Upcoming Events
We provide career development opportunities and a chance to network with other professionals through our virtual Career Cafés, NCDA webinars, and Annual Conference.
Already a MichCDA Member? Enjoy our monthly Career Cafés for free and exclusive discounts to other career development event opportunities. Visit the member's events page to register now.
MichCDA Higher Education Constituency Group Meeting
MichCDA Higher Education Constituency Group Meeting
Constituency groups 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 MichCDA Board.
January 2025 Career Café - Crisis and Trauma in Careers: Practical Strategies for Career Practitioners
About: The impact of trauma on career development is well-documented and effects career decision, stability, and unemployment (Benjet et al., 2016; Power & Duys, 2020). However, literature on trauma-informed interventions in the career counseling setting are scarce and a universal model for providing career counseling with a trauma-informed lens does not currently exist. Therefore, the presenters discuss existing literature on trauma-informed care and application for the HEART Model toward career counseling (Cardello & Wright, 2024).
Presented by: Lisa Cordello & Dr. Galaxina Wright
This event will qualify for .75 SCECHS / CEUs. Certificates of attendance can be requested post-event.
February 2025 Career Café - Career Opportunities of the Future
About: "Career Opportunities of the Future" is a forward-looking workshop that explores emerging industries, evolving job markets, and the skills needed to thrive in tomorrow's workforce. Participants will gain insights into future career trends, new technologies, and how to adapt to the changing landscape to stay competitive in their chosen fields.
Presented by: Ann Nakaska
This event will qualify for .75 SCECHS / CEUs. Certificates of attendance can be requested post-event.
MichCDA K-12 Constituency Group Meeting
MichCDA K-12 Constituency Group Meeting
Constituency groups 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 MichCDA Board.
MichCDA Higher Education Constituency Group Meeting
MichCDA Higher Education Constituency Group Meeting
Constituency groups 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 MichCDA Board.
MichCDA Private Practice Constituency Group Meeting
MichCDA Private Practice Constituency Group Meeting
Constituency groups 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 MichCDA Board.
March 2025 Career Café - First-Generation Achievement Guilt
About: First-Generation Achievement Guilt" is a workshop that addresses the unique emotional challenges faced by first-generation college students and professionals, particularly the feelings of guilt that can arise from personal success. Participants will explore strategies for navigating these emotions, building self-confidence, and celebrating their achievements while maintaining healthy relationships with their families and communities.
Presented by: Zachary Desjardins
This event will qualify for .75 SCECHS / CEUs. Certificates of attendance can be requested post-event.
MichCDA Higher Education Constituency Group Meeting
MichCDA Higher Education Constituency Group Meeting
Constituency groups 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 MichCDA Board.
Annual MichCDA Conference
Annual MichCDA Conference - In-Person
MichCDA 2025 Annual Conference | Friday, April 25, 2025 |Lansing Community College - West Campus
More details coming soon!
About: MichCDA’s annual conference gathers career practitioners from around the state of Michigan to learn, grow, network, collaborate, and support one another in the impactful work we are all so passionate about.
Stay tuned to registration information, lodging, conference agenda and more found on our annual conference page.
MichCDA members will receive a discount on conference registration.
Non-MichCDA members will have the opportunity to purchase a one-time conference registration.
MichCDA Private Practice Constituency Group Meeting
MichCDA Private Practice Constituency Group Meeting
Constituency groups 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 MichCDA Board.
MichCDA Higher Education Constituency Group Meeting
MichCDA Higher Education Constituency Group Meeting
Constituency groups 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 MichCDA Board.
May 2025 Career Café - 5 AI Hacks to Level Up Your Impact as a Career Practitioner
About: “5 AI Hacks to Level Up Your Impact as a Career Practitioner" is a dynamic workshop that introduces career professionals to practical AI tools and strategies. Participants will learn how to leverage AI to enhance career advising, streamline job search processes, and provide personalized support to clients, ultimately boosting their effectiveness and efficiency in career development services.
Presented by: Jeremy Schifeling
This event will qualify for .75 SCECHS / CEUs. Certificates of attendance can be requested post-event.
June 2025 Career Café - What’s Next? Further Education and Credentialing Opportunities for Career Development Professionals
About: "What’s Next? Further Education and Credentialing Opportunities for Career Development Professionals" is a workshop hosted by the Director of Credentialing for the National Career Development Association. It explores advanced education and credentialing pathways for career development professionals looking to enhance their expertise. Participants will gain insights into certifications, training programs, and continuing education opportunities to advance their careers and increase their impact in the field.
Presented by: Charles Raphael
This event will qualify for .75 SCECHS / CEUs. Certificates of attendance can be requested post-event.
MichCDA K-12 Constituency Group Meeting
MichCDA K-12 Constituency Group Meeting
Constituency groups 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 MichCDA Board.
MichCDA Higher Education Constituency Group Meeting
MichCDA Higher Education Constituency Group Meeting
Constituency groups 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 MichCDA Board.
December 2024 Career Café - Advanced Resume and Cover Letter Techniques: Beating the ATS Robot
This career cafe will discuss Advanced Resume and Cover Letter Techniques: Beating the ATS Robot.
This event will qualify for .75 SCECHS / CEUs. Certificates of attendance can be requested post-event.
Presented by: Michelle “Mickey” Albright
MichCDA Private Practice Constituency Group Meeting
MichCDA Private Practice Constituency Group Meeting
Constituency groups 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 MichCDA Board.
2024 MichCDA Virtual Mini-Conference: Together We Rise
Together We Rise: A Half-Day Virtual Mini-Conference
Our virtual conference aims to bring together career development professionals, educators, and practitioners from the state of Michigan and beyond to explore innovative tools, strategies, and best practices for supporting clients and job seekers in navigating today's dynamic job market.
Location: Virtual Via Zoom
About: MichCDA’s annual conference gathers career practitioners from around the state of Michigan to learn, grow, network, collaborate, and support one another in the impactful work we are all so passionate about.
Registration and conference agenda and more can be found on our annual mini-conference page.
You do not need to be a MichCDA member to attend this conference. However, if you are interested in joining MichCDA, check out our Membership options here.
Each attendee must register individually - group registrations cannot be accepted.
MichCDA K-12 Constituency Group Meeting
MichCDA K-12 Constituency Group Meeting
Constituency groups 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 MichCDA Board.
October 2024 Career Café - Enhancing Academic Advising with Career Development Practices
This Career Career webinar will provide insight on helping youth and young adults find their purpose and impact through activating the “Challenge Mindset”.
Presented by: JP Michel, Sparkpath Founder and Career Coach
MichCDA Private Practice Constituency Group Meeting
MichCDA Private Practice Constituency Group Meeting
Constituency groups 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 MichCDA Board.
MichCDA Higher Education Constituency Group Meeting
MichCDA Higher Education Constituency Group Meeting
Constituency groups 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 MichCDA Board.
MichCDA Networking Event - Career Café Style
Meet the Board, Learn how to get involved and the benefits of being a Member, Annual Conference Announcement and Save the Date, etc. We look forward to seeing you! Current and prospective members are welcome!
Presented by: The MichCDA Board Members
July 2024 Career Café - Supporting Career Development through Multiple Lenses of Mental Health and Well-Being
This month, instead of our traditional Career Café, we are showcasing an NCDA pre-recorded webinar on “Supporting Career Development through Multiple Lenses of Mental Health and Well-Being”
Moderator: Courtney Warnsman
Panelists: Amanda Chenkin, Anush Hansen, Ken Meeker
June 2024 Career Café - Understanding the Power of LinkedIn as a Tool for Career Development
This Career Café webinar will provide insight on how to coach clients on the importance of using LinkedIn for career development practices.
Presenter: Jim Peacock, Author, LinkedIn Trainer, and Owner of Peak-Careers Consulting
MichCDA Higher Education Constituency Group Meeting
MichCDA Higher Education Constituency Group Meeting
Constituency groups 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 MichCDA Board.
May 2024 Career Café - Dismantling Barriers to Career Advancement for Latinos
This Career Café webinar will provide insight into the many barriers Latino job seekers face, how to dismantle them, and how to prepare individuals for career advancement.
Presenter:
Raúl I. Hernández-Guzmán, MM | LGBTQ+ Commission Administrator, Office of Global Michigan;
Eva Alexander MM, CHRS | Strategic Operations Manager for Equity and Inclusion, Office of Global Michigan
MichCDA Private Practice Constituency Group Meeting
MichCDA Private Practice Constituency Group Meeting
Constituency groups 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 MichCDA Board.
2024 Annual MichCDA Conference
Annual MichCDA Conference - In-Person
Location: Kent Intermediate School District | 2930 Knapp Street NortheastGrand Rapids, MI, 49525
About: MichCDA’s annual conference gathers career practitioners from around the state of Michigan to learn, grow, network, collaborate, and support one another in the impactful work we are all so passionate about.
Registration information, lodging, conference agenda and more can be found on our annual conference page.
MichCDA members will receive a discount on conference registration.
Non-MichCDA members will have the opportunity to purchase a one-time conference registration.
MichCDA K-12 Constituency Group Meeting
MichCDA K-12 Constituency Group Meeting
Constituency groups 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 MichCDA Board.
March 2024 Career Café - The Job Search Emotional Roller Coaster: Helping Clients Cope and Stay Resilient
This Career Café webinar will provide strategies for career development professionals to support their work with clients battling the ups and downs of the job search in today’s market. Job seekers are often dealing with a roller coaster of emotions from excitement to hope to disappointment. With the changing job market since the pandemic, job seekers are feeling more unsettled. Helping clients understand and manage emotions can lead to greater effort and success.
Learning Objectives:
Learn about this overlooked career development topic including relevant research
Identify roles for career counselors and processes for clients
Hear language that can be used with clients to normalize and inspire
Experience specific mental, emotional and physical techniques that can help clients regain or keep a positive attitude.
Presented by: Karen Litzinger | Owner of Litzinger Career Consulting | Certified Career Counselor | Licensed Professional Counselor | Global Career Development Facilitator | Author of the recently released award-winning book, Help Wanted: An A to Z Guide to Cope with the Ups and Downs of the Job Search
As a preview of the topic and free resources to give to your constituents, you can register for 10 complimentary excerpts of Karen’s book at: https://karenscareercoaching.com/help-wanted-free-excerpts/
his event will qualify for .75 SCECHS / CEUs. Certificates of attendance can be requested post-event.
February 2024 Career Café -Career Development for First-Generation College Students
Live Webinar from MichCDA
About: This Career Career webinar will provide attendees with strategies for engaging first-generation college students in career development practices.
Presented by: Dave McCall | MichCDA Secretary | Associate Professor and Director of First-Generation Initiatives, Ferris State University
January 2024 Career Café - Successful Tips for Virtual Internships for College Students (Do’s and Don’ts)
This Career Career webinar will: This Career Career webinar will provide career development practitioners strategies, tips, and tools to help college students navigate virtual internships.
Presented by:
Amy Marshall | MichCDA Member at Large | Career Consultant & Business Co-Owner
MichCDA Higher Education Constituency Group Meeting
MichCDA Higher Education Constituency Group Meeting
Constituency groups 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 MichCDA Board.
December 2024 Career Café - Using Hope-Action Theory to Navigate Career Decisions Across the Lifespan
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.
MichCDA K-12 Constituency Group Meeting
MichCDA K-12 Constituency Group Meeting
Constituency groups 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 MichCDA Board.
November 2023 Career Café -Artificial Intelligence (AI) Tools and How to Use Them in Career Development Practices
This Career Career webinar will: Introduce you to a few free open-source AI tools, how to use them in career development practices with clients, and the ethical standards behind them. Attendees will walk away with a resource sheet and new knowledge to support their work with clients.
Presented by:
Logann Dolan, MBA, CCSP, GCDF | MichCDA Communications Chair | Career & Alumni Services Specialist, United States University
MichCDA Private Practice Constituency Group Meeting
MichCDA Private Practice Constituency Group Meeting
Constituency groups 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 MichCDA Board.
MichCDA Networking Event
Meet the Board, Learn how to get involved and the benefits of being a Member, Annual Conference Announcement and Save the Date, etc. We look forward to seeing you! Current and prospective members are welcome!
Presented by: The MichCDA Board Members
Bridging United Nations Sustainable Development Goals with Career & Life Planning - Webinar
This Global Connections Committee-developed webinar will: Introduce you to the UN SDGs; Connect SDGs to Career Development and Life Planning; Brainstorm SDGs activities for your students and clients; and Showcase student reactions to SDG-related classroom assignments currently in use.
Presented by: The NCDA Global Connections Committee
Tried and True or Something New? - Webinar
Our panel will share their favorite go-to career resources. There will be something for everyone including assessments, administrative/organizational tools, federal job search sources on social media, and DEI resources. We invite you to join us for reminders of different ways to use the “tried and true” as well as to learn “something new.”
Helping Clients Cope with Bias During the Job Search Process - Webinar
In this webinar, participants will discuss how to coach and advise students on overcoming bias in the job search process. Various diversity variables will be explored and their impact on professional documents, interviewing, and networking.
Whether the majority of your clients are underrepresented populations or not, this webinar is a must for every career development professional providing direct counseling, coaching or advising on employability skills and job searching.
So, Your Client Wants to be a Social Media Influencer…
Are you unsure of how to respond when your client or student expresses an interest in becoming a social media influencer? Let's come together to explore this interest, client motivation, and strategies for support.