APCDA Podcast

What is wrong with our food production model? Despite all the technological advancements, why are we still tackling hunger as a key challenge? Will be we able to feed our growing population with all the challenges that climate change is throwing at us? If these are some questions on your mind, join me on this chat with Howard Story where we will talk about the issues around food production and car...

What is the New Space Economy?  What kind of developments are taking place here? I am interested in space but I am not a scientist or an engineer. How can I be part of the new space economy? If these are some questions on your mind, join me on this chat with Zaheer Ali where we will discuss about the developments taking place in the New Space Economy.    00:06    Introduction 02:20    Guest Backgr...

IT is booming. Is it realistic to transition there? What is happening in IT in the Asia Pacific and Middle East region? How can a non-tech person be part of the tech boom? Join me on this chat with Khalid Nizami where we talk about the developments taking place in the information technology industry. 00:16 Topic Introduction 00:57 Guest Introduction 02:23 Career Journey 06:52 Link to Sustainabilit...

Why is the adoption of renewable energy so slow? Why are fossil fuels not being phased out? Should I join the renewable energy industry? Are these some questions that plaque you or your clients when you think about the renewable energy industry? Join me on this chat with Vignesh Nandakumar where we talk about the renewable energy industry landscape and opportunities that this emerging field presen...

This is a brief introduction of the podcast host and what you can expect in the upcoming season.  00:08 - Welcome 00:26 - Host Background 01:22 - Theme for Season 3 01:48 - Objective 02:13 - Engagement 02:30 - Contact email 02:56 - Request for speakers 03:16 - First episode launch 03:24 - Thank you For further questions, please check the FAQ document or email podcast@asiapacificCDA.org

This final episode of Behind the Science of Career Development finds Brian interviewing his mentor Dr. Spencer “Skip” Niles. The interview highlights the influence of Drs. Ed Herr, Donald Super, Mark Savickas and others who influenced Skip’s career and his philosophy of paying these gifts he has received forward as a mentor. It is with the greatest gratitude for the opportunity to host this podcas...

Dr. Jim Bright, one of the originators of Chaos Theory of Careers (CTC) joins host Dr. Brian Hutchison to celebrate the Asia Pacific Career Development Journal’s first Special Issue focused on CTC. Jim always provides an exhilarating conversation that helps us understand the role chaos plays in our career lives and why we need to understand this better in our professional careers practice. You wil...

Tam Nguyen, a career coach based in Montreal Canada, joins host Dr. Brian Hutchison to talk about her practice and transition into the career development field from a career in supply chain management. Tam is a fresh voice in the field who reminds us about why career development is such an appealing profession, how our personal stories impact our choices, and that all previous careers contribute t...

Phoenix Ho, co-founder of Hướng Nghiệp Sông An, a career-focused social enterprise in Vietnam joins host, Dr Brian Hutchison, for this episode of Behind the Science of Career Development. Phoenix describes the work of Sông An and how it provides leadership in the field of career development in her country including training, supervision, and the translation of career assessment instruments. The co...

Host Global Career Guy Dr. Brian Hutchison hosts Amber Brown and Jennifer Luna, two career development experts in the social work career space. Amber Brown is a Career Advisor at the Brown School of Social Work at Washington University in St. Louis, MO. She is a Licensed Professional Counselor with a focus on career services. Jennifer Luna is the Director of the DiNitto Career Center and Alumni Re...

APCDA President Satomi Chudasama joins us in a very practical career practitioner focused episode. She sits down with host Dr. Brian Hutchison for a conversation about working with college students in a Career Services setting. Most present in our dialogue is the importance of helping students slow down, self-reflect, and see themselves in the process of career planning. Full of practical tips, in...

Happy New Year! We kick off 2022 with a dynamic, important episode focused on the climate crisis and career development. Your host Brian Hutchison is joined by Trevor Lehmann, a career counselor who specializes in working with clients’ career decision while taking into account climate change and climate grief. This episode is full of so much great information including: (2:40) How climate anxiety...

Lifology co-founder and CEO Praveen Parameswar joins host Brian Hutchison to close out the 2021 season of Behind the Science of Career Development. Praveen shares the Lifology philosophy as it applies to working with children and adolescents around the world. What happens when we focus on developing the life we wish to live within the context of career development? How do we help parents engage wi...

Dr. Yang Ai and Ms. Hongshan Shao join this episode to share their journey as Chinese international students to the US and how it impacted their research agenda. Dr. Ai is currently a tenure track Assistant Professor at the University of the Redlands and Ms. Shao is a doctoral candidate at Penn State University. Both are counselor educators with a focus on career development; both study the experi...

Pakistan’s career development pioneer Raza Abbas joins host Brian Hutchison for an important conversation. Beginning in 2010, Raza jump started the field of career development in Pakistan by meeting global leaders, using their evidence, and adapting it to his country’s cultural context. We bridge this amazing story to Raza’s use of the UN Sustainable Development Goals in career development to orga...

Dr. Jonique R. Childs, an Assistant Professor in Education Student Development at UMass Amherst, joins host Brian Hutchison for a scintillating conversation about her work with First Generation college students and their career development. The conversation touches on the following topics: First Gen description and mental health consequences (2:00) Implicit Bias defined in a useful way (7:45) Cult...

International career coach Heather Lu-Lasky, CEO and Founder of ChampAmerica, joins Brian for an in-depth conversation about her career and work with international students/graduates looking for positions in the United States. This wide ranging conversation will touch on topics such as Working on Wall Street in the finance sector. Transition issues for international students coming to the United S...

APCDA legend Dr. Marilyn Maze joins host Dr. Brian Hutchison, APCDJ Editor and Global Career Guy, to engage in a wide-ranging conversation about career theories old and new as the apply to 21st Century career services practice. We share insights into Computer Assisted Guidance, Donald Super, John Holland, Chaos Theory or Careers, Career Construction, and more. This is a “fly on the wall” episode w...

Brian Hutchison, APCDJ Editor and Global Career Guy spends Episode 6 with Dr. Sarah Patterson-Mills speaking about the many women who contributed to the field of career development in the late 1800’s and first half of the 1900’s. We discuss the stories of these important women and why telling them today is so important for understanding our “true” history and creating a more fair and equitable wor...

Episode 5 finds me, Brian Hutchison APCDJ Editor and Global Career Guy, with Dr. Tina Anctil speaking about career development for people with disabilities. Tina shares specific counseling techniques, stories from the field, and her own model for working with this client population, specifically adults with an acquired disability. Tina and Brian are old friends and colleagues and this episode is l...

Episode 4 is our first cross-branded episode!! In this one, Dr. Brian Hutchison is a guest on the Theory of Change podcast discussing his ideas about the science and nature of Developing an Adaptive Career Mindset for the post-COVID world-of-work.    This conversation really digs into aspects of career development that we need to adapt to the 21st Century including:  Why addressing career concerns...

In Episode 3 of Behind the Science of Career Development, APCDJ Editor and Global Career Guy Brian Hutchison hosts Dr. José Domene , Professor at the University of Calgary, Canada to learn the story of his role as Associate Editor of APCDJ. This wide-ranging conversation covered several topics of interest for career practitioners and scholars including his background, how an academic journal works...

In Episode 2 of Behind the Science of Career Development, APCDJ Editor and Global Career Guy Brian Hutchison hosts Yvonne Kong-Ho and Jeremiah Wong to learn the story of their article from the September 2019 Lead Article titled It Takes a Village: Meet the Singapore Career Development Tribe . This wide ranging conversation covered several topics of interest for career practitioners in Singapore an...

APCDJ Editor and Global Career Guy Brian Hutchison hosts this first episode with guest Danielle Lefebvre a Canadian counselor and PhD student who completed a scoping review of the Workplace Experiences of Transgender Individuals which was the lead article of the March 2020 issue of the journal. Danielle tells her story of being a counselor and PhD student who is interested in working with and advo...