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    • 5 Jun 2025
    • 12:00 PM
    • 6 Jun 2025
    • 4:00 PM
    • Ashland University, Ashland, Ohio
    • 120


    This year's conference theme is...
    Seasons of Change in Career Development:
    Where We've Been, Where We Are, & Where We're Going

    This year, the Ohio Career Development Association's Annual Conference will take place at Ashland University located in Ashland, Ohio. Please join us for our 2025 Spring Conference on Thursday, June 5th (12pm-6pm) and Friday, June 6th (8am-4pm)!

    At the 2025 OCDA conference, you will have the opportunity to:

    • Increase your scope of practice - Gain valuable insights and understanding of special populations including their needs, perspectives, and preferred approaches to career development. You will also gain essential knowledge and skills to be able to effectively advocate for and establish equity within the workplace to ensure that all individuals can find their passion, use their knowledge and skills, and thrive!

    • Understand career development throughout the lifespan - Evaluate and add to your toolbelt of strategies to effectively nurture career understanding, exposure, and development throughout childhood, adolescence, and beyond! These presentations will ensure you have the knowledge and actionable takeaways to share with clients, students, and colleagues in order to effectively navigate the current world of work as well as help yourself and others find a balance between personal and professional life.

    • Be one step ahead of other career professionals - With a focus on creativity, technology, strengths, and more, attendees will receive first hand looks at innovative strategies to help clients/students and will be immersed in discussions about the current and potential future impacts technology will have on career readiness and growth.

    For more information this exciting event, be sure to check out our Conference webpages by following THIS LINK.

Past events

15 Jan 2025 Personality Types and How They Influence Leadership Styles
10 Dec 2024 The Use of Career Construction Theory in Career Counseling
5 Dec 2024 AI in Action: Practical Uses of AI in Career Development Practices
25 Nov 2024 Week of Thanks
21 Nov 2024 IN-PERSON: OCDA Meet Up - Columbus
20 Nov 2024 The Power of Using Our Strengths
19 Nov 2024 The Importance of Self Care
14 Nov 2024 IN-PERSON: OCDA Meet Up - Cleveland
13 Nov 2024 OCDA Government Education & Engagement Day
7 Nov 2024 The Tea on Gen Z: Hiring and Retaining Gen Z in the Workforce
22 Oct 2024 Role of Career Counseling in Planned Happenstance Theory and Life Meaning-Making
18 Oct 2024 ChatGPT for Job-Seekers: The Right Way to Use AI to Accelerate Your Search
2 Oct 2024 Best Practices for Career Counseling for Clients Experiencing Emotional Distress
13 Aug 2024 Five Key Things to Consider for Pay Equity
8 Aug 2024 Emotionally Intelligent Leadership
30 May 2024 2024 OCDA Spring Conference - Strive to Thrive: The Impact of Wellness on Career Development
26 Apr 2024 NEW DATE: Decolonizing "Professionalism" to Empower Inclusion
10 Apr 2024 The Anatomy of Conflict
9 Apr 2024 OCA: Legislative Advocacy Day
12 Mar 2024 Breadth of Scope of Career Opportunities at the Department of State
21 Feb 2024 Applying to Federal Job Opportunities
5 Feb 2024 NCDA Government Relations State Contact Meeting
29 Nov 2023 Mid-Week Motivation: Goal Setting
27 Nov 2023 Mindful Living: An Introduction to Mindfulness
20 Nov 2023 Shifting from Social Currency: Networking to Informational Interviews and the Supporting Mental Models
20 Nov 2023 Week of Thanks
15 Nov 2023 Mid-Week Motivation: Career Development Roundtable
13 Nov 2023 Resources and Techniques for Working with Students with Disabilities
8 Nov 2023 Mid-week Motivation: OCDA Trivia
6 Nov 2023 Strategies and Techniques for Early Career Exposure & Development in a K-12 Setting
1 Nov 2023 Mid-week Motivation: Meet the Board
27 Oct 2023 Communication Skills with Dr. Aysegul Zeren
18 May 2023 2023 OCDA Spring Conference: A Whole New World
28 Apr 2023 Personal Energy Management
19 Apr 2023 The Importance of Credentialing
29 Nov 2022 Committing to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
21 Nov 2022 Week of Reflection
15 Nov 2022 REGISTER BY OCTOBER 25TH: Mental Health First Aid
10 Nov 2022 The Power of Micro-Internships by Parker-Dewey
4 Nov 2022 Leveraging LinkedIn
1 Nov 2022 Member Meet and Greet
19 May 2022 2022 Spring Conference: The Future of Career Development
29 Apr 2022 Workshop/Networking Event: "Leveraging Resources to Build a Pre-Apprenticeship Program"
29 Nov 2021 Membership Meet-Up: Virtual Escape Room Experience!
22 Nov 2021 Demo: Connect Clients to Virtual Work Experiences with Forage
19 Nov 2021 "The Great Resignation": Employees Voice
17 Nov 2021 Coffee Chat
16 Nov 2021 Gameful Mentorship | Create Engaging Student-Employer Connections
4 Jun 2021 2021 Spring Conference: Confidently Committed to Change
23 Mar 2021 OCDA Book Club
2 Mar 2021 OCDA Book Club
9 Feb 2021 OCDA Book Club
19 Jan 2021 OCDA Book Club
29 Dec 2020 OCDA Book Club
1 Dec 2020 OCDA Book Club
30 Nov 2020 Coffee Chat
19 Nov 2020 CEU Eligible: Designing Mentorship Programs that Incorporate Career Readiness and Self-Efficacy with Taylor Slocum, MSEd., LPC, CPRW
18 Nov 2020 Coffee Chat
16 Nov 2020 CEU Eligible: Engaging Graduate Students on Career Management with Evan Faidley, M.Ed., M.A.
12 Nov 2020 Coffee Chat
29 May 2020 2020 Spring Conference: Redefine and Reimagine
7 Apr 2020 Coffee Chat
2 Apr 2020 Coffee Chat
12 Mar 2020 Coffee Chat
12 Mar 2020 Coffee Chat
12 Mar 2020 Coffee Chat
12 Mar 2020 Coffee Chat
25 Feb 2020 Networking and Presentation
13 Dec 2019 NCDA Poster and Poetry Contest
8 Nov 2019 Workshop: "And There I Was...: A Storytelling Approach in Job Interviewing"
1 Nov 2019 Workshop: "But Did You Die: A Conversation Between Self Care & Survival for the Career Professional"
24 Oct 2019 NCDA Career Practitioner Institute
18 Oct 2019 Total Internship Management Workshop
26 Sep 2019 Coffee Chat
26 Sep 2019 Coffee Chat
26 Sep 2019 Coffee Chat
31 May 2019 2019 Spring Conference
20 Apr 2018 2018 Spring Conference
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