Meaningful Career Conversations

ICAP

Overview

When learners engage in Meaningful Career Conversations, they begin to understand how their unique aptitudes, skills, talents, self-identity, and values influence the decision-making process for life-long learning.

Meaningful Career Conversation (MCC) Training and Career Advising Tools

Are you ready to empower job seekers through meaningful career exploration and build your leadership skills as a trusted career advisor?

Sign up for FREE, self-paced Meaningful Career Conversations training HERE!

The online Meaningful Career Conversation Course is designed for anyone who provides guidance to learners of any age. Help them enter the workforce, pursue a specific career path, or change careers (now or in the future).
- Take the course individually or take it with a team..
- It’s approximately two hours, and it’s self-paced.
- Earn Continuing Education credit!
- The course was created in 2024 by the Colorado Education Initiative

Access the FREE Colorado Career Advising (CCA) Tool for learners and job seekers, brought to you by Indigo Education Company:

Take the self-paced, online CCA courses:
- CCA Introduction for Career Advisors - for career advisors of all levels
- CCA Pathway to Self-Awareness - for career seekers in high school or beyond, and for career advisors of all levels

Take a 10-minute Career Pathway Quiz, then connect interests and aptitudes to jobs and careers in Colorado. Choose a survey to begin the career journey.
- Student - Student version targets middle school through high school.
- Adult - Adult version targets post-secondary and any career-seeking adult.
- If you've already completed the CCA Tool Survey, login to your CCA Tool Results here.

Access the website directly at ColoradoCareerAdvising.com. Find resources, materials, dashboards, online courses, Spanish options, and the most up-to-date information for your career seeking or career advising journey.

Questions? Contact Robin Russel at CDE, Russel_R@cde.state.co.us

Meaningful Career Conversations Prompts and Practices

Career Conversation Starters (Also available in Spanish)

The Career Conversations starters and questions provide a guide for families, educators, and community members - any caring adult - to engage with learners in their journey to Postsecondary and Workforce Readiness (PWR). They were created by the American School Counselors’ Association (ASCA) and the Colorado Department of Education (CDE) and are based on ecosystems theory, counseling theory and an extensive review of counseling and career counseling literature.

Meaningful Career Conversation - Archives

A Testimonial

In the Career and College Ready Course at Colorado Springs Early College: students complete exercises, prompts, surveys, learning styles, values, and financial literacy.

Idania Balbuena Erives

"My counselor worked with me and gave me coping skills; my teachers actually understood, and they were aware of everything. They all helped me see my potential… Never allow others to tell you what you can’t do, never let the limitations of others limit your vision. If you can remove your self-doubt and believe in yourself, you can achieve what you never thought was possible."

- Idania Balbuena Erives, CEC graduate with a CNA certificate, Class of 2019