CDA Insights

Retirement “welfare” – what is it and who really thinks about it? Maybe only wealth management companies? Who else can (and should) keep...

Making educated choices should be the goal of every individual, regardless of the level of education they achieved. There is a baseline...

Discussions regarding salary are likely to surface in the work of the career development professional, necessitating an understanding of...

It is probably not a good way to start a newsletter by stating there is nothing new here. It doesn’t actually encourage you to read it!...

A variety of online sources are always used to create these news articles for CDA Insights. A plethora of web articles cover the topics...

Getting to know the client, from the first contact, through intake, and beyond the initial meetings, can generate a variety of thoughts...

Writing resumes and cover letters may be basic tasks to an experienced career professional. The repetitiveness of sharing common...

Active listening skills are one of the fundamental counselor competencies that must be achieved for the work with the client to be...

It is easy to identify synonyms for the word goal: ambition, intention, objective, target… It is more difficult to define individual...

In the absence of intentional and mindful decisions regarding employment, many critical conversations are left unspoken. Supporting the...

The 10th anniversary of CDA Insights could generate a desire to look back, however, that topic was already covered in the December 2021...

Clever sayings can guide a coach's approach to their work. The coach may aim to be a “guide on the side, not a sage on the stage.” Or a...

Readers of CDA Insights can look at published issues and see all the topics covered over the years. In fact, the 10th anniversary of this...

Despite the fact that hope is only four little letters, it is a very big word. The thesaurus lists over 40 synonyms for hope, including...

Can all skills be taught? Who is the better teacher of soft skills: parents, schools, employers, friends? Which jobs require the most...

With competency and identity issues addressed in earlier stages of adult development, those in mid-life (generally around ages 40-50)...

One client shares a worry over when to get a degree while family responsibilities and health care are significant time-drains. Another...

While the real estate field focuses on location, location, location, the rest of the world professes education, education, education....

Skills pays the bills. During the covid-19 shut-down, home improvement projects surged as people needed spaces to work and play at home....

Did you ever consider the fact that someone else is doing the same work as you, but in a different part of the world? When we narrow our...