Why the GCDF?

Global Career Devel­op­ment Facil­i­ta­tors are trained to help stu­dents and adults with career and edu­ca­tional plan­ning and strategies.

The GCDF offers a mar­ketable cre­den­tial that car­ries pro­fes­sional recog­ni­tion, par­tic­u­larly across the United States, and is becom­ing more rec­og­nized in other coun­tries. (Eleven coun­tries have estab­lished GCDF programs.)

This internationally-accepted train­ing can be use­ful to any­one pro­vid­ing career ser­vices, including:

  • men­tal health coun­selors whose clients also need career help
  • gov­ern­ment work­force devel­op­ment and edu­ca­tion cen­ter staff
  • career group facilitators
  • career advis­ers who work in com­mu­nity agen­cies and other non-profs
  • career con­sul­tants in pri­vate practice
  • pub­lic and pri­vate high school coun­selors offer­ing career plan­ning help
  • career counselors/advisers in 2– and 4-year col­leges and uni­ver­si­ties and in voca­tional and pro­fes­sional schools
  • career coaches, and also life/work coaches
  • job search trainers
  • social ser­vices agency staff
  • resume writ­ers wish­ing to expand their services
  • grad­u­ate stu­dents in coun­sel­ing and social work programs
  • librar­i­ans
  • HR pro­fes­sion­als work­ing with employee career development
  • mil­i­tary tran­si­tion and relo­ca­tion centers
  • out­place­ment firms and corporations
  • career advis­ers in cor­rec­tions facil­i­ties and pre-release centers
  • aspir­ing career devel­op­ment professionals
  • Indian Tribal Offices offer­ing employ­ment and human ser­vices support
  • voca­tional reha­bil­i­ta­tion facil­ity staff

GCDFs are pre­pared to work in many occu­pa­tions that use var­ied social and intel­lec­tual skills, and cover a wide range of interests.

Some job titles you’ll find indi­vid­u­als with GCDFs occu­py­ing include:*

  • Career Resource Cen­ter Coordinator/Assistant/Technician
  • Career and/or Life Coach
  • Occupational/Labor Mar­ket Infor­ma­tion Coordinator
  • Employ­ment Specialist/Adviser
  • Work­force Devel­op­ment Specialist/Coordinator
  • Job Search Trainer
  • Career Counselor/Adviser
  • Career Ser­vices Coordinator/Specialist
  • Career Group Facilitator
  • Stu­dent Ser­vices Specialist
  • Human Resources Career Devel­op­ment Coordinator/Specialist
  • Career Con­sul­tant
  • Case Man­ager (in Human Ser­vices, Cor­rec­tions, Employ­ment Services)
  • Intake Inter­viewer
  • Career Cen­ter Director
  • Guid­ance Counselor/Adviser
  • Resume Writer

*Please note that the GCDF is often used to extend the skill set of indi­vid­u­als in the above job titles, and is not, by itself, a suf­fi­cient qual­i­fi­ca­tion to enter all of the above positions.

And, here are two arti­cles that nicely con­firm the grow­ing need for the NCDA-approved GCDF cer­tifi­cate as a nec­es­sary credential.

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