These meetings are for the robust discussion and sharing of practice. We look forward to our members connecting and discussing their breakthroughs, resources, and practices. This is also a great forum to ask questions, or introduce yourself as a new CDAA member.
Join us for our April Career Conversation to discuss From Advisor to Educator: The Changing Role of the Career Professional in Universities.
This session will be facilitated by CDAA NSW Division committee member Melanie Bruniges who will be joined by special guests Demi Kastanos and Eva Chan. They will provide insights into the changes they have seen in university career services and the role of the career professional in the sector in recent years.
Changes to the skills and experience required will be discussed and attendees will have the opportunity to share their own experience with other attendees and to ask questions of the special guests.
Special Guests:
Demi Kastanos, Head of Career Development Learning and Employability, The University of South Australia
At the University of South Australia, Demi leads the strategic development and delivery of a range of university wide student-centred career development learning programs and capacity building projects that enhance the employability and career prospects of the University’s 38,000+ students across 6 campuses and online.
She has conceptualised and implemented visionary student-centred frameworks to significantly improve greater engagement by students and their employment outcomes and championed innovative approaches to embedding career development learning and employability across higher education.
Eva Chan, Manager UTS Careers, University of Technology Sydney
Eva is a Psychologist and a career professional with 18 years of experience in Higher Education. She started her HE career as a Careers Consultant at UNSW and has extensive experience developing and delivering employability initiatives, including mentoring programs, professional development programs as well as for-credit career education and WIL courses.
Eva has worked across various faculties and has specialised in student cohorts including international students, higher degree research candidates as well as mature age students returning to university. As the Portfolio Lead of Student Learning and Development at UNSW, Eva’s focus has been on change management since 2019.
This session will be suitable for tertiary practitioners. It is a FREE event so why not register and join us to say hello and add your thoughts to the discussion.
Please note: The Career Conversations will no longer be recorded. This is to encourage more open discussion. Therefore, if you cannot attend you will not receive the CPD points.
Please consider event timing according to your state:
NSW, QLD, ACT, VIC, TAS: 4pm - 5pm
SA, NT: 3:30pm - 4:30pm
WA: 2pm - 3pm
New Zealand: 6pm - 7pm
CPD Points: 1 Hour
CPD Competency: Professional Practice Application
Coming next: The May Career Conversation will be for practitioners working with adults.