Welcome Higher Education Counselors & Specialists

NCDA has transitioned to a constituency model to better represent and serve the diverse needs of our members. These groupings are designed to help you in your networking, to facilitate greater connection with colleagues who may share similar interests and work settings, and to enhance communication between the membership and the NCDA Board.

In this section of the website, you will have the opportunity to hear from the trustee for the constituency group that most closely represents your work setting or interest affiliation. Similarly, when attending the NCDA Global Conference, you can meet with fellow participants in your constituency groups. This section may post results of these conference gatherings.

Higher Education Career Counselors and Specialists - Trustee Lakeisha Mathews

-- Brief Biography --

University of Baltimore and Right Resumes & Career Coaching, LLC

Baltimore, MD

email:lmathews@ubalt.edu

Apprenticeship Fact Sheet

The Department of Labor and other organizations provide details about apprenticeships in this one page Apprenticeship Fact Sheet handout.

CareerOneStop - Career Resource Library

Review a collection of links to local, state, and national career and labor market information sites.

Contact Point

Contact Point is a Canadian built multi-sector on-line community for career development professionals worldwide. They offer extensive resources, networking capabilities, and an array of learning links for career development professionals.

How I Compare – Law School Admissions Resource Platform

How I Compare is a completely free online resource and community for students interested in going to Law School. The online platform helps students navigate the admissions process by using a Real Time algorithm to generate a unique list of Law Schools where students have a high likelihood of being accepted (based on both their academic and personal profile). How I Compare also helps students access research and data from Law Schools across the country, identify scholarship opportunities, and even offers a 100% Free LSAT Prep Course.

National Career Development Guidelines (NCDG)

The NCDG is a career knowledge, skills, and decision-making framework. Use these guidelines to identify activities and strategies for developing high-quality career programs.

Vocational Information Center

This site provides an extensive listing for students and guidance counselors including resources to self assessments, career planning, career development and college planning. 

A Comprehensive Guide to Career Assessment

NCDA is excited to release the re-imagined 7th edition of our influential guide to career assessment. Re-conceptualized and renamed to A Comprehensive Guide to Career Assessment, the Guide contains important information career counselors, educators and practitioners will find invaluable in learning about career assessment and selecting assessments specific to client needs. The Guide is a resource that connects to multiple service sectors and embraces global perspectives of career assessment. Available as a foundational print book as well as a subscription service to the comprehensive chapters and new reviews, shop the NCDA Career Resource Store for the product that best fits your needs.

List of Assessment Instruments

Obtain information on commonly used instruments from Florida State University's Tech Center's virtual "filing cabinet" of career information resources.

Facilitating Career Development (FCD - formerly CDF)

Obtain information on this NCDA training for practitioners who provide career assistance.

NCDA's Professional Development

This list of opportunities for professional development and continuing education provides detailed information for online, at-home, and national opportunities.

Career Convergence

Read articles covering best practices, how-to details, career tips, and book reviews in NCDA's web magazine.

Career Developments

A quarterly publication of NCDA for members, this print magazine is a themed publication offering articles that balance a broad vision with practical applications. Each issue offers a focused article on a select theme, a feature article on a prominent NCDA event, specific content for four departments (including School Counselors, Professional Counselors, Graduate Students, and Career Development Facilitators), and four regular columns.

Journal of Career Assessment

Covers all methods developed to assess and evaluate individuals and environments in the field of career counseling and development.

Journal of College Student Development

Focuses on the study of college students relevant to the field of student affairs.

Journal of Vocational Behavior

Contains empirical and theoretical articles that are intended to expand knowledge of vocational behavior and career development across the life span.

Teaching Career Development: A Primer for Instructors & Presenters

The second edition of this NCDA monograph not only provides strategies for delivering key components of career development in enthusiastic, innovative, and more meaningful ways, it covers updated standards and new technologies. An entire chapter offers 50+ active learning strategies useful for beginning and intermediate instructors of undergraduate and graduate career development courses and presenters of career development workshops. Available in print and e-book. (Osborn, 2016)

Alliance of Career Resource Professionals (ACRP)

ACRP is a member-driven organization that promotes the world- wide development, delivery, and use of high-quality career information and career resources to help educate youth and adults in their career exploration, planning, decision-making, preparation, and job acquisition.

American Counseling Association (ACA)

Learn more about NCDA's parent organization for professional counselors. ACA also includes the following related divisions:

National Association of Colleges and Employers (NACE)

Find out how to access technical information collected for career practitioners on college campuses.