Where to Begin Conversations about Career Development and Social Justice

By Brian Hutchison

Social justice concepts are often discussed in our profession, yet the conversations often lack precision about what is meant by career development focused on social justice. This article outlines three key practices to help practitioners improve their understanding of, and facility when discussing, social justice in a career development context.

Expressive Arts Intervention for a Career Counseling Course

By Marja Humphrey and Carolyn Thorpe

Many counselors-in-training do not foresee specializing in career counseling. However, the CACREP requirement for the master’s degree includes a career counseling and development course. This article describes how this course can be taught with an emphasis on career as life and details the creative interventions that can be used. Student responses to this course and implications for counselor educators are highlighted, with the option to mimic this course at other universities.

Three Steps to Help Clients Create an Engaging LinkedIn Presence

By Gail McCowan

LinkedIn is an essential tool for job seekers to demonstrate the value they create in the workplace and to connect with professionals who can aid in their job search. Career professionals can guide their clients to leverage its potential by following three key steps: Build, Connect, and Share.

Helping High School Students Understand the Benefits of Career Services in College

By Natasha Barnes

While career services are recommended as a part of moving forward in one’s career development and planning, few high school students understand the benefits of college career services. School counselors may need to ensure they are aware of the avoidance issues as well as the services that career centers have to offer to best prepare high school students for successful navigation of their college journey.

Career Development & Planning: A Comprehensive Approach (7th Edition)

Book Review By Terry Cummins

A career course textbook should strike a balance between theory, applicable skills, and data, while introducing concepts like decision-making that resonate with students in different aspects of their lives. When a textbook is in its seventh edition and is written by highly experienced authors, it effectively equips students with the necessary tools to navigate their career development in the 21st century.

Helping Clients Navigate Their First 90 Days on the Job (and Beyond)

By Telma Sullivan

Once a client secures employment, career practitioners can still play an active and important role in their professional development. During the first 90 days and beyond, practitioners can support clients as they manage their self-care, learn new skills, build internal and external networks, and seek ongoing advancement in the professional world.

Congratulations to the Winners of the 57th Annual Poetry & Art Contest

Thanks to everyone for celebrating National Career Development Month! View the winning poems and art work here. Be inspired today!

Paste Text-only Shortcut

You probably copy and paste text multiple times per day, especially when working on a writing project, creating career development exercises or revising job search documents. When copying and pasting text from one source to another, you may run into the issue of unwanted formatting being transferred along with the text. This can be frustrating and time-consuming to fix. However, there is a simple solution to this problem, using the keyboard shortcut: Ctrl + Shift + V (on Mac: Cmd + Shift + V). This shortcut is especially useful when copying text from a website, where formatting may be different from what you want in your document. (This new feature may not work on older versions of Word.)

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