Ellen Weaver Paquette   on Thursday 09/01/2011 at 08:55 PM

An excellent contribution to our work as career professionals, we shall reference for some time to come.

Niel Carey   on Friday 09/02/2011 at 10:24 AM

Congratulations to NCDA leaders and staff for the NCDA/Harris survey. The survey is a valuable PR tool, and provides concise and convincing data to policymakers as well as useful data for career professionals.

Stefani Schomaker   on Saturday 09/03/2011 at 12:35 PM

I am thrilled to see NCDA focusing time, energy, and funding to research. This data is key to justifying the need for career professionals and the development of our field. Thank you for putting our membership dues to good use. With NCDA, membership DOES have its benefits!

Kendall DUDLEY   on Monday 09/12/2011 at 03:47 PM

Excellent report. I'm concerned however that the services that are available are poorly advertised and dependent on an actively aware population of help seekers. What about the many who don't know of such services and/or don't see how they could be of use? I'm interested in thinking about ways of taking initial services and contacts to the hard to reach populations. Providing a bridge from where they are to what's available. Can we learn from other service delivery models in other fields (public health) and countries (barefoot doctors in China)? What if we saw unemployment as a public health issue (which it is)--would more services, monies and attention be directed at the problem?

Jamie Tuttle   on Wednesday 09/14/2011 at 10:02 AM

Honestly I was surprised that 24% of adults have already utilized a career practitioner. Not because I thought it was low, rather it was high. Maybe I have been in the dark but I do not know anybody who has utilized any services offered in this regard. I am not entirely sure where one could go to recieve services. I have not been looking and maybe this is why I do not see them. With the results of the poll showing that 86% of those who did utilize such services were satisfied, one might expect those using career pratitioner services to increase significantly; if not by word of mouth from happy working adults, then by the strain of a struggling job market. Great work by the way.

Caroline Cleland   on Monday 09/19/2011 at 06:08 AM

The survey information is hugely interesting as are the comments. I'm wondering what are the strategies for making career development services more widely known and better utilised. The issue I am sure is just as relevant here in Australia and in other parts of the world. Is anyone aware of strategies that tackle the issue in America or elsewhere? Kendall's suggestions sound like a useful starting point.