Brain Waste: Developing Underutilized Potential in Highly-Skilled, Underemployed Immigrants

By Oluwaseyi Fatokun

Brain waste is a phenomenon that affects nearly 2 million immigrants. These individuals are highly-skilled with college degrees. Yet, they are underemployed and trying to start a new life in the United States. As career development professionals, it is necessary to identify the barriers newcomers face and develop resources to assist them with securing skillful employment.

Preparing Trauma-Informed Career Counselors: Suggestions for Counselor Educators

By Lisa Cardello

Trauma can have a negative and long-lasting impact on career development. Counselor educators play an important role in preparing the next generation of career development professionals to approach career work with a trauma-informed lens, thus creating a safe and supportive environment for future clients affected by trauma.

Helping Clients Reduce Anxiety Symptoms at Work

By Megan Myers

Statistics show an increased level of anxiety in the workplace. While companies are working to restructure their internal offerings to adapt to employees’ emotional needs, career coaches can further support individuals by understanding the impact of anxiety and learning tools to mitigate the intensity of these feelings.

Promoting Women in Careers to High School Students

By Janet Norling

Career Fairs are often used strategically to introduce students to different career fields, particularly those with limited exposure to available career options. Targeting women, from a variety of cultural and social backgrounds who are in positions of power, can help students better understand a woman’s role in the workforce and bring clarity during the career exploration process. By focusing on a specific group, career fairs can create a positive impact on an entire school population. Editor's Note: this article originally appear in Career Convergence in 2021. It is included here now due to its relevance to Women's History Month.

Tailored and Integrated Career Support for Adult Learners and Transfer Students

By Tammy Alva and Farah Remarais

Transfer students and adult learners have unique experiences and barriers within the post-secondary environment. Career services professionals are called to aid accessibility of services and resources and tailor approaches to meet students’ needs. Integrating career development throughout the students’ college experience can enhance a student’s career guidance, education, and development. Sustainable support fosters informed decisions and frames career outcomes as a lifelong process.

Managing Up Includes Speaking Up

By Barb Girson

By speaking up in the workplace, clients can define their brand, refine their voice, and ward off “quiet firing” by employers. With preparation and practice, clients can feel more comfortable speaking up, whether it is to ask for a promotion, present a proposal, or express concerns during conflict with a team member.

2023 NCDA Global Career Development Conference

By Mary Ann Powell, NCDA Conference Director

Where can you gain professional development, meet old and new friends, honor exceptional work, learn about new tools, and have fun? At the NCDA annual conference! Plan now to be in Chicago June 28-July 1st for an exciting event that promises diversity, development, dancing and more!

Speed Up or Slow Down YouTube Video

Have you ever wished that you could slow down or speed up a YouTube video that you were watching or showing your students/clients. YouTube’s playback controls make it very easy to do so. Go to the Settings icon shaped like a gear located at the bottom of the video. Then, a set of options will pop up, select "Playback speed" that allows you to select a speed anywhere between 0.25 times and 2 times the normal speed. Help your students/clients get the material they need right now. Try it at NCDAcareer on YouTube.

Tech Tip submitted by Jaana Kettunen, jaana.h.kettunen@jyu.fi