December 2023 Career Café - Live Webinar from MichCDA
About: Hope-Action Theory offers an innovative approach to career navigation (Niles, Yoon, & Amundson, 2011). Specifically, Hope-Action Theory provides a framework for teaching people how to integrate environmental influences into their evolving self-understanding with an eye toward identifying work opportunities about which they can be passionate and fully engaged. Self-reflection, self-clarity visioning, goal setting and planning, implementing, and adapting comprise essential competencies for career decision-making. Additionally, the Hope-Action Inventory helps workers identify their strengths and growth opportunities related to these career decision-making competencies. Strategies grounded in Hope-Action Theory empower workers to navigate their careers effectively in these challenging times.
Presented by: Spencer Niles | Professor and Immediate Past-Dean of the School of Education at the College of William & Mary. Previously served as Distinguished Professor and Department Head at Penn State, Professor and Assistant Dean at the University of Virginia. Niles is a Past-President of Chi Sigma Iota International and is the only person in the 109-year history of the National Career Development Association (NCDA) to serve two-terms as President. He is the recipient of the NCDA Eminent Career Award, American Counseling Association’s (ACA) Thomas Sweeney Visionary Leadership and Advocacy Award, President’s Award, David Brooks Distinguished Mentor Award, the Hohenshil Publication Award, the ACA Extended Research Award, ACA’s Visionary Leader and Advocate Award, the University of British Columbia’s Noted Scholar Award, and the Association for Counselor Education and Supervision’s Legacy Award. Niles is a Fellow of ACA and NCDA. He is Editor for Counselor Education and Supervision and Past-Editor of The Career Development Quarterly and the Journal of Counseling & Development. He has authored or co-authored approximately 150 publications and delivered over 170 presentations on career development theory and practice. Book Authority lists four of his books among the top 100 best-selling career development books of all time. Niles has taught in more than 30 countries and served as a Fulbright Scholar at the Finnish Institute for Educational Research.
This event will qualify for .75 SCECHS / CEUs. Certificates of attendance can be requested post-event.
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