Oregon Career Development Association (OCDA)

12/13/2019

This Month's Topic: Best Practices: Interviewing
***All Webinars Are Now Open to Everyone***
Time: Wednesday, November 20th, 2019 at noon (PST)

Register: https://www.ocda.info/events

Join Tina Harney for a discussion on interview preparation. Read her article (https://ocda.info/Interviewing-Preparation) and come ready to chime in with your thoughts.

Please join us, whether or not you are a member!

The format for this webinar will be an introduction and overview of the topic, followed by a guided group discussion with questions and best practices. We hope you will join us and participate in the conversation!

12/05/2019

OK, your thoughts please! Some people think that no hiring happens at the end of the year. What have you found? What do you advise job seekers to do during this time?

11/19/2019

Join us tomorrow for a conversation with Greg Flores on the future of work! Free webinar @ 12pm. Register: https://lnkd.in/gwxwDKz

11/12/2019

"We need more 'transitionalists' to help manage the impact of disruption as waves of change bump some workers quickly into the future." Check out this article by Greg Flores on the future of work: https://ocda.info/Future-of-Work and join the conversation with him in our webinar (free to all) on Wednesday 11/20 @ 12pm. (register: https://lnkd.in/gwxwDKz)

11/06/2019

This month, in the spirit of National Career Development Month, we are opening our Wednesday Webinar to all career development professionals, not just members!

Time: Wednesday, November 20th, 2019 at noon (PST)

Topic: The Future of Work
Join Greg Flores for a discussion on the future of work. Read his article (https://lnkd.in/gF5z6dA) and come ready to chime in with your thoughts.

Register: https://lnkd.in/gwxwDKz

There is a lot of talk about the future of work and how technological advancements are going to cause massive upheaval, rampant unemployment, and whole career sectors disappearing overnight!

10/29/2019

Our theme for November is "The Future of Work". See this list of articles on the topic from PBS.

If you'd like to talk to other career professionals on the topic, there will be a members only webinar on November 20th from 12- 1pm (https://www.ocda.info/event-3580189).

If you’d like to become a member, we’d love to have you join the OCDA community! https://ocda.info/join-us

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10/17/2019

"Tell Me About Yourself" Webinar Master Post!
What did you learn? What follow-up questions do you have? What do you see your clients struggle with when answering this question?
Whether you attended or not, we would love to start a conversation thread here!
Thank you 😀

03/09/2019

Dr. Hutchison modeling how to incorporate social justice techniques into our career advising practices at today’s Professional Development Institute (PDI) Career Work is Justice Work

03/09/2019

Another successful PDI this year thanks to the hard work of this board and team.

02/22/2019

Hello Career Development Professionals!

Our Professional Development Institute (PDI) is two weeks away (March 8th at the Kennedy School in Portland), but there is still time to register! We will have Global Career Guy, Brian Hutchison, and the theme is: "Career Work is Justice Work." Not only will we reflect on social justice in the career world, but we will also practice techniques to utilize with our clients and with ourselves. It is going to be a fantastic event!

Today is the final day for award submissions, so don't delay, nominate your colleague today!

The Kennedy School has held a block of 10 rooms for OCDA. The block is on a call in basis.  Each guest will call the front desk to make an individual reservation with their own credit card and information.  Just ask for rooms in the OCDA block.

02/04/2019

The OCDA is excited to bring you our 2019 Professional Development Institute (PDI) and Awards Ceremony on March 8, 2019! Our theme is "Career Work is Justice Work" and we welcome Global Career Guy, Dr. Brian Hutchison, to join us for the day. Please see his video for more information. https://lnkd.in/gc3aHrs

To learn more and register, find the link in the comments below. Remember, early bird registration ends on February 15th.

We look forward to learning with you!

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