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Sara Agritelley Discusses Re-engaging Her Career at Midlife
February 16, 2016
Sara Agritelley to Present at CDA Pathfinders Meeting Former CDA client Sara Agritelley currently serves as a Supervisor of Benefits Service Center at Milliman – an international actuarial consulting firm specializing in employee benefits. Sara is using her knowledge of – and passion for – the investment & financial planning fields to coach & inspire
Read ArticleHR Expert and Coach Dr. William H. Behrendt to Present
January 13, 2016
Our February speaker is noted human resource executive and coach Bill Behrendt, who joins us to talk about re-careering in his own life. He’ll also talk about futures in the health care field. Dr. Harkness met Bill when he took her Career Coaching class at UTD. He has completed this certification and moved to a
Read ArticleAnne Barr: Expert in Franchising and Business Ownership
December 16, 2015
Date & Time: Thursday, January 7th, 6:30 pm Location: CDA Offices in Garland All are invited at NO CHARGE to gain this very timely information! Anne Barr presents a seminar called “Business Ownership Options”, and Anne believes her seminar would be of benefit to anyone looking to explore business ownership and how to go about
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It’s Time to Re-Career and Replace Retirement
November 23, 2015
I changed careers in a time when career change didn’t exist. Before it even had a name. Get a glimpse into my story now. Re-Careering is Achievable The necessity for me to Capitalize on Chaos, both personally and professionally, and to re-career and forget retirement, and make a living for myself and three children started
Read ArticleWhy Having a “Sharp Crap Detector” is Essential is Today’s Workworld!
November 14, 2015
When I was writing the book, The Career Chase 15 years ago and was explaining the necessity to become a Change Catalyst to learn new skills for the new rapidly upcoming age, I listed what I thought those new skills would be. Very quickly I said it would take courage, and confidence to change. We
Read ArticleEntrepreneurship: Do You Have What It Takes?
October 31, 2015
A CDA PathFinder For Your Future Event on Entrepreneurship By 2020, forty percent of American’s are predicted to become freelancers, self-employed, part-time workers or work in portfolio career. Is this for you? Want to know more? Attend this CDA PathFinder Meeting! Hear the details of becoming a Tiny House entrepreneur from BA Norrgard who created
Read ArticleMoving Through Career Chaos to Creativity – An Update
July 28, 2015
As most of you know, I have a tendency to be “ahead of the curve” in a lot of my writing and research. I have been researching both Chaos Theory and Happiness for years, and wanted to review some of my past findings with you – because the world is catching up with some of
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Is a Green Career in Your Future? Experts Share the Scoop
July 28, 2015
Perspectives on Green Energy and Its Impact “The future is uncertain . . . . but this uncertainty is at the very heart of human creativity.” According to Ilya Prigogine, Nobel Prize winner in 1977 and author of Order Out of Chaos, and The End of Certainty. This uncertainty and the necessity for creativity is
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Todd Wagner – From Lawyer to Yahoo to Philanthropist
June 23, 2015
Former Client Todd Wagner and CDA Todd Wagner has presented at Career Design Associates a number of times since he was client of Dr. Harkness’ in the early 1990s. Todd is a great example of a client who has reinvented himself a number of times – from Lawyer to High-tech Entrepreneur to Investor and Philanthropist.
Read ArticleFive Points to Consider at Midlife (From Don’t Stop the Career Clock)
June 17, 2015
Just as there is no automatic system to successfully guide our career for us, there is no prescription for how we are to live our later life. Society and its institutions and professionals are trailing at least ten years behind in dealing with the process and problems of integrating aging and working. Those of us
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