CDA Insights

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

The outcome of any conflict should be a resolution leaning toward satisfaction and effectiveness, rather than distress or hostility. The...

Emotions can be, well, an emotionally charged topic. Identifying, managing, engaging emotions may occur at any point in the counseling...

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

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...

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

After acknowledging the value of tradition, the 21st century career counselor focuses attention on creativity so as to serve clients...

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

In a matter of seconds, someone could be hurt because a red flag was overlooked. In those same few seconds, 74+M google results covering...

As opposed to being fulfilled in sleep, career dreams or aspirations may reveal or influence career decisions or journeys. Practitioners...

While no one would argue that 2020 made it difficult for even optimists to feel positive, one role of the career professional is to...

Here's another helpful message that showed up in my inbox: “When the light turns green, will you be ready?” It was the wake-up call I...

While jokes about the craziest interview questions and answers abound, the reality is this meeting between an employer and a job seeker...

I was shocked to pull five of my counseling training books off the shelf and not find the word “trust” in the index. Happily, I found...

In the career development world, it is not enough to have lived a role successfully. It must be written about it if more successful roles...

Being online is easy – working online is a whole different story. It is definitely not as easy as putting up a webpage. Taking time for...

Does your client walk away from your sessions nonplussed? Do the vets you assist realize your compliment of “passing with flying colors”...

Effective leaders do not take for granted soft skills. New workers may ignore discipline, empathy, and motivation as hardly more than a...

Some people prefer to perceive change with their own eyes, ears or other senses. Yet other people prefer to follow their intuition or gut...

Whether you are a counselor, career development facilitator, employer, or job-seeker, if you are not asking quality questions, you are...