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37AI for Career Development Practitioners
This moodle course from the Career Development Institute offers a practical introduction to the potential use of AI by career practitioners. By the end of six weeks, you'll walk away with well-rounded perspectives, tangible skills, and curated resources to evaluate, adopt and apply AI solutions in service of empowering career journeys. This course is designed for active participation and peer learning. We encourage you to engage with the materials, share your perspectives in discussions, and have fun experimenting with AI!
Getting work experience right for neurodivergent young people
This session will equip practitioners with enhanced knowledge, strategies and tools to effectively support neurodivergent young people into work experience and beyond
EGM for appointment of Honorary Secretary
Join us for this online Extraordinary General Meeting (EGM) for a confirmatory vote on the CDI's new Honorary Secretary.
West Midlands in-person Regional Meeting
Join other CDI members in the West Midlands to network and get updated on the local economy and labour market.
Supporting clients with learning support needs
Learn about the impact of learning differences and learning support processes/systems on career planning and decision making.
Building a Sustainable Career in Financial Advice: Skills, Strategy and Growth
This webinar is designed to support career development professionals with clear insights into the financial advice profession, highlighting the need for holistic financial advice.
Empowering Students with Data: Building a Game-Changing Careers Dashboard
Join Dave Stanbury and Carrie Williams for an insight into an innovative, student-led approach to careers education.
Uncovering opportunities: Investigative research strategies for identifying neurodivergent career possibilities
Helen Janota looks at how we can use investigative research techniques to support neurodivergent and disabled clients to access training and employment opportunities.
Yorkshire and Humberside careers cafe and get together: What's new in careers?
A get together to highlight what's new in careers, get together for coffee and network.
The Moments That Test Us: Ethics in Client Work
Have you ever felt unsure where your role ends, carried a client beyond the session, or questioned what the 'right' thing to do is? This workshop creates space to explore those moments and how to handle them.
AI In Careers Lightning Conference
Join careers professionals, educators, policy voices and digital innovators for a fast-paced one-day online Lightning Conference exploring how AI is reshaping careers work. This practical, discussion-led event brings together short, high-impact inputs and focused deep-dive conversations, helping you build understanding, confidence and ideas you can apply in your own setting.
Supervision: From reflection to revelation.
Join this webinar for this interactive and insightful exploration on the value of effective supervision
From access to achievement: What research reveals about contextual offers in HE
This research-informed webinar explores contextual offers and widening participation in Higher Education, equipping careers professionals with deeper insights to strengthen guidance for students from under-represented backgrounds.
Trauma-Informed Practice in Careers
Join this webinar to find out more about the principles of trauma-informed practice and how they can be championed in the careers sector.
Orthoptics, the small allied health profession making a big impact to people’s lives: Pathways, prospects and practice
Join Finn Burgum to learn more about the day-to-day life of an orthoptist, as well as career development pathways and routes into qualification.
Apprenticeship opportunities in an evolving labour market
Join Helen Janota for an expert overview of apprenticeship opportunities in relation to the labour market.
Introduction to Self-Compassion
This webinar introduces self-compassion and explores how careers practitioners can use it to build resilience, emotional balance and a more supportive inner dialogue for themselves and their clients.
Better or worse? How women’s employment experiences could change over the coming years
Helen Janota looks at women's participation in the UK labour market, considering the impact of current trends on wormen's employment experiences in the coming years.
Introduction to Solution-Focused Coaching
Join this webinar to learn about solution-focused coaching and how it helps clients move forward by building on strengths, resources and possibilities.
Central Southern Regional Meeting
Join other CDI members in the Central Southern region to network and gain an insight into the principles and practice of 'walk and talk' guidance.
National Careers Leaders Conference 2026
The National Careers Leaders' Conference 2026 will take place on Thursday 25 June. Jointly organised by the CDI and iCeGS (University of Derby), this year’s event will be hosted at The Eastside Rooms in Birmingham.
AI in Careers Practice: An in-person workshop
AI is transforming the world of work—including how we support clients in their career journeys. But how can careers professionals harness AI responsibly, ethically, and effectively? This interactive full-day workshop will provide CDI members with hands-on experience, real-world applications, and thought-provoking discussions to build AI confidence and capability.
Join us as we navigate the opportunities, risks, and ethical dilemmas of AI in careers practice. Through live demos, case studies, and practical activities, you'll explore AI-driven career tools, experiment with prompting techniques, and reflect on how AI aligns with professional guidance principles.
Preparing students for competitive university applications
Join Rachael Pearson for an in-depth look at how to support applicants to competitive higher education courses.
Yorkshire and Humberside Regional Meeting: Engaging the disengaged
This Regional Meeting will include an overview of using careers as a 'hook' for those disengaged students / learners.
Career development theories in practice
This self-paced course simplifies career theories with bite-sized videos, podcast interviews, and reflective exercises. Enroll today for 90 days of free access!
This moodle course is self-guided study that can be started anytime.Developing supervision approaches and skills for supervisors
Throughout the career development sector, supervision plays a critical role in personal development and sustaining good practice within ethical and organisational standards.
This moodle course is self-guided study that can be started anytime.
What do young people need to know about the changing labour market? Spotlight on job and career opportunities
Join Helen Janota to look at how global labour market trends will influence future job opportunities for young people, and how to apply this knowledge in your practice.
A trauma-informed approach to career guidance
This CPD session explores how trauma-informed practice can be embedded within careers guidance across both specialist and mainstream settings.
Ethical and Empowering AI use in Career Development Practice: Maintaining Judgment and Client Agency
Join Barnaby Mollett to learn more about how we can use generative AI in our practice in an ethical, client-centred manner.
Helping your Clients to find their purpose
Do you want to help your clients to establish purpose in their work? To find a meaningful and sustainable way of working with purpose? Then join us for this interactive and hands-on expert workshop, where we will learn a practical, five-step approach to help your clients to find purpose in their work.
Helping Your Clients with Their Mid-Life Career Reinvention
Do you want to help your clients in their mid-life (45-60) to reinvent themselves when they are facing redundancy, feeling lost and unclear how to make themselves relevant again in the world of work? To regain their joie de vivre when feeling burnt out, dissatisfied and unfulfilled in their work? Then join us for this hands-on and interactive workshop, where we will learn how to help your clients in their mid-life to reinvent their careers.
Introduction to Cognitive Behavioural Coaching
Join this webinar to find out more about cognitive behavioural coaching and how it can be used to help clients develop more positive ways of thinking that support the achievement of their goals.
Supporting clients with mental health
An introduction to the importance of mental health and wellbeing within career planning and decision making.
At the cutting edge: Thriving not just surviving - fulfilment across the whole lifespan based on latest research and insights
The CDI and NICEC continue our collaborative Cutting Edge webinar series with our bi-annual seminars. This event is free to CDI Members & NICEC Members. You will be asked for your membership number upon booking.
Yorkshire and Humberside Regional Meeting: Creative careers session
Emily Maguire will lead a session on careers in the creative industries. She will consider 'What is a creative career?' and present some case studies.
How to set up your own coaching business
Have you always dreamt of setting up your own coaching business but not sure how? Are you currently setting up your practice and need a helping hand? Or have you set up your business and want some tips to help your business to grow further? Then join us for this hands-on and interactive masterclass, where we will help you to provide a way forward and answer your questions.
Green skills and the labour market: Navigating the predictable and the unpredictable
Helen Janota explores the relationship between the global climate crisis, skills and occupations, and how we can use our understanding of this to support our clients.
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What Our Delegates Say
Read what a few of our delegates say about themselves and the benefits of enhancing their CPD with the Career Development Institute.
It was a great opportunity to hear different perspectives and speak to fellow practitioners about their experiences. I am keen to use AI in my practice and I do see the value, when used with caution.
Cutting Edge 2025
DelegateI really enjoyed the event and could feel the buzz of being with other people who share the same passion of improving careers for young people.
National Conference 2025
DelegateThe event was well organised. The panel discussions were well put together and were extremely informative. The workshops were good, and the stalls were well set out. Overall, it was a great conference that allowed career professionals and organisations working with young people to come together and discuss strategies and best practice for delivering preventative and NEET support programmes. Well done!