NJCDA: An Innovating Career Approach: Harnessing AI & The Challenge Mindset

New Jersey Career Development Association (NJCDA)

An Innovating Career Approach:
Harnessing AI & The Challenge Mindset

Friday, October 20, 2023 | 10:30AM - 4:30PM

Conference Agenda

10:30 - 10:45 AM: Kick-off & Welcome: CDA Presidents

10:45 - 11:20 AM: Community Building: Networking Between CDAs

11:20 AM – 12:20 PM: JP Michel Keynote

12:20 - 12:30 PM: Break

12:30 - 1:00 PM: JP Michel: Keynote Workshop Integration

1:00 - 2:00 PM: Lunch break

2:00 – 2:30 PM: Round Table Topics

2:30 - 3:30 PM: Jeremy Schifeling: Chat GPT for Career Coaches

3:30 - 3:35 PM: Break

3:35 - 4:05 PM: Future of Work Reflection

4:05-4:30 PM: Closing

JP Michel-Flip the model: Innovation in career exploration

Many students think they need to pick one job title, for the rest of their lives. Career services are helping these students to flip the model: they explore challenges they want to work on, instead of job titles to fit into. Discover how leading post-secondary institutions are creating innovative activities to help students prepare for purposeful careers.

Learning outcome #1 Discover three examples of innovative career activities.

Learning outcome #2 Learn to ‘flip the model’ of career development.

Learning outcome #3 Acquire innovative, practical strategies to use with your students.

About the speaker:

JP Michel is the creator of the Challenge mindset and the Challenge Cards, which have been used by more than 70,000 students around the world. His past consultancy work with leaders led to the creation of SparkPath, an innovative career exploration company spotlighted on the Forbes, TEDx, CBC and BBC. Recognized as the 2022 Outstanding Career Leader by the Career Professionals of Canada, JP's holds a degree in psychology from the University of Ottawa and a master's degree in industrial-organizational psychology from the University of Manchester.

Jeremy Schifeling -ChatGPT for Career Coaches: Scale Up Your Coaching

Providing specific career advice for each student, alum, or client is a monumental task - especially when you serve hundreds or thousands of job-seekers.

But ChatGPT is a chance to fundamentally reshape that equation, leveraging your existing coaching expertise in concert with this new technology to dramatically scale up your impact.

So join a former LinkedIn insider and ChatGPT power user to discover:

• What ChatGPT can do for you - from helping your clientele find the perfect path to helping you work more effectively than ever

• How to guide your audience in this evolving world - by understanding exactly what ChatGPT can do and what it can’t

• A hands-on guide to making it work for you - via live demos, roleplays, and Q&A so you walk away with everything you need to leverage this powerful tool

About the speaker:

Jeremy Schifeling has devoted his career to helping others succeed in theirs. From teaching kindergarten in Brooklyn to recruiting top students at Teach For America to leading education marketing at LinkedIn, he’s touched the lives of millions of people at every stage of their journeys. Along the way, he’s published the best-selling LinkedIn book on Amazon, served as a career coach for military veterans at Shift.org and MBA students at the University of Michigan, and produced the most-viewed video in LinkedIn’s history. He currently leads marketing at Khan Academy and shares his best career hacks on thejobinsiders.com.

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PACDA members register at a discount using info on the Members page.