National Career Development Association

01/10/2009

Roundtable and Poster Sessions

Roundtable Sessions

Each Roundtable Session below consists of two - 30 Minute Presentations:

Thursday, June 21, 3:00- 4:10 pm
Thursday, June 21, 4:30 - 5:40 pm
Friday, June 22, 10:30 - 11:40 am
Friday, June 22, 1:50 - 3:00 pm
Friday, June 22, 3:20 - 4:30 pm
Friday, June 22, 4:50 - 6:00 pm
Saturday, June 23, 8:00 - 9:10 am
Saturday, June 23, 9:30 - 10:40 am

Poster Sessions

Poster Sessions will occur twice during the conference. The first in Series III and the second in Series V.

Roundtable Series I

#1-1 Career Issues for Graduate Students
Undecided graduate students may seem like an oxymoron, but many graduate students struggle with career decision making. This session will review career issues for graduate students and recommend career counseling strategies and resources to professionals who counsel or supervise graduate students.
Tracie Thomas and Christina Siders, Northwestern University

#1-2 Assessing Career-Oriented SLOs: Getting Traction and Results
Student learning outcomes are administratively prized constructs. This program explores how to operationalize career oriented SLOs and then collect data to assess the associated learning. This is an applied workshop; participants will discuss SLO assessment issues as they are presented and frame responses with their organizations in mind.
Kevin Gaw, Georgia State University

#1-3 Empowering Students Through Self-Understanding
Do you have a desire to try something new? At Babson College, Entrepreneurial Thought & Action is at the core of all that is done – in and out of the classroom. Learn how students are provided with a very unique experience to guide students to achieve their career dreams.
Victoria Keller, Babson College

#1-4 How to Do More With Less: The Case for Scalability in Career Services
The presenters will focus on effective strategies for scaling career services. They will discuss when it makes sense to scale career services, when scaling is and isn't appropriate, and how to develop scalable career resources. Includes examples of effectively scaled resources.
Jennifer Williams and Sharon Balke, Capella University

#1-5 Exploring Connections Between Career and Psychological Factors: Using Assessment Results to Inform Service Delivery
Clients often present as needing primarily career services, when in reality, their situations are more complex. This session will highlight findings from research that explored connections between clients' thinking about their career choice and the extent to which their career needs may be coupled with feelings of depression and hopelessness.
Danny Dieringer and Janet Lenz, Florida State University

#1-6 Improving the Assessment of Client's Needs for Career Counseling
Counseling begins with assessing clients' needs. Four free, evidence-based needs-assessment tools will be reviewed: locating the focuses of the clients' difficulties (CDDQ), assessing clients' decision-making style (CDMP), assessing the degree to which clients' career preferences are differentiated, consistent, and coherent (Preference Crystallization), and assessing the sources of clients' indecisiveness (EPCD).
Itamar Gati, Hebrew University of Jerusalem

#1-7 Career Development For Individuals With Severe Mental Illness
This session will focus on helping individuals recovering from chronic mental illness transition to or enter the workforce. The presentation will discuss common roadblocks this population faces, explore resources and programs in assisting with this transition, provide tools for practitioners working with this population, and provide a forum for discussion.
Ashley Chason, West Central Georgia Regional Hospital and Mary Catherine McClain, Florida State University

#1-8 Adding the T to LGB: Understanding Career and Work-Related Issues of Transgender People
Despite the rich literature on LGB in career counseling, often the T is not included or addressed within the career needs of LGBT clients. Many counselor-trainees and career practitioners are not familiar with the work lives and challenges of transgender people. Resources, empirical work, and implications for counseling are discussed.
Sue Motulsky, Lesley University; Y. Barry Chung, Northeastern University; and Franco Dispenza, Georgia State University

#1-9 Report from NCDA Veterans Task Force on Resources, Research, and Collaborations
This panel presentation will summarize discussions and findings of the NCDA Veterans Task Force that was formed last year, introduce new NCDA resources and presentations at the conference on veterans' issues, present examples of career development collaborations to assist returning veterans and discuss future possible NCDA initiatives on veterans' issues.
Robert Miles, Private Practice; Carmen Stein-McCormick, University of South Florida and Private Practice; and Heather Robertson, St. John's University

#1-10 Career Monopoly: A Game-Based Simulation Tool for Career Decision Making from an Aspect of Human Capital
A self-designed game simulation, which is based on human capital theory, is used to encourage high school students to explore better future careers and understand how to pursue their dreams in a real-life scenario. The importance of career decision-making in all levels of socio-economic status is illustrated in this research.
Nai-Fen Su and I-Pang Fu, The Pennsylvania State University

#1-11 Enhancing Career Services to Ensure Future Success in College and University Settings
The George Washington University recently embarked on a strategic planning process for career services that resulted in major enhancements to service delivery and organizational structure. Career Practitioners from GW will discuss their process, enhancements to the system, and challenges to envisioning career services for the future in a panel discussion.
Thomas Stowell, Robin Cleveland, and Tamara Schaps, The George Washington University

#1-12 The Predictive Validity of Person Matching in Career Specialty Selection
This presentation discusses the history of career assessments, how current career assessments are scored, and how different psychometric scoring methodologies impact predictive hit rates for specialty selection outcomes. Learn about differences in the scoring reports offered by different psychometric scoring methodologies and how each increases or decreases gender scoring differences.
Stephanie T. Burns, Heidelberg University

#1-13 In Their Own Words: Career Exploration of First-Year College Students
We present results from 55 interviews with diverse college students regarding pressures and discoveries from their first year. Challenges faced by these students in transition provide an opportunity for career development professionals to consider new approaches in helping these students to find focus.
Marianna Savoca, Elena Polenova, and Amie Vedral, Stony Brook University - SUNY

#1-14 Reaching Career Goals Through Alternative Routes
High school students' career goals vary across many fields, some not requiring the traditional college route. This workshop promotes students' knowledge of how to achieve their goals through vocational, military, and unique opportunities. It provides effective strategies, materials and activities allowing practitioners to engage interactively with students producing learning outcomes.
Erin Harvey and Greg Rosenberg, Florida State University

Roundtable Series II

#2-1 Green Career Information From the Bureau of Labor Statistics
This presentation will introduce attendees to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics' (BLS) green jobs program. The presenters will cover the BLS definition of green jobs, the latest BLS data on green jobs, and BLS green jobs career information. Career information articles include background and a detailed analysis on selected green career fields, including job duties, credentials, and earnings.
James Hamilton, Bureau of Labor Statistics

#2-2 The Virtual Workforce Assessment Network: Effects on Academic and Career Outcomes
This presentation examines the efficacy of the Virtual Workforce Assessment Network (V-WAN), an internet-based career assessment system, on academic and career outcomes in a randomized controlled trial comparing students participating in V-WAN to control and V-WAN plus workshop conditions. Discussion will explore computer-assisted career guidance systems' role in career counseling.
Arissa Fitch-Martin and Casey Onder, Colorado State University

#2-3 High School Career Exploration Programs: Practical Tools and Ideas to Promote College and Career Readiness
In a global competitive economy, college and career readiness is paramount. High school career programs enhance classroom learning by providing a real world context. This roundtable discussion will provide participants with a tool kit of time-tested practical suggestions, ideas, and methods to use when implementing, or improving upon, new or existing program models.
Meg Zimmer Duffy, Somers Public Schools, CT

#2-4 Hands-on Activities for Use in Multi-Cultural Career Counseling
This hands-on session seeks to bring some fun, five-senses, and imagination into the career counseling process. It brings a new twist to an old intervention and introduces new interventions that can work with individuals or groups of all ages. You will learn the activities, their underlying theories, and multi-cultural considerations.
Christopher Wheelus, Georgia Highlands College

#2-5 Trait-and State-Personality Characteristics, Indecisiveness, and Career Indecision: Implications for Career Counseling
The hypothesis that the linkage between insecure attachment and career-indecision depends on the maladaptive consequences of the former was examined with 200 students as participants. The findings indicated that career-anxiety/pessimism, but not trait-anxiety or trait-pessimism, mediated the relationship between attachment and indecision. Implications for career planning and counseling are discussed.
Hedva Braunstein-Bercovitz, The Academic College of Tel Aviv Yaffo

#2-6 Today's Veterans: Utilizing Cognitive Information Processing (CIP) Approach to Build Upon Their Career Dreams
Effective application of the Cognitive Information Processing (CIP) approach as a foundation for assisting veterans in building upon their career dreams will be discussed. Specific strategies and case examples will be provided to illustrate how the CIP approach can be applicable to supporting veterans in their career development process.
Mary Buzzetta and Shirley Rowe, The University of Texas at San Antonio

#2-7 Potential Barriers To Building On The Dream: Negative Career Thoughts, Profile Elevation, Differentiation, And Decision State
This program will focus on constructs from three career assessment instruments, the Self-Directed Search, the Occupational Alternatives Questionnaire, and the Career Thoughts Inventory and their relationships with each other. Findings from a doctoral dissertation will be presented and a discussion will follow.
Ashley Chason, West Central Georgia Regional Hospital and Stefanie Rodriguez, Private Practice

#2-8 Social Capital Development: Career Advancement Using Social Media
This presentation will discuss social capital and its impact on career development. More specifically, it will take the ubiquitous term 'social capital' and provide a framework for increasing the utility of social networks as a means for supporting an individual's career path. An individual's ability to access social resources is critical to effectively turning the relationships they have into social income. Social Exploration is a researched based next generation understanding of what has commonly been called social networking and is the process of systematically exploring an individual's network for resources to help reach their career goals.
John-Paul Hatala, Rochester Institute of Technology

#2-9 Helping Students AcCESS Their Dreams
A lot of focus is made to retain freshmen students when they enter the university environment, but what happens if those students still struggle after their first year? Come learn about a new and exciting program that helps second-year, at-risk students with a specifically designed career course and an effective collaborative partnership with other key university professionals.
Brian M. Montalvo and Luis A. Santiago, Florida Atlantic University

#2-10 Necessary Endings: What You Need to Give Up to Move Forward and Build Your Career Dream
Wondering why you or your clients haven't been able to move forward to your career dreams? It may be because of a need to execute a necessary ending. You will learn when it's time to give up and let go of what's not working and blocking you from your dream.
Michelle M. Carroll, Carroll Career Consultants

#2-11 Assessing Interests – No Inventory Required
There are four approaches to assessing career interests – inventoried, tested, expressed, and manifest. The best method concentrates on manifest interests yet it is rarely used. This discussion with concentrate on learning about and practicing assessment of manifest interests.
Mark Savickas, Northeast Ohio Medical University and Suzanne Savickas, Kent State University

#2-12 Choctaw Nation Career Development – Building Career Success for Choctaw People
The Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma's Career Development Program targets industry credentialing and successful careers for its clients. The programs' belief in the value of credentialing led 14 staff members to obtain the GCDF credential and the program itself to earn the HPCD certification within its first five-years of existence.
Robin Counce, Rhonda Mize, and Kelli Ostman, Choctaw Nation Career Development

#2-13 A Career Workshop Intervention on Attitudes Towards Career Counseling
A career workshop designed for diverse career decision-makers and career transitioners will be described. Also, evidence from the workshop regarding perceived stigma and value of career counseling will be presented in the framework of previous findings on attitudes towards career counseling. Recommendations for career work with diverse college students will be identified.
Courtney E. Gasser, University of Baltimore

#2-14 Hope, Human Agency, and Career Thoughts: Empirical Evidence from a Five-Day Career Leadership Camp
This presentation is centered on a five-day human agency-based career leadership camp conducted for college students. You will be able to learn about the interventions used for the camp and its impact on participants' hope, human agency, self-efficacy, vocational identity, and negative career thoughts that were measured using an experimental design.
Hyung Joon Yoon, Pennsylvania State University; Sungsik Ahn, Korea University; and Brian Hutchison, University of Missouri-St. Louis

Roundtable Series III

#3-1 Waking to Live the Dream: A Theoretical Look at Transformational Change in Career Development
Using selected scenes from the widely-acclaimed 1999 film Office Space by Mike Judge, the career crises of the protagonist Peter Gibbons and his co-workers will be amplified as the journeys of work-oppressed persons everywhere via a variety of counseling and personality theories along with innovative interventions.
John L. Garcia, Texas State University - San Marcos and M. Darin Ford, Southern Methodist University

#3-2 Career Development at the Elementary School Level
During elementary school years, students use their curiosity to gather information about themselves and the world. These behaviors result in positive outcomes, such as self-identification and career interest awareness. Focusing on career development at an early age is essential for preparing students to develop self-identities and see how specific course work fits into their world. We want to encourage students to participate in activities related to their interests, become concerned about the future, increase personal control over their lives, convince themselves to succeed in school, and to develop healthy work and study habits. This session will focus on using an online tool with games, CareerLocker.com, to introduce 4th, 5th, and 6th graders to the world of career development.
Ann Fillback Watt, University of Wisconsin-Madison

#3-3 Published In No Time
You can easily achieve your dream of becoming published! The editors from NCDA’s web magazine, Career Convergence, will encourage you to put ‘pen to paper’ and ‘fingers on the keyboard’ by revealing the keys to getting published and the step-by-step procedures. Questions and brainstorming encouraged.
Melanie Reinersman, NCDA Career Convergence Web Magazine Editor; Marilyn Maze, Features Associate Editor, Career Convergence; Sarah Backes-Diaz, Special Columns Associate Editor, Career Convergence; Patrick Lennahan, Post-Secondary Associate Editor, Career Convergence; Abiola Dipeolu, K-12 Associate Editor, Career Convergence, and Imants Jaunarajs, Government Associate Editor, Career Convergence.

#3-4 Empowering Students to Consider STEM Education in Their Career Exploration
Attain tools and activities to engage students in the ways STEM education applies to everyday life. A step-by-step look at how we integrate STEM education and generated interest among students in STEM Careers will be provided.
Jan Bayer, Kate McLean, and Denise Lawson, Oak Grove Technologies

#3-5 Reaching Beyond Our Walls: Improving Marketing for Your Counseling Practice
Counselors and Coaches seek to help people with their career and life dreams. But simply hanging a shingle up for your practice does not bring in clients. This session will explore reasons why people do not seek help from the voices of surveyed college students and the adult general population. From their comments ideas will be generated on how to better promote counseling services in private practice and college campuses.
Frank Coulson, Private Practice

#3-6 Making it CLICK! Showcasing Professionals' Career Experiences Online
Are your clients seeking advice from professionals in the field? Come learn about an emerging web-based resource that showcases individuals' personal career experiences. Practitioners will develop an understanding of this tool and its utility in professional settings. With this online database, experiencing an informational interview is just a click away!
Leigh Eskin and Tiffany Nelson, Florida State University

#3-7 Fun and Creative Ways to Engage Your Students in the Career Development Process
Are you getting tired of using the same old strategies with students when assisting them in choosing a major and exploring career options? The Borough of Manhattan Community College Center for Career Development will share with you our creative and fun activities that are used to engage students in the career development process.
Melba Olmeda-Amaro, Kimberly Chu, and Juli-Anne Brockway, Center for Career Development

#3-8 Career Dreams Come True: Job Employability for the 21st Century
The purpose of the study was to examine the career employability from both employer and employee's perspective. We interviewed 29 employees and 12 employers with semi-structured interview. A tentative model for career employability was then created through the ground theory method.
Hsiu-Lan Shelley Tien, National Taiwan Normal University

#3-9 Assisting Students and Their Families to Build on the Dream of Post-Secondary Education
Presenters will provide an update on the latest version of the DREAM Act pending in Congress. This roundtable will provide a forum to share ideas among career professionals for navigating a challenging career concern for clients and students. Participants in this roundtable session will receive a handout outlining the status of the DREAM Act, have an opportunity to exchange ideas for assisting students who are undocumented or in immigration limbo to enroll in post-secondary education, and contribute to impromptu consultation with career professionals who have found avenues for undocumented students and clients to access post-secondary education.
Jennifer Murdock and Jenny Cureton, University of Northern Colorado

#3-10 A Holistic Tool for Navigating Change and Uncertainty
By examining the natural internal process of self-discovery and using available energy, a person finds meaning and insight into her/his career transitions. This is then translated externally to make appropriate life and career decisions and take action. Learn a universal, cross-cultural, and practical model of change and transition that will shake your world. Gain strategies on: how to navigate and normalize change in life and work, what it takes to develop life and career visions that are meaningful and heart-based, and the most effective steps to take when you know what you don't want but not what you do want.
Byron Waller, Governors State University; Heather Zeng, Capella University; and Carol Vecchio, Centerpoint Institute for Life and Career Renewal

#3-11 If You Build It....Will They?
Adults, as well as college students, are building on their dreams to be successful during all stages of career transitions. Do they understand the technologies and the resources available to them? Will they embrace the tools or be challenged? This session offers tips, tools, and resources to address these challenges.
Diana A. Wyatt, Eastern Illinois University

#3-12 Harnessing the Power of Your Data: Measuring Success and Growing Your Programs
Every connection you make with a student gives you data; from their participation, interests, successes, and challenges, to feelings, beliefs, and opinions. How do you survive the data overload and make sense of it all? Learn how to interpret the information and compare it in new ways to identify risks, assess needs, and assist your students now and in the future.
Anna Graf Williams, Learnovation, LLC

#3-13 Building Interactive Career Services Case Management for a Multi-Campus Institution
Case management has proven itself to be a practical modality for Career Services staff on separate campuses of a technical college to collaborate on ways to increase the efficacy of career services. This presentation outlines the techniques, practical applications of, and resources necessary for such functional case management systems.
Adam Hanson and Crystal Coombes, Centura College

Poster Sessions During Series III

Friday, June 22, 2012 10:30 - 11:40 am

Poster #1 Adolescent Perceptions of the Economic Crisis: How it has Altered Their Lives and Career Development
This research proposal introduces a qualitative research study to investigate how the current economic crisis is being perceived by and altering the lifestyles of adolescents. Volunteer participants from a local high school will participate in a one hour semi-structured interview, which will be transcribed and coded.
Keelan Quinn and Kelly Martincin, Cleveland State University

Poster #2 A Model for Career Counseling with International Students
Based upon an expansive review of the counseling and student services literature, a four-phase model for the purpose of guiding counselors through the career exploration process with international students will be proposed. This model addresses many of the unique concerns of this population.
Alicia Harlow and Desiree Howell, Ball State University

Roundtable Series IV

#4-1 Career Development: A Unifying Bridge Opportunity for NCDA, ACES, ASCA
The three national associations of NCDA, ACES, and ASCA are at a great place to collaborate within the focus area of career development. This presentation outlines key areas of association common ground and provides multiple concrete applications of bridge building opportunities.
Thomas Dodson, Palm Beach Atlantic University

#4-2 Professional Development for the Career Services Blogger
Blogs can help career services professionals extend their outreach and efforts to both clients and higher education students. The format allows for a variety of content and an informal approach to community building. This presentation explores blogging basics, examples of career services blogs, and activities for professional development.
Melissa A. Venable, OnlineCollege.org

#4-3 Calling, Career Thoughts, and Religiousness in Public University Students
The relationships among calling, career thoughts, and religiousness will be discussed in addition to why it is important to discuss these variables in career counseling settings, especially since calling is now associated with secular and religious definitions. Practical and research implications of this study will be discussed.
Stefanie Rodriguez, Private Practice

#4-4 The Future is Actually Behind Us: Why Chaos and Happenstance Theories are Counterintuitive
Conventional career theories assume that the future is in front of us, while Happenstance and Chaos theories assume (more accurately) that the future is behind us. Find out how your own physical experiences have fooled you, and how linguistics can lead to clearer understandings of this problem's origin.
Eric Anderson, Capital University

#4-5 Applied Baccalaureate Degree Pathways: Emerging Opportunities in Technician Education in STEM Fields
Today's fast-evolving technological fields require workers to continually advance their knowledge and skills. This session introduces emerging pathways to baccalaureate degrees that incorporate associate degrees that were once considered terminal or sub-baccalaureate. Come learn about these programs, and discuss implications for career professionals' work with clients.
Julia Panke Makela, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

#4-6 A Global Lens: Interventions Learned From a Comparative Analysis of International Career Development Efforts
While discussing global career interventions, it is advantageous to consider three critical components to fostering career development: educational systems, workforce partnerships, and training programs. This model presents a holistic approach to develop more engaged and informed citizens, and promote both formal and informal career counseling interventions through community partnerships.
Jenn Long, Colorado State University

#4-7 Career Circles – AKA – Job Search Support Groups
Have you thought about starting a job search support group at your institution? University Career Services at UNC Chapel Hill piloted a Career Circle, or job search support group, in Summer of 2011. UCS went on to hold additional Career Circles throughout the year. See what methods and techniques they used and what they learned from their experiences. Take away how to start a Career Circle at your institution.
Laura Lane, UNC Chapel Hill

#4-8 Family Factors in Career Decision Making: Application of Cognitive Information Processing (CIP) Theory
This session will focus on family influences, both positive and negative, on career decision making among college students. Cognitive information processing (CIP) theory will be used to explore how practitioners can purposefully integrate family influences within the career decision making process as part of service delivery in a university-based career center. Specifically, this presentation explores several tools, interventions, and resources for facilitating positive decision making among clients who are experiencing a large familial influence on their career decision-making. Finally, several case studies will be examined and a bibliography will be provided to better assist practitioners working with this population.
Mary-Catherine McClain and Brittany Melvin, Florida State University

#4-9 The Limits of Self-Knowledge and its Implications for Career Assessment
Participants will learn about the limits of self-knowledge and the implications for vocational assessment. Additionally, participants will be instructed on methods that are useful in enhancing self-knowledge.
Brian Taber, Oakland University

#4-10 Counselor Professional Identity: Perspectives of Counselors-in-Training
Come discuss the results of a recent study regarding the perceptions of graduate counseling students regarding professional identity of counselors. Audience members will have an opportunity to reflect on their own professional identity and development. Implications of the study will be discussed.
Angela S. Shores, Agápē Counseling and Consultation, PLLC

#4-11 Using Paperless Methods to Streamline Career Service Student Application Processes
Need to streamline a paper process? Put it online! This program will outline the successful transformation of one career service center's paper process to an online process through cross-department collaboration. It will cover the benefits of an online process as well as how this better serves diverse populations.
Amanda Long and Margaret Tilley, Kennesaw State University

#4-12 Implementing a Successful Job Club and Career Coaching Program
During this interactive workshop learn the basics for implementing a successful Job Club and Career Coaching Program for your program participants and students. A thorough outline of each program will be highlighted and reviewed. Detailed materials will be emailed to program attendees, for their use, after the conference.
Katreena Hayes-Wood, Strive For Students

#4-13 Career Development for First Generation Students: A How To Guide in Providing Assistance
Do you have a passion for first generation students? Many counselors will agree that this population is extremely unique which often presents challenges in providing assistance. The presenter will introduce a handbook that includes a breakdown of who first generation students are and why they are important, the career theory that works best with this population, available college preparatory and retention programs, and a discussion on the role of the counselor with practical examples of how to provide assistance.
China Wilson, University of Maryland

#4-14 Effective Coaching Skills for Career Counselors
In this fast-paced session, the presenter will outline the similarities and differences between career counseling and career coaching skills; demonstrate effective career coaching skills and techniques; describe specific client situations where career coaching skills can be effectively used; and facilitate participant practice of career coaching techniques.
Richard L. Knowdell, Career Development Network

Roundtable Series V

#5-1 Developing and Implementing a Career Based Online Curriculum for Second-Year Students
The Sophomore Slump is an ongoing problem especially with regard to major and career decision-making. Learn how one university's career center created and implemented a video-based workshop series to assist second-year students in an on-campus residential community with their career planning needs.
Kristy Spear, University of Florida

#5-2 Using Abilities to Find Fulfilling Career Pathways
This presentation and demonstration will review the use of abilities in the career development process. You will have the opportunity to complete the newly revised Ability Explorer which links 12 abilities to hundreds of bright outlook occupations. Occupations are coded to several factors such as STEM and education level.
Janet E. Wall, Sage Solutions and Tom Harrington, Northeastern University

#5-3 When Dreams Turn to Nightmares
Some academically well-grounded students fail to thrive when faced with significant change. The Transition Model of Change (William Bridges) provides a proactive approach to helping find and support these students. Original research with university students identified which variables are most important and what interventions are needed to support the students.
David Wood, TypeFocus Internet

#5-4 Career Services and the Non-Traditional Student
Non-traditional students are one of the fastest growing populations on college campuses. Higher education institutions can meet the career needs of these students by providing strategic and deliberate advising. This presentation will highlight best practices while providing examples of career advising, social media efforts, and programming for non-traditional students.
John Ephraim Butt, University of Richmond

#5-5 Developing Career Concern: Using Motivational Interviewing in Career Counseling
Many clients lack career concern. High school and college retention rates indicate that students may not receive career interventions that develop career concern. Savickas (2009) defined career concern as a client's future focus with a hopeful outlook. We propose integrating Motivational Interviewing into career counseling to help develop career concern.
Kevin B. Stoltz and Susan R. Barclay, The University of Mississippi

#5-6 A Tribute to Dr. Ken Hoyt’s Influences and His Dreams for Career Education
Learn about Dr. Ken Hoyt’s influences with various constituents and his dreams for Career Education. Participants will share their thoughts and experiences regarding Dr. Hoyt’s impact on themselves and others.
E. Niel Carey, NCDA Executive Director Emeritus, and Roger Lambert, NCDA Past-President

#5-7 Dysfunctional Career Thoughts, Career Decidedness, and Need for Mental Health Screening
Recently, the integration of career and personal counseling has been highlighted. This presentation will emphasize measures of career decision-making readiness, career decidedness, and the need for mental health screening. A descriptive study will be presented and a discussion will facilitate the drawing of practical implications.
Elisabeth Musch and V. Casey Dozier, Florida State University

#5-8 Equivalency Study of the Career Decision Making System On-line and Print Versions
Participants will review the results of the study to find application with users. Samples and free passcodes will be provided.
Rich Feller and Jenn Long, Colorado State University

#5-9 First in Line: A Career Toolkit for Freshmen and Sophomores
Looking for an effective way to assist students in constructing meaningful careers? Using Lapan's Integrative Contextual Model of Career Development, 'First in Line' is a user-friendly toolkit of career development activities aimed at the Freshmen and Sophomore population. This session will provide an overview and demonstration of this innovative tool.
Christina Siders and Tracie Thomas, Northwestern University

#5-10 Beyond the Office: Collaborative and Innovative Programs to Empower Students in Decision Making
How do you reach a large number of career decision makers with decreasing resources? Learn about two programs that allowed students to dynamically research careers of interest: sports and medicine. Be prepared to brainstorm key players in your community, and bring home ideas to build on your students' dreams.
Christine Keller, Saint Louis University

#5-11 Bridging Worlds: Culturally-Responsive Strategies in Helping Refugees Find Employment
Career practitioners, uniquely positioned at the bridge between people and work, have valuable skills to assist refugees in obtaining work. Participants will gain an understanding of refugee issues and generate culturally competent strategies to help refugees within their communities through a discussion of best practices and the presenters' experiences.
Lynn Zagzebski Tovar, North Carolina State University

#5-12 Career Counseling is NOT Boring! How to Effectively Increase Graduate Student Interest
Many counselors report low interest in career counseling and feel they lack necessary knowledge to conduct it successfully. However, career needs of our clients whether high school students or retired are ever present. Discover how three graduate courses were created utilizing the GCDF credentialing curriculum to increase career advising interest.
Kimberly Jungdahl, Wright State University

#5-13 CareerStart: Constructing Early Adolescent Career Dreams Through Career Education in Middle School
CareerStart is a career education strategy that increases the relevance of core curriculum in middle grades. Currently, CareerStart lessons are being used in 7 school districts with over 600 teachers and over 30,000 students. Data suggest outcomes include increases in school engagement, school valuing, and several behavioral and academic indicators.
Patrick Akos, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

Poster Sessions During Series V

Friday, June 22, 2012 3:20 - 4:30 pm

Poster #3 Career Decision-Making: An African-American and Latino Male Student Perspective
The process of choosing a career can and does have profound effects on the livelihood of African-American and Latino male students. This qualitative study seeks to uncover those experiences that serve as influences, as well as those that serve as challenges, to the career decision-making behavior of this population.
Felix Daniels, University of Central Florida

Poster #4 Learn How Engineering Can be an Exciting Career via Robotics!
High school robotics programs excite young people to learn about engineering in a competitive but supportive team framework. Learn how these hands-on programs can help grow the numbers of women entering engineering. View photos and obtain information links for parents, middle- and high-school clients interested in engineering careers.
Cecilia D. Craig, Druai Education Services

Poster #5 Investigation of Caregiver Burden on Job-Strain in Minority Populations
The study proposes to investigate caregiver burden in relationship to job-strain within minorities. Research has established that ethnic groups respond to caregiver burden differently, but little attention is paid to effects on careers of the caregiver. Research frequently focuses on Caucasians, preventing understanding of caregiver burden and careers.
Kelly Martincin and Keelan Quinn, Cleveland State University

Roundtable Series VI

#6-1 Teaching Career Entrepreneurialism in the New Economy
Come learn the 5-step VIPER method that teaches job seekers to stop and make conscious, strategic career decisions – or pull off the road to check under the hood. This program addresses personal accountability, how to deal with the uncertainty of the economic environment, and proactive career planning.
Michael 'Dr.Woody' Woodward, Author of The You Plan

#6-2 Actual Career Paths of Former STEM Majors
The National Study of College Graduates, a longitudinal survey, provides insights into the career experiences of graduates of various college majors. Learn what an analysis of NSCG data reveals about former STEM and non-STEM college majors. Consider the implications for career development, both during college and afterwards.
Laurence Shatkin, JIST Publishing

#6-3 Validating the Career Story Interview: An Empirical Study
The Career Story Interview (CSI) has gained popularity and momentum over the past two decades; however, little research has been performed to test the validity of the CSI. The presenters will discuss the results of a mixed-methods research project (n=83) that assessed the validity of three questions from the CSI.
Susan R. Barclay, The University of Mississippi

#6-4 ‘Side Doors’ to A Shorter Job Search
The rules of job search are not designed to let candidates shine, but as crowd control. Following them puts us in the screen-out process with the slimmest chance of getting noticed, even if we are well-qualified. Learn to bend them by capitalizing on what always works... 'side doors' directly to decision-makers.
Elisabeth Sanders-Park, WorkNet Solutions

#6-5 Making Career Education Profitable – Measuring Success
Explore the top 10 ways to generate revenue in your program by maximizing local community, dialing into adult demographics, and optimizing return on investment for the institution and employers. The more you know about your audiences – adult learners, the community, administration, and other funding sources – the better your optimal service match and revenue stream.
Anna Graf Williams, Learnovation, LLC

#6-6 Vocopher 2.0: The Updated Career Collaboratory for Career Practitioners
Launched during the 2008 NCDA conference, Vocopher: The Career Collaboratory continues to break new ground by providing career practitioners and researchers with quality instruments and resources. This presentation will introduce newly developed and updated career instruments including the Career Adapt-Abilities Scale and Career Maturity Inventory - Form C.
Kevin Glavin and Honey Cooper, Nova Southeastern University

#6-7 Expanding Career Dreams: Special Considerations in Career Counseling with College Student Athletes
The career exploration of college student-athletes poses unique challenges. Counselors should be aware of the demands of athletes and the interventions that can best address their needs. In an informative and interactive presentation, the presenter will describe student-athletes distinctive characteristics and present tools to help them expand their career dreams.
Justina Farley, University of Tennessee - Knoxville

#6-8 Resume Report Card: Quick, Foolproof Process for Reviewing, Analyzing, and Improving Client Resumes
Whether you write resumes or guide clients in writing their own, the first step is articulating what's wrong with an existing document. This program will give you a framework for reviewing a resume in 9 distinct areas and provide innovative ideas to boost meaning, relevance, and impact in each area.
Louise Kursmark, Resume Writing Academy

#6-9 Developing Career Paths .... Building a Dream
Understanding career paths and how they shape a person's career success is important given societal, economic, and global factors impacting employment. The session will define career paths, how companies use them to attract/develop employees and how Career Professionals can counsel clients to think beyond the next job to the big picture.
Jan Harris and Tracey Hanton, Community College of Philadelphia

#6-10 Relational Approaches to Career Development: A New Perspective for a New Era
Given the recent crisis in the work, the presenters will propose that new theories are needed to develop practices that will be effective to clients struggling for meaning and dignity. To meet this challenge, relational theories, which can provide the glue to hold individuals and communities together, will be presented.
David L. Blustein, Boston College; Kevin Tate, Marquette University; Sue Motulsky, Lesley University; and Angela Byars-Winston, University of Wisconsin-Madison

#6-11 Using a Database Based on Holland's Theory and Related Applications
Over 2,000 reference citations from 1953-2011 related to Holland's RIASEC theory and its application are being identified and sorted into subcategories. A searchable database is being created. Analysis indicates that Holland's theory continues to appear in the literature at a high level with over 259 journals worldwide publishing this work.
Robert Reardon and Haley Foutch, Florida State University; and Melissa Messer, Psychological Assessment Resources, Inc.

#6-12 Intuition – A Long Overlooked Career Counseling Competency: I've Got a Hunch About This!
We will define intuition, examine and explore how intuition has been used in career counseling and other professions, and provide an opportunity to practice the use of your intuition. Have you ever met a counselor who was able to gather information and construct examination, outlets, or connections that you hadn't even considered? Through reviewing the literature, revisiting the NCDA competencies, and experiencing an exercise to build your intuitive muscles, this session will examine the essential role that intuition plays in career theory, practice, and interventions.
Carol Vecchio, Centerpoint Institute for Life and Career Renewal; Byron Waller, Governors State University; and Heather Zeng, Capella University

#6-13 Yes, You CAN Have a Private Practice
Dreaming of opening a private practice? This roundtable session will outline the basics you need to consider when opening a private practice. Participants will identify at least one concrete step that can be taken to move them towards the dream of a private practice.
Karen Chopra, Private Practice

Roundtable Series VII

#7-1 Credentialing of Career Professionals: What's Out There? What Can I Dream to Do?
What's the difference between a license and a certification - what's a credential? Who's a counselor, who's a coach? Are you confused? The presenters will help identify all of the credentialing opportunities you have before you - to achieve your dream in the career field and to be the best you can be!
Meagan Kittrick, Case Western Reserve University; Cynthia Marco-Scanlon, John Carroll University; and Sue Savickas, Kent State University

#7-2 Career Services: Re-Building the Dream for Differently-Abled Accessibility
Placing students with disabilities in entry-level careers can be challenging. This presentation focuses on a model of early preparation and collaboration between educators and career service professionals currently being implemented in a technical college environment. Attendees will gain insight into its necessity and ideas for implementation in various settings.
Crystal Coombes and Adam Hanson, Centura College

#7-3 Raising Awareness of Career Development Practices for Women in the United States and European Nations

Sania Frei-Harper, GWU Alumni and Rebecca M. Dedmond, The George Washington University

#7-4 From Underprepared to Gifted: Helping All College Students Achieve Their Career Dreams
From underprepared to gifted, college career counselors see students from across the spectrum. Given their unique needs, counselors should use different interventions to help students achieve their dreams. In an interactive and dynamic presentation, the presenters will describe these populations and present creative tools to add to your counseling toolbox.
Justina Farley and Amber Hughes, University of Tennessee - Knoxville

#7-5 Transforming and Enhancing the Mission of University Career Centers
Presenters will describe how the University of Missouri's Career Center has tailored its services to reach students not previously served. Presenters will look at new programs to serve new populations and hope to engage the audience with what could be next.
Joseph Johnston and Robert McDaniels, University of Missouri

#7-6 Mourning a Major or Career: Applying Kⁿbler-Ross to Career Transitions
Major/career aspirations can conflict with the reality of time, skills, and outside factors. Clients who have difficulty accepting this new information may experience loss or grief for their previous aspirations. We can view these individuals as moving through the five stages of grief, utilizing Kubler-Ross (1969) to help them.
Jon Schlesinger, University of Florida

#7-8 Mindfulness in a Career Context: Practical Ideas for Individual and Group Career Counseling
Mindfulness practices and philosophical viewpoints have helped individuals develop calm minds and clear visions for millennia, and have made a strong emergence in recent psychological practice and literature. A brief overview of the benefits of mindfulness, with ideas and resources for implementation in career counseling will be provided.
Jake Galles, Florida State University

#7-9 Making Connections with Purpose, Passion, and Possibility
An innovative and interactive career development program aimed at accelerating the careers of young professionals. Learn the critical information for you to create effective proactive networking programming for your particular students; teaching you or your students to remain competitive in the workplace and more importantly guiding them to think strategically and long-term about their careers.
Kelly Kennedy, University of Connecticut

#7-10 The Secret Sauce to Marketing Your Career Center
Our presenters will share their expertise on how they successfully attract not only the attention of students, but academic chairpersons, faculty, student clubs, and many constituents within the college community resulting in a wide variety of collaborations through the effective use of marketing techniques, career-related technological tools, creative workshops, social media, and a monthly Career Journeys newsletter. If the target and goals for your career center are directed at marketing your career center in effective and creative ways, the Center for Career Development at Borough of Manhattan Community College will share their secret sauce ingredients for implementing quick, fun, and creative strategies/techniques that will add spice to your office and have your students coming back for another taste of career development.
Melba Olmeda-Amaro and Driada Rivas, Borough of Manhattan Community College

#7-11 Examining the Factor Structure of the Career Thoughts Inventory
Career Thought Inventory (Sampson, et al, 1996a) facilitates the identification of negative career thoughts in adults. Validity of the CTI has been documented in diverse populations using principal components analysis (Sampson, et al, 1996b). In this study, the CTI items were analyzed with Exploratory and Confirmatory Factor Analysis.
Stephen Leierer, East Carolina University; David Strauser, The University of Illinois; and Katie Gander, East Carolina University

#7-12 How Utilizing an Appreciative Career Development Interview Can Lead to Realizing Dreams
The language we use may predict the direction of career development interactions. By focusing on our word choices, it may be possible to move from a problem-centered approach to a strength-based approach. The Appreciative Interview is the lead component in a strength-based approach to career development using Appreciative Inquiry.
Donald A. Schutt, Jr., University of Wisconsin-Madison

Roundtable Series VIII

#8-1 Passion Search
Career construction and the career story interview are used effectively in career counseling. A similar and effective approach to uncovering people's passions and purpose that has been in practice for 20 years will be presented. Learn how this can be successfully accomplished in group settings as well as one-on-one.
Carol Vecchio, Centerpoint Institute for Life and Career Renewal; Byron Waller, Governors State University; and Heather Zeng, Capella University

#8-2 Career Decision Making and African-American Males: More Than Just A Dream
The economic status of many African-American males can be described as dishearening. Increasing numbers of African-American male college students are seeking economic security by entering two-year colleges as an impetus to baccalaureate degree obtainment at larger universities. Unfortunately, career indecision can impede this process. Effective and practical strategies must be implemented in order to assist these students.
Lavious Felix Daniels, University of Central Florida

#8-3 Work's Promise: Heeding the Call of the Heart
Life in the digital age prompts increased search for meaning and stability in an uncertain work world. This session considers work as calling and how career construction counseling empowers clients to create inner stability and meaningful work lives by heeding the call of their hearts. Designed for a general audience.
Paul J. Hartung, Northeast Ohio Medical University and Brian J. Taber, Oakland University

#8-4 Are Counselors Leaving Students with Disabilities Behind? A Longitudinal Analysis Using ELS:2002
Using ELS: 2002, this study examines school and counselor-facilitated career exploration in special and general education peers. Logistic regression analyses illustrate individual and school-level characteristics that predict the likelihood of students' involvement in career exploration in 10th and 12th grades and post-secondary outcomes. Implications emphasized for counselors' involvement in transition planning.
Margaux Hanes Brown and Pat Schwallie-Giddis, The George Washington University

#8-5 Using Creative Self-Expression to Increase Career Adaptability
This presentation will incorporate use of art and creativity to increase self-knowledge for career adaptability. Participants will actively engage in creativity career counseling interventions and experiential activities. Case studies using visual pieces of art will be shared in conjunction with actual client artwork. The participants will learn how to apply these interventions into their own career counseling practice.
Suzanne Savickas and Emily L. Dennis, Kent State University

#8-6 Using Guided Imagery as an Innovative Technique for Career Professionals Working with Diverse Populations
This presentation will engage participants in a guided imagery (GI) that highlights disadvantaged populations and their unique career challenges. Research and application in individual professional development and training of career professionals will be presented. Participants will receive guidelines for creating GI activities for application to unique work settings and populations.
Jennifer Murdock and Jenny Cureton, University of Northern Colorado

#8-7 Exploring the Impact of Undergraduate Career Planning Courses on Career Decidedness and Negative Career Thoughts
As practitioners and instructors, we are continually evaluating our effectiveness. How can we increase retention rates of struggling students? How can effectively utilize data in the evaluation process? This presentation will discuss the use of undergraduate career planning courses as an intervention, particularly as they impact negative career thoughts and career decidedness.
Amy C. Johnson, Eastern Michigan University

#8-8 Supporting Online Students With Online Career Services
The Internet provides alternative methods for delivery of information and guidance to students unable to access physical career center offices due to dispersed geographic locations. This presentation explores the availability of formal career development and job search activities at online institutions, and provides recommendations for centers offering web-based services.
Melissa A. Venable, OnlineCollege.org

#8-9 Ethical, Legal, and Multicultural Considerations in Career Counseling Supervision
Supervisors should be aware of ethical, legal, and multicultural issues in career counseling supervision to enhance a quality of their services to the clients and counselors they serve. This presentation describes highlights of ethical standards, legal responsibilities, and multicultural considerations in career counseling supervision practice.
Varunee Faii Sangganjanavanich, The University of Akron; Stefanie Schomaker, and Courtney Alvarez, Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi

#8-10 On PACE Program: A New E-learning Career Related Experience for College Students
The On PACE Program (Personalized Actionable Career Experience Plan) is a new comprehensive e-learning initiative at a Midwestern university designed to assist college students with their career development process. A Career related module will be presented as well as the general scope of this program as a mean to explore personal, social, and global well-being and as a tool aim to assist with recruitment, retention, graduation, and post graduation options.
Ana C. Berrios-Allison, The Ohio State University

#8-11 Building Career Dreams: Online Career Development for Future Rehabilitation Counselors
How can we effectively teach career development using an online format? The presenters share individual and group techniques and activities of two career oriented courses in a Masters Rehabilitation Counseling CORE accredited program. Information about technology used and the importance of career development for persons with disabilities will be provided.
Melody Schobert, Jennifer Austin, and Diane Fernandez, University at Buffalo, SUNY

See the Conference Agenda.