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Using the Career Sailboat Model: A Case Example
By Fidan Korkut-Owen, Tansu Mutlu-Çaykuş & Selen Demirtaş-Zorbaz
Career Sailboat Model (CSM) is one of the postmodern models that can be used in career counseling, as it narrates the career decision-making process as a sailboat’s journey to land. In this case study, an example of career counseling with an adult female client based on CSM is presented.
Complete Article >Counselor Educators & Researchers
Bringing Theories to Life in the Classroom: Super’s Life Span Life Space Theory
By Lisa Cardello, Barbara Parker-Bell, and Hongshan Shao
Donald Super was renowned for his developmental approach, which emphasized the dynamic interaction between individuals and their environments across the lifespan. His theory made significant contributions to career development theory and practice. As part of a series on practical strategies for counselor educators, this article focuses on introducing Super’s life span and life space theory and providing teaching strategies.
Complete Article >Independent Practice
Intentional Change Theory: A Useful Framework for Career and Executive Coaching
By Millicent N. Simmelink
Intentional Change Theory (ICT) has implications for independent practice career and executive coaching. Offering an innovative, evidence-based framework for supporting intentional change, coaches help clients learn to mindfully develop new habits, set new goals, overcome limiting beliefs and create a personalized change plan.
Complete Article >K-12
Virtual College and Career Fairs
By Tanya Guinn and Rosalynn Tennie
Students need career and college exploration. This can be provided through virtual career and college fairs, as evidence by the successful implementation of such programs during the height of the global pandemic and school closings. This step-by-step guide will help other career development coordinators create such programs in their school districts.
Complete Article >Post-Secondary
Understanding the Costs of Unpaid Internships
By Nicole A. Lilly
Internships provide valuable real-world experience for students, yet many students cannot participate in these experiential learning activities because they cannot afford to work for free. Career practitioners can help students advocate for themselves and assist employers in recognizing the importance of compensation.
Complete Article >Workplaces
Board Service: A Career Advancement Tool for Clients
By Laura Johnson
Board service for early-, mid-, and senior-level career professionals is a conduit for personal career progression, skills development, and leadership opportunities. This article emphasizes the role of board service in career advancement, outlines the types of boards and evolving skills required, and describes how career practitioners can guide clients in securing and excelling in board roles.
Complete Article >NCDA News
Just a Minute to Make a Difference: Fresh Updates from the Advocacy Front Lines
By Elle O’Flaherty
NCDA is uniquely positioned to weigh in on legislation and regulations that impact career practitioners, workers, and students. Focusing on its new 11 Policy Areas, the NCDA Government Relations Committee advocates for legislation that impacts a wide range of career development stakeholders. Your help is needed!
Complete Article >Tech Tips
Podcast Libraries
Podcasts offer insight into organizations, while also providing instruction and application of a broad range of professional topics. Start by searching Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify, TuneIn, Pandora, and more for topics of interest. Carefully read the description to determine if it meets the clients’ or your needs, then listen to a few episodes. For example, check out the Career Convergence episode on Career Practitioner Conversations (at NCDA.buzzsprout.com) and learn how to use the web magazine to support your daily work in the field of career development. If appropriate, subscribe to the podcast series to aid automatic and regular knowledge enhancement.
Submitted by Melanie Reinersman, mreinersman@ncda.org