Beyond Borders: Cultivating Culturally Conscious Career Counseling

By Paige McDonough

One’s cultural context shapes career choices, influencing everything from occupations to work values. In today’s connected world, cross-border living and working are common, highlighting the need for culturally aware career counseling. This article examines key cultural factors and techniques career development professionals can utilize to ensure their practice transcends boundaries.

Using Adlerian Counseling Strategies to Help Career Clients Design Their Futures

By Mariagrazia Buttitta and Marion Cavallaro

The purpose of this article is to provide career practitioners with specific techniques that integrate three effective Adlerian Counseling strategies during the various stages of career counseling: (a) the strength-based interview, (b) early recollections, and (c) the "acting as if" technique. [Ed. Note: This article was originally published in 2019 and is being re-run here due to the value of sharing counseling theories.]

Beyond Accommodations: Universal Design for Everyday Career Practice

By Nulty Lynch

Universal Design (UD) offers a proactive approach to accessibility that benefits all clients, not only those who identify as neurodivergent or disabled. This article shows career development professionals how to apply UD principles to intake, physical environment, communication, and materials, ensuring that services are inclusive by design.

Classroom Actions for K-12 Teachers to Promote a Future-Focused Mindset

By Shira Woolf Cohen

This article explores how teachers can embody a future-focused mindset by embedding career-connected practices into daily instruction. From naming durable skills to linking content to real-world careers, it offers actionable strategies for preparing students for success in school, work, and life.

Empowering Futures: Elevating Underrepresented Students

By Sylvia Alvarez

One college succeeded in bridging educational gaps and addressing retention challenges for underrepresented students in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) through its STEM Academy. This theoretically grounded program combined mentorship, structured support, and experiential learning to promote student success. By ensuring access to resources and sustained guidance, the Academy provided an effective model for advancing equity and persistence in STEM education.

Workplace Realities of ADHD: Daily Experiences, Challenges, and Solutions

By Danyelle Spohn

Adults with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) face many workplace challenges, including task initiation, focus, time management, and career progression. Career practitioners can better support individuals with ADHD by utilizing evidence-based interventions like accommodations and psychoeducation, both of which aim to improve success and reduce stigma, raise awareness, and provide actionable insights.

The Vitality of Involvement in NCDA

By Seth Hayden, with updates by Melanie Reinersman

Portal Career Development Tool

This platform at https://portalcareer.com/register helps students navigate career paths with short-form videos, automates coffee chat outreach, optimizes resumes, and teaches students the real-world skills they'll need on the job through micro-learning courses. It's a full-stack, gamified solution for Gen Z students to do more career development in the world of AI.

Tech Tip submitted by Brad Raizner, b.g.raizner@wustl.edu