career development month
National Career Development Month is celebrated annually each November. During this special month, states are encouraged to promote career related activities and events through their divisions. This year, National Career Development week is November 14-18, 2022 and National Career Development Day is November 16, 2022. Career development professionals are encouraged to celebrate with career related activities. In particular, NCDA sponsors an annual Poetry and Art Contest. The theme of this year's contest is "Careers Around the World" To find out more about the Poetry and Art Contest, click here.
The Louisiana Career Development Association (LCDA) invites you to join in the fun and enter the Poetry and Art Contest!
The Louisiana Career Development Association (LCDA) invites you to join in the fun and enter the Poetry and Art Contest!
- Encourage elementary students to create My First Resume
- Create a Career Family Tree
- Prepare classroom guidance lessons on career readiness
- Introduce career related terms such as job, career, occupation, work and college
- Allow students to make a vision board of their future and careers of interest
- Have students to write an essay on their future career
- Provide students with more career options such as trade schools and the military
- Expose students to career research websites such as the O*net online O*NET Online
- Allow students to take career assessment: Jung Typology Test
- Host a Dress for Success Fashion Show
- Invite community speakers to talk about their careers
- Encourage students to make an appointment with the university’s career center
- Host a career fair
- Motivate students to join professional and student organizations to build their resume
- Discuss the protocols of social media use during a job search
- Give a lecture on career content, resume writing and/or professionalism
- Write a career related article for the local newspaper and/or LCDA newsletter
- Provide workshops to community members on resume writing and the job search
- Offer a discount for one career counseling session
- Encourage counselors to join Louisiana Counseling Association (LCA) and join the Louisiana Career Development Association (LCDA) as their primary division.