Fostering Relationships and Growth: The Role of Power Questions in Career Services

By Candina Janicki

Exploring the stimulative purpose of Power Questions in career development, this article delves into their role in fostering self-reflection and guiding effective career planning. It outlines the construction, scope, and assumptions necessary for crafting these impactful questions and provides practical examples for career development professionals to implement across clients’ various career stages.

Practical Activities Using Person-Environment Correspondence Theory in Career Counseling Courses

By Chaiqua A. Harris & Diana Charnley

Person Environment Correspondence (PEC) Theory provides a framework for working with clients experiencing career dissatisfaction. Exploring creative, evaluative, analytical, and applicable PEC activities may help budding practitioners. This article continues the series that offers counselor educators strategies for teaching theories in an engaging manner.

Integrating Strengths Assessments into Career Coaching

By Jennifer Doyle Vancil

Using strengths-based assessments can maximize the process of career exploration for career development professionals, add clarity to personal marketing and branding materials, and assist in suggesting job search strategies that will be most effective for each unique jobseeker.

Expanding Career Opportunities for High School Students, One Step at a Time

By Stace Puerta and Drews Mitchell

Building an internship program for high school students can be overwhelming. This article provides an overview of considerations involved in developing a meaningful learning experience. Weighing the input from stakeholders, creating career exploration activities and designing a program around the strengths of the community are the foundations of this pursuit.

What About Company Culture? Centering Organizational Fit In Job Search Conversations

By Tzigane Martin and Brooke Nelson

College students may overlook, undervalue, and omit the assessment of company culture during the job search process. Educational institutions need to encourage students to evaluate company culture so there is a better match between employees and organizations. Career development professionals can bring this topic to the forefront of their career conversations by using the activities and tools in this article.

Empowering Mothers: The Benefits of the Professional Gig Economy

By Sarah Kelly

The gig economy has emerged as a viable option for professionals seeking flexibility, autonomy, and alternative income streams. For many mothers, juggling the demands of parenthood with a traditional job can be challenging. This article will explore promising solutions, empowering mothers to balance responsibilities more effectively.

Congratulations to the Winners of the 58th Annual Poetry & Art Contest

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

Automated Presentation Slide Capture & Notes with Otter AI

Otter AI, https://otter.ai/start-for-free, uses the power of artificial intelligence to make meetings and lectures easier. By using Otter AI in your meeting, you will be able to access images of the slide deck, real-time captions, and transcript of what was discussed while on each slide. At the end of the meeting, you will receive a summary of the meeting with notes. These tools are a part of an Otter AI free account and can be used to improve note taking and understanding of the content discussed, or can be a great resource to share for those who were unable to attend the meeting.

Tech Tip submitted by Heather Hanssen, hhanssen@floridapoly.edu