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Average audio length:
33 minutes
Guest interviews
English
United States
101 episodes
since April 6, 2022
episodic

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In the first episode of Season 6, Dr. Erik Hines, NCDA Trustee for School Career Counselors and Specialists hosts NCDA President Dr. Bret Anderson. Dr. Anderson shares his career development background and outlines his plans for a five-year strategy to grow membership, strengthen marketing of NCDA’…

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NCDA’s Research Committee Co-Chairs, Dr. Deb Osborn and Brian Calhoun, host Ville Puonti, winner of The Career Development Quarterly’s Article of the Year, about a Finnish longitudinal study of ninth graders who must choose between vocational or academic tracks. Addressing limited European research…
Dr. Galaxina Wright, NCDA Trustee for Counselor Educators and Researchers hosts panelists Dr. Elif Balin (San Francisco State University) and Dr. Jackie Peila-Shuster (Colorado State University) discussing the shrinking number of CACREP-accredited graduate career counseling programs (six remaining)…
This episode is the second in the Career Practitioners of Tomorrow (CPT) series from NCDA's Diversity Initiatives and Cultural Inclusion (DICI) Committee. It explores how graduate students, early-career professionals, and new career services practitioners can intentionally build their professi…
In this episode, Melissa Venable hosts Dr. Pankaj Desai and Abby Senuty - Co-Chairs of the 2026 NCDA ISSC Mini-Conference hosted by the NCDA International Student Services Committee (ISSC). This conversation introduces the annual ISSC Mini-Conference taking place on Friday, August 7, 10:00-4:00pm C…
NCDA's Technology Committee co-chairs Dr. Eric Hines and Angie Thompson host guest Denise Lawson from Quality Information Partners. They discuss data literacy and emerging tools, such as verifiable credentials and digital wallets. Lawson explains data literacy as role-dependent, stressing ethi…
Daniel Pack hosts a conversation about intercultural competence in advising international students with Esther Ra and Vicky Lee. Vicky recounts an early negative career services experience that revealed advisors’ lack of understanding of international students’ nuanced needs, including immigration …
Dr. Mike Stebleton hosts, Nicole “Nicki” May, and Dr. Candy Ho in this episode about integrating sustainability and climate justice into career development. Stebleton cites 2023 data that 81% of U.S. college students worry about climate change, framing eco-anxiety as a career issue. The conversatio…
In this episode, Melissa Venable interviews NCDA President Dirk Matthews about the NCDA 2026 Global Career Development Conference, June 30–July 2 in Minneapolis. Dirk presents the event theme, “Creative resilience: integrating dynamic solutions and career development,” emphasizing practical, creati…
This episode closes a podcast series from the DEI symposium at NCDA’s 2025 Conference in Atlanta. Dr. Cheryl Love, who highlights the NCDA Diversity Initiatives and Cultural Inclusion Committee (DICI), encourages listeners to access symposium workshops via the podcast, and invites participation ami…
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