisfaction and effectiveness, rather than distress or hostility. The...

Emotions can be, well, an emotionally charged topic. Identifying, managing, engaging emotions may occur at any point in the counseling...

Writing resumes and cover letters may be basic tasks to an experienced career professional. The repetitiveness of sharing common...

Active listening skills are one of the fundamental counselor competencies that must be achieved for the work with the client to be...

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...

Can all skills be taught? Who is the better teacher of soft skills: parents, schools, employers, friends? Which jobs require the most...

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...