Administering and Interpreting Career Assessments - Fall 2025

This course provides an overview of several assessment tools commonly used to facilitate career decision-making (i.e., tools that assess skills, interests, values, and personal style), including assessment selection, administration, interpretation, and integration of results. In addition, this course will consider the assessment process.

Please note: the focus of this course is on “A” level assessment tools (i.e., tools that do not require graduate level training in statistics and psychometrics). Commonly used “B” level assessment tools (e.g., those that require specialized training or a graduate degree in psychology) will also be introduced. However, it is important to note that completion of this course will not qualify you to administer/interpret “B” level assessment tools. Participants in this course will be expected to purchase a package of assessment tools for use during the course.

Understanding Diverse Clients - Fall 2025

In today’s work environment, career management professionals require skills to work with diverse clients. This course will explore the similarities and differences in working with a wide variety of client groups and provide tips for tailoring strategies appropriately.

Developing Career Programs, Services, or Courses - Fall 2025

Participants will learn how to integrate required components to develop successful career programs, services, or courses to achieve desired outcomes.  Focus will be on identifying the client group and specific needs of that group, formulating course/program purpose, and building a comprehensive outline.

Career Coaching Skills - Fall 2025

This course will highlight differences between coaching and counseling. It is designed to develop/enhance the skills of managers, supervisors, HR managers, coaches and career practitioners who need to coach employees or clients regarding career issues.

Helping Skills to Facilitate Career Development - Fall 2025

Participants will develop or enhance counselling, coaching, and other interpersonal communication skills to a paraprofessional level.

Career Development Foundations, Emerging Theories, and Models - Fall 2025

This course will present traditional and emerging career development theories, models, and strategies. Using these models and strategies, this course develops participants’ abilities to work constructively with clients to build individualized career plans.

Community Futures - Career Development Foundations, Emerging Theories, and Models 2025

This course will present traditional and emerging career development theories, models, and strategies. Using these models and strategies, this course develops participants’ abilities to work constructively with clients to build individualized career plans.

Community Futures - Ethics Essentials for Career Practitioners 2025

Career management professionals are committed to working ethically with their clients. Due to the professional diversity of this field, however, there are many ethical codes that impact their work. This course will explore how several of those codes inform ethical practice and we will together examine real-life ethical dilemmas based on case studies and shared experiences.

Career Theory Supplement

This course will expand on the traditional and emerging career development theories, models, and strategies introduced in Career Development Foundations, Emerging Theories, and Models to provide an additional 10 hours of career-theory training.

Career Development Foundations, Emerging Theories, and Models (SAAMIS) 2025 - Directed Studies

This course will present traditional and emerging career development theories, models, and strategies. Using these models and strategies, this course develops participants’ abilities to work constructively with clients to build individualized career plans.