Using AI to Enhance Applications of Career Theory to Practice

By Francine Fabricant

Career theory serves as an important foundation for the practice of providing career support, yet career development professionals may have limited experience utilizing a range of career theories. This article explores how artificial intelligence can allow career professionals to test new applications of theory to practice, generating suggestions tailored for complex client concerns.

Grief and Job Loss: Integrating Grief into Career Counseling Curriculum to Prepare Future Counselors

By Jen Hartman and Nathaniel Brown

Job loss and grief remain understudied topics in counseling programs. Counselor educators can integrate evidence-based grief education into career counseling courses using constructivist pedagogy and the dual-process model which provides a framework for understanding how people cope with grief. Suggested activities facilitate the co-construction of learning while emphasizing intersectionality.

Using Natural Curiosity to Guide Clients Through Career Transition

By Brian Hogan

Unexpected and involuntary career transitions come with a unique set of challenges while presenting an opportunity for clients to find deeper meaning and life satisfaction. Fostering curiosity has many research-backed benefits and will empower clients to search for their new career from a place of meaning rather than fear.

Reality Town: A Social Learning Theory Strategy for Success

By Aaron H. Oberman, Meriwether Galloway, and Shannon Loughran

The Reality Town program is a good resource for school counselors to support the career exploration and life planning strategies of their students by making decisions about finances, housing, transportation, and childcare, etc. This in-person event helps students to develop a real-life perspective on what it may be like for them in adulthood.

S.W.E.A.T It Out: A Guide For Job Application Documents

By Dr. Jacoba L. Durrell

Career centers are a hub for job search strategies and resources. This article introduces a model to help students create job application documents and improve career development. This individualized framework aims to prepare students to enter the job market.

Working with Neurodivergent Clients, Part 2: Navigating Conversations Around Disclosure and Accommodations

By Ashley Cross

Disclosing a neurodivergent (ND) condition and requesting accommodations can be intimidating and challenging for professionals and job seekers. This article prepares career practitioners to assist ND clients in advocating for themselves throughout their job search and careers, expanding upon the concepts and best practices covered in Working with Neurodivergent Clients Part 1: How Career Practitioners Can Support the Job Search (Cross, 2023).

Promoting Cross-Cultural Awareness Through a Multicultural Calendar

By Paolo Varquez and Ruben Britt

As career development professionals strive to be more inclusive and equitable in spaces within the National Career Development Association, the Diversity Initiatives and Cultural Inclusion (DICI) committee announces the development of a Multicultural Calendar. It will serve as a valuable resource to enhance cultural awareness, promote inclusivity, and celebrate the diversity of those career development professionals serve.

Snipping Tool vs. Print Screen: Increase Efficiency

If you're using Print Screen to add images to your materials, it's time to switch to the Snipping Tool. Embedded in Windows, it offers precise captures without the extra cropping. It has 4 modes: freeform, rectangular, window, or full screen and a delayed timer. You can add annotations, capture multiple screenshots to show a process, save snips as images, and/or directly paste your snips into documents or emails—saving you valuable time. Streamline your workflow and elevate your content creation process! If you are a Mac user, Grab has similar features.

Tech Tip provided by Kathyy Battee-Freeman kathyy@uis.edu