CDA Insights

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

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

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...

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...

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

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

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

Because life isn't always rosy, we may need to take time to look at what is interfering with the chance of a positive outcome to a career...

The more distanced the world became in 2020, the more the desire for connectedness increased. Workers knew intuitively that they needed...

No one wants to spend the last few days of 2020 looking back at a year that was fraught with fear, change and challenges. Looking to 2021...

Most people know the quote “With age comes wisdom” but few know the five words that actually follow: “...sometimes age comes alone.”...

Of course the all-important word “LinkedIn” is going to be included somewhere on this page about enhancing the job search. There is no...

Sometimes it seems like supervisors are constantly looking over the shoulder of workers and other times supervisors are at too great a...