January 31, 2025
This year marks eight full years since I became the president of JCDA. Upon my appointment, I advocated the slogan "Impact Beyond." As we begin a new year, I would like to reflect on the consequences this slogan has had—not only on myself but also on JCDA and its members.
March 19, 2024
First of all, on behalf of JCDA, I wish to offer our greetings at the start of this year. Let me also express our heartfelt appreciation to JCDA members for their tremendous support and cooperation extended to us in the past year. We are looking forward to working with you again this year.
February 13, 2024
The 2023 NCDA Conference took place in Chicago, Illinois from June 29th – July 1st. This year’s theme was Career Development Around the World: Making Connections and Increasing Access to Impact the Global Labor Market and the focus was on the influence career development has globally in a post-pandemic world.
December 11, 2023
The 2023 APCDA Conference was held, attended by people participating both on-site and online, under the theme of "New Look at Careers in a Rapidly Changing World." In this article, I will report, with great pleasure, on the conference held on May 16-19 in Astana in Kazakhstan.
December 11, 2023
From the JCDA Conference in Commemoration of Reaching 10,000 Members held in May 2012
February 28, 2023
As we have walked into the year 2023, or the year of Reiwa 5 in the Japanese calendar, I wish to express my heartfelt congratulations to all of you on the beginning of the new year. We are truly grateful for the enthusiastic support and cooperation generously extended by the members of Japan Career Development Association (JCDA) during the last three years despite being heavily impacted by the COVID-19 Pandemic throughout. We look forward to your continued support in this year as well.
September 01, 2022
It is with deep regret that I inform you of the passing of Dr. JoAnn Harris Bowlsbey on April 2022 (in Japan time). Please allow me to call Dr. Bowlsbey “JoAnn” in this article, which is how we always called her. JoAnn died peacefully at the age of 89 at a hospital.
For us, JoAnn will always be the mother of Career Development Advisor (CDA) certification and of career counseling in Japan.
September 01, 2022
The National Career Development Association (NCDA) is facing many changes during a period of larger national and global shifts. The world of work has become incredibly complex. Technological and social forces are changing how work is performed, who does it, and even what work looks like.
July 31, 2022
The idea for APCDA began in 2009 when Soonhoon Ahn, a Korean-American visited National Taiwan Normal University. They agreed that Asian countries needed to share information about career development among each other. Soonhoon decided to pursue this goal via NCDA (the National Career Development Association for the USA) because many internationals attend the NCDA Conference each year. At NCDA in 2010, several of us met with Dr. Tatsuno of JCDA and discussed where to incorporate APCDA.
February 05, 2022
As we have walked into the year 2022, or the year of Reiwa 4 in the Japanese calendar, I wish to express my heartfelt congratulations to all of you on the beginning of the new year. We are truly grateful for the enthusiastic support and cooperation generously extended by the members of JCDA during the last year and the year before that despite the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic.