Knowdellâ„¢ Career Advisor

Course Information

The Knowdell^TM Career Advisor training (KCA) is a 2-day workshop targeted at professionals or staff in organisations who are required to offer basic career advice to their clients/students/customers as a secondary role in their work.

The KCA training is appropriate for educators, human resource practitioners, social service officers, SkillsFuture advisors and officers, industry mentors from different industrial sectors, grassroots volunteers and any other individuals who want to receive training to offer basic career advice in addition to their primary role.

Trainers

Ms Christy Chung

As the Director of Continuing Education & Training Academy in Ngee Ann Polytechnic, Christy spends most of her time leading cross-functional teams to work with Government agencies, industry partners and teams at other polytechnics to formulate and coordinate the roll out of adult learning initiatives and programmes. Despite that, she is concurrently researching into adult learning motivation as a doctorate candidate with the University of Western Australia

Prior to that, Christy was the Head of Office of Internships and Careers in the polytechnic. Under her leadership, notable enhancements were made to internships and Education & Career Guidance (ECG) for students. These include Career & Professional Preparation modules, Digital Portfolios, Industry Mentors’ Network as well as certification programmes and communities of practice for staff. Passionate about technology and analytics, Christy led in digitalising career services, implementing a new internship ERP system, sensemaking of internship analytics and launching the first local study on employers’ sentiments on the skills and attributes of polytechnic graduates.

Christy graduated with a Bachelor of Accountancy (1st Class Honours) from Nanyang Technological University and a Master of Management in Hospitality from Cornell University. She is a Chartered Accountant of Singapore and a Global Career Development Facilitator.

Dr Timothy Hsi, Educator, Psychotherapist, Coach

Dr Timothy Hsi is a counsellor educator, psychotherapist and coach. He is the Founder and Principal of Abundanz Consulting Pte Ltd and is the Master Instructor for Knowdell’s Job and Career Transition Coach Certification workshops. He is also a NCDA Instructor for the Facilitating Career Development programme. He teaches counselling courses ranging from research methods, counselling theories and counselling ethics in various academic institutions such as Australian College for Applied Psychology in Adelaide and James Cook University in Singapore.

Dr Tim was a recipient of the “Outstanding Career Educator” Award at the 2018 Asia Pacific Career Development Association (APCDA) conference and the “Emerging Leader Award” the year before. He is also the Founding President of the Career Development Association of Singapore (CDAS) and leads a team of passionate career practitioners with the aim of improving the professional identity of career practitioners in Singapore. During his time at the Singapore Management University, he was the Centre Director of the Mrs Wong Kwok Leong Student Wellness Centre and adjunct faculty with the School of Social Sciences and is currently involved as a member of the Advisory Board for the Wellness Centre.

Dr Tim has a Doctor in Education from the UCL Institute of Education and a Master in Guidance and Counselling from James Cook University.

Additionally, he has certifications as:

• NCDA FCD Instructor (National Career Development Association, USA)
• Job and Career Transition Coach (Career Planning & Adult Development Network, USA);
• EMDR Practitioner (EMDR Institute, USA);
• Registered Counselling Supervisor (Singapore Association for Counselling);
• Level 4 member (Australian Counselling Association);
• ACTA certified Adult Educator (Institute of Adult Learning, Singapore);
• Neuro-Linguistics Programming Practitioner (Australasian Institute of NLP)
• Certified Behavioural Consultant (Institute of Motivational Living Inc, USA).

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Lesson Plan

This course consists of 6 modules:

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Entry Requirements