Member Mentoring Webinar

Starting a Career Center in Higher Education

By Dr. Lucila Bance, Ms. Joyce Tan, and Dr. Sungsik Anh
Tue Sep 26/Wed Sep 27, 2023

Three APCDA Members will share their experiences starting or building a career center in a university.  Whether you are starting a career center, converting a placement office to a career center, or trying to improve the center you already work in, this webinar should be useful to you.  The panelists will discuss:

• What purpose/goals/objectives would a university career center have?
• Assuming funds are tight, what would you consider essential in your career center? (include staff, technology, books, etc.)
• How would you sell this project to the administration and faculty

Panelists will address these three questions, then take your questions.

Please find the time in your location:

Americas	Tue Sep 26	Asia & Pacific	Wed Sep 27
North America East Coast	10-11:30 PM *	Samoa	3 – 4:30 PM
North America Central	9 -10:30 PM *	New Zealand	2 - 3:30 PM
North America Mountain	8 - 9:30 PM *	East Australia, Guam	Noon– 1:30 PM
North America Pacific	7- 8:30 PM *	Central Australia	11:30 – 1 PM
Hawaii	4 – 5:30 PM	Korea, Japan	11 – 12:30 PM
		China, Taiwan, Philippines, Malaysia, Singapore, Western Australia	10 -11:30 AM
		Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos, Indonesia	9 - 10:30 AM
		Bangladesh, Kazakhstan	8 – 9:30 AM
		Nepal	7:45 – 9:15 AM
		India, Sri Lanka	7:30 – 9 AM
		Pakistan	7 – 8:30 AM
		Azerbaijan	6 – 7:30 AM

* We believe this region is observing daylight savings time

Prof. Lucila O. Bance, PhD, RGC, RP was the Director for the Counseling and Career Center of the University of Santo Tomas until her retirement. Her PhD is in Psychology, while her master’s degree is in Counseling. She managed the Center with the largest number of counselors in the country. A former President of the Psychological Association of the Philippines and Vice-President of the Philippine Guidance and Counseling Association, she taught both in the undergraduate and graduate school of UST, in the field of Psychology and Guidance and Counseling.

Joyce Tan, Senior Specialist and Lead in Career Engagement at the Career Development Office with Singapore University of Social Sciences, has over 20 years of professional experience within the financial services, real estate and most recently education industries, in Europe and in Asia. Since 2008, she has focused her efforts on building and developing career services at higher education institutions, coaching individuals, as well as creating and designing competency development workshops. Ms. Tan coaches and supports undergraduates in their career development endeavours through opportunity creation, as well as design and instruction of workshops and courses towards the expansion of undergraduates’ employability skills portfolio.

Dr. Sungsik Ahn is an assistant professor at Keimyung University, South Korea. He is a Certified Career Service Provider (CCSP), Global Career Development Facilitator (GCDF), and Facilitating Career Development (FCD) Instructor. He previously worked for a university career center for 12 years and received the Minister’s Award for his excellence of services. His professional and research interest includes developing career centers, training career development practitioners, and evaluating counseling and programs. He was the South Korea Country Representative of APCDA, and he is currently a board member of the Career Development Association of Korea.

Recorded Session

Understanding and Empowering Women’s Career Development — Locally and Globally

by Barbara Suddarth
Recorded March 10, 2020

Mao Zedong famously observed that "women hold up half the sky” and recent research demonstrates their enormous influence on both the quality of life and success profiles of children and families across cultures.  Yet, the career dreams of girls and women are often put on hold in favor of those of boys and men. As a result, many women around the world are unable to reach their full potential.  This talk will explore generational themes in gender and career achievement through the perspectives of theory and personal experience while offering practical suggestions for supporting the career choices and success of women and girls throughout our world.

Dr. Barbara Suddarth, Ph.D., Executive Director of the Career Development Alliance, is a licensed psychologist with more than 20 years of professional experience in career counseling and organizational consulting. Dr. Suddarth is a National Certified Counselor (NCC), Certified Career Counselor (CCC), and an active member of the National Career Development Association (NCDA) and the American Psychological Association. She received the Outstanding Career Practitioner Award from NCDA in 2012 and became an NCDA Fellow in 2014. Dr. Suddarth is a Master Trainer for the NCDA Facilitating Career Development training program.  She and Dr. David Reile wrote the curriculum for this training program in 2012. Dr. Suddarth is founding member of the India Career Development Association (ICDA), as well as an invited guest speaker and a member of the ICDA 2013 Conference Committee.

Recorded Webinar

Challenging Ageism: Global Perspectives on Community and Workforce

By Dr. Jennifer Luke
Recorded on September 22, 2021

The world’s population is becoming older, due to lower birth rates and advancing medical and health wellness across many nations. By 2050, the world’s population of people over the age of 60 will double. How should society, mindsets, and worldviews change so that career practitioners, employers, and communities better adjust services, policies, technology, and support for their older community members and workers? Understanding the worldviews, challenges, assumptions, mindsets, and cultural differences towards elders is vital.

Retaining knowledge within the workforce is essential and so it is important to highlight to employers how older workers can be valuable trainers and mentors. Older community members and those within the workforce are not burdens, they are valuable contributors with experience and knowledge to give.

This webinar will cover examples of how various countries deliver on age-friendly initiatives. Case studies, global statistics and trend data relating to ageism will also be discussed. Participants will gain the understanding of the individual motivations and needs of an older worker.

Recorded Webinar

Leading Fulfilling and Productive Lives in the Autism Spectrum

Recorded on April 18, 2022

by Dr. Stephen Shore

Career practitioners can benefit from looking at individuals on the autism spectrum instead of a collection of deficits, disorders, and disabilities as a collection of abilities and strengths to craft their paths. We can do this by considering the Four A’s of Autism:

Awareness, Acceptance, Appreciation, and Action.

Honored Guest Speaker: Dr. Stephen Mark Shore

Please join us on April 18/19, 2022, for a webinar with Dr. Shore, a Clinical Assistant Professor, The School of Education, The Ruth S. Ammon College of Education and Health Sciences at Adelphi University in Garden City New York, USA.

In addition, Dr. Shore is a current board member of Autism Speaks, president emeritus of the Asperger's Association of New England, advisory board member of Asperger Syndrome and High Functioning Autism Association (AHANY) an advisory board member of the Autism Society. He also serves on the boards of the U.S. Autism and Asperger Association, the Scientific Council of Organization of Autism Research (OAR), and other autism-related organizations

To Inspire Us
Resilience and Transition Stories

Recorded Webinar

Building an Intersectional Lens for Career Counseling, Part 1

By Ayushi Banerji and Akshat Singhal
Recorded July 6, 2023

This is the first of a 2-part webinar series from The Gender Lab where facilitators will explore 'intersectionality' through a participatory workshop. The various identities we hold impact our everyday choices, thoughts and abilities. Beyond that our identities also affect our ability to access resources and opportunities. In this workshop we will learn about Intersectionality, how it shows up for each of us and why it is an important lens to build.

Ayushi Banerji is Co-founder/Director of The Gender Lab. She has a decade of experience working with adolescents and youth in urban and rural India. An alumnus of St.Xaviers College, Mumbai, Ayushi is a G(irls)20 ambassador, participant at Women’s Forum, Paris, World Economic Forum Global Shaper and an Acumen India Fellow 2019. She has been involved in training and creating learning experiences on gender and leadership for organizations such as SheNomics Lead Like a Girl Fellowship, NBA, Plane Jar, Global Shapers Rotterdam Hub, SECMOL and Masoom. She was invited to speak on the panel at Women's Forum, Paris on bridging the age gap in the future of work for women and at Urban Thinkers Challenge, Mumbai on Reimagining cities from a gender and youth perspective.

Akshat Singhal is a Co-Founder of The Gender Lab - a non profit that works towards empowering adolescents and youth to question gender narratives through critical thinking and meaningful engagement in their communities. Within The Gender Lab, Akshat works on engaging men and boys in gender equality through the redefining masculinities vertical. Akshat was selected as one of the 50 World Economic Forum Global Shapers to attend the 2014 Annual Forum in Davos, Switzerland. He is an alumnus of Global Shapers network, an UnLtd India fellow (2013-2015) and Asia Foundation Development Fellow 2019 and was a co-recipient of Lotus Leadership Award 2020 by The Asia Foundation for the commitment towards engaging men and boys in building gender equality.

Recorded Webinar

Part 2: Building an Intersectional Lens for Career Counseling

By Ayushi Banerji and Akshat Singhal
Recorded Sep 7, 2023

This is the second of a 2-part webinar series from The Gender Lab where facilitators will explore 'intersectionality' through a participatory workshop. We will talk about how career development and access to opportunities can be understood deeper from an intersectional lens. This webinar includes a Toolkit for APCDA members to use in working with clients on this topic.

Ayushi Banerji is Co-founder/Director of The Gender Lab. She has a decade of experience working with adolescents and youth in urban and rural India. An alumnus of St.Xaviers College, Mumbai, Ayushi is a G(irls)20 ambassador, participant at Women’s Forum, Paris, World Economic Forum Global Shaper and an Acumen India Fellow 2019. She has been involved in training and creating learning experiences on gender and leadership for organizations such as SheNomics Lead Like a Girl Fellowship, NBA, Plane Jar, Global Shapers Rotterdam Hub, SECMOL and Masoom. She was invited to speak on the panel at Women's Forum, Paris on bridging the age gap in the future of work for women and at Urban Thinkers Challenge, Mumbai on Reimagining cities from a gender and youth perspective.

Akshat Singhal is a Co-Founder of The Gender Lab - a non profit that works towards empowering adolescents and youth to question gender narratives through critical thinking and meaningful engagement in their communities. Within The Gender Lab, Akshat works on engaging men and boys in gender equality through the redefining masculinities vertical. Akshat was selected as one of the 50 World Economic Forum Global Shapers to attend the 2014 Annual Forum in Davos, Switzerland. He is an alumnus of Global Shapers network, an UnLtd India fellow (2013-2015) and Asia Foundation Development Fellow 2019 and was a co-recipient of Lotus Leadership Award 2020 by The Asia Foundation for the commitment towards engaging men and boys in building gender equality.