The CDAA is establishing a Private Practitioner working group to provide collegial support for, and advocate for the interests of private practitioner members.

This is your chance to have your say about how CDAA supports its members in private practice, and help us to put private careers practice on the map. There are two ways in which you can be involved:

1. If you want to be part of this exciting new endeavour as a member of the working group, please send a short expression of interest to Julie Farthing at julie@careerdimensions.com.au by July 10 outlining:
   
• Your work location (suburb or regional area and state)
• Your experience as a private practitioner (fifty words or less)
• Your main reasons for your interest in being on the working party (fifty words or less)
2. Otherwise, you can join a consultation group, whose views will be sought periodically during the working group process. These opportunities will be advertised later.

More information is available on the CDAA website at: http://www.cdaa.org.au/node/2328

This 19th annual conference of the Career Development Association of Australia to be held at the Hilton Adelaide, focuses on how career practitioners could be making a difference to their world and ultimately the world future generations will experience. Delegates will be supported to develop new skills, consider new insights and take a more lateral view of their existing knowledge.

We invite presenters to take up the challenge of reconceptualising their work in relation to the theme by considering how they could contribute to other career practitioners ‘greening their career development’.

Abstracts can be submitted online at: www.onqconferences.com.au/pages/CDAA2010.php until Friday 27 August .

Both types of scholarships are available to career advisers/practitioners at Australian schools, TAFEs and universities. Applications for the 2010 DEEWR Scholarships for Career Advisers open 1 June and close 24 July 2009.

For more information including eligibility visit http://www.dest.gov.au/careerscholarships/ or email careerscholarships@curriculum.edu.au

The NAGCAS Conference 2009 will bring together university careers service staff, industry and professional bodies, HR staff responsible for graduate recruitment, workforce planning, strategic workforce management, professional association representatives and other parties involved in the graduate employment process (professional associations, recruiters, software providers etc) from across Australasia.

Conference Theme: The conference will explore career resilience - How will students survive and thrive in a shrinking labour market? How will career services build relationships within labour markets? What role will career services and their staff have to play at the institutional and political levels?

Abstracts & Earlybird Registrations close 7 August 2009
To register, to express your interest or for more information please visit the conference website: www.pco.com.au/NAGCASConference2009

We warmly invite you to attend this international event which will showcase the latest in career development practice and policy, and provide a fantastic opportunity for New Zealanders and international delegates to share and learn.

To view the full conference programme, visit www.careers.govt.nz/conference2009 Earlybird rates close on 31 July.