When Global CDP Creativity & Might Come Together:

#SoMuchMoreThanTalkingAboutJobs

By Bella Doswell and Katherine Jennick

September 26, 2024

What happens when Career Development Practitioners (CDPs) of the world unite to instigate change for their occupation?  This session highlights the ongoing work of the global #SoMuchMoreThanTalkingAboutJobs campaign, designed to help friends, professional allies and the public understand who CDPs are, and how we benefit individuals, the economy and society.  

By the end of this session, you will be able to:

1. Learn more about the origins of the global CDP movement
2. Discover how the campaign can help you find your CDP voice
3. Contribute to the CDP movement to educate increase our visibility

Bella Doswell and Katherine Jennick Co-Architected the global #SoMuchMoreThanTalkingAboutJobs campaign, which reached 1.6 million hits in 2024. The campaign aims to raise awareness of the role of CDPs for friends, professional allies, and the public.

Bella Doswell, an award winning, Certified (Ontario, Canada) and Registered (UK) Career Development Professional, brings 18 years’ experience in helping clients confidently market their skills and talents to employers. With extensive training in psychology, mental health counselling, occupational testing, HR process and facilitation, she holds a subject-specific Master’s degree in Career Development and Coaching Studies from the University of Warwick, one of the top 10 research-led universities in the UK. Ms. Doswell has international career coaching experience working in the UK, the UAE and since 2012, for clients in Canada.  Currently based in the UK, she is working remotely for a Canadian HR Consultancy in Toronto, providing outplacement services. 

Katherine Jennick is a UK-based Career Development Professional, Mentor, and Educator, who is passionate about using a strength-based approach to help people realize how amazing they are.  In 2019, she developed and founded What’s your strength?®  which started as a pack of cards to empower teenagers. It has evolved into a series of award-winning resources for young people, adults, and individuals with additional needs. As well as the abundance of strength-based resources, Ms. Jennick also offers 1:1 career guidance for young people and runs collaborative creative workshops for a variety of different audiences.