CDA Insights

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

Making a decision regarding one’s career involves much more than just black and white answers to questions. Facing both real and...

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!...

A variety of online sources are always used to create these news articles for CDA Insights. A plethora of web articles cover the topics...

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...

It is easy to identify synonyms for the word goal: ambition, intention, objective, target… It is more difficult to define individual...

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...

Clever sayings can guide a coach's approach to their work. The coach may aim to be a “guide on the side, not a sage on the stage.” Or a...

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...

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

After acknowledging the value of tradition, the 21st century career counselor focuses attention on creativity so as to serve clients...

One client shares a worry over when to get a degree while family responsibilities and health care are significant time-drains. Another...

Skills pays the bills. During the covid-19 shut-down, home improvement projects surged as people needed spaces to work and play at home....

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...