30 CE Clock Hours + Certification
Course Overview: This certification provides a comprehensive and foundational overview of career development practices with historically marginalized communities. Featuring content that centers conceptualization, theory, and practical applications, the certification includes hands-on materials that build a foundation for recognizing the effects of marginalization on various culturally diverse communities, including Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC); LGBTQ+ persons; persons with disabilities and disabled individuals; older adults; and migrant communities. By addressing marginalization, career coaches and counselors will gain opportunities to employ strategies that discuss the effects of marginalization in the workforce, navigate these effects with students and clients, and heal from marginalization.
The certification includes an overview of different types of oppression, including racism, heterosexism, genderism, sexism, ableism, classism, Islamophobia, religious exclusion, ageism, and nativism. Along with detecting the impact of marginalization, career coaches and counselors taking this course will learn asset-based and liberatory frameworks that leverage strengths and empowerment.
As career coaches and counselors complete this certification, they will be able to intentionally acknowledge experiences of marginalization while promoting strengths. Aside from connecting the conceptualization of marginalization and oppression generally to career development, career coaches and counselors will learn how these effects may impact mental health of the workforce, long-term career adaptability and pathways, and biases in application materials (e.g., cover letters, resumes, curriculum vitae, interviews). The certification may be useful for career coaches and counselors looking to expand their consulting services along the lines of diversity, equity, inclusion, belonging, access, and justice.
Learning Objectives:
Describe foundational definitions related to marginalization and oppression centered in career development research and practice Identify the effects of marginalization on career development for historically marginalized and culturally diverse communities Apply foundational tenets of intersectionality theory to career development as an approach to understanding structural forces of oppression and their relationship with career and workforce development Examine challenges that emerge among historically marginalized and culturally diverse groups, including racism, heterosexism, genderism, sexism, ableism, classism, Islamophobia, religious exclusion, ageism, and nativism Critique biases that could reinforce marginalization in assessments, resumes, cover letters, interviews, and curriculum vitae Devise practical strategies to address the effects of marginalization and strengths with clients and students in career settings Characterize cultural strengths as a career factor that can offset marginalization in the workplace, workforce, and career development Develop a comprehensive plan that acknowledges interpersonal and environmental factors of oppression while leveraging strengths and liberation
Your Instructor: Christian D. Chan (he, him, his), PhD, NCC
Christian D. Chan (he, him, his), PhD, NCC is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Counseling and Educational Development at The University of North Carolina at Greensboro and a proud Queer Person of Color. His interests revolve around intersectionality and the effects of oppression on career development and access to counseling. Dedicated to mentorship for leaders and scholars, he has actively contributed to over 80 peer-reviewed publications in journals, books, and edited volumes and has conducted over 150 refereed presentations at the national, regional, and state levels. He currently serves as Associate Editor for Teaching and Supervision in Counseling and Chair of the National Career Development Association Task Force for Revising the NCDA Multicultural Career Counseling and Development Competencies. He is a past-chair of the NCDA Committee on Diversity Initiatives and Cultural Inclusion and a selected member of NCDA Leadership Academy and NCDA Counselor Educator Academy. Dr. Chan was the recipient of the NCDA 2019 Merit Award. He received his PhD in Counseling from The George Washington University and a MA in Clinical Mental Health Counseling from The George Washington University.
