Inspiring Success Oriented Mindsets
Dr. Hoda Kilani is a Certified Professional Career Coach (CPCC) you can trust. She brings a wealth of skills from varied life and professional experiences. Her continued lifelong learning, career, and volunteer involvements provide her with up-to-date expertise to coach her clients to realize their career direction. Hoda’s blog is all about career exploration, planning and management. Check it out and share your questions, comments, and yes, critiques!
Education
Hoda recently completed a doctorate degree from the University of Calgary in Language and Literacy with an interdisciplinary research focus on special needs youths’ experiences, including those who are gifted and ESL. She continues to be interested in research that examines issues related to academic or career management experiences with the goals of giving voice to emerging adults and increasing career literacy.
Publications
Kilani, H. (2021). Engaging Youth in their Careers. Canadian Journal of Career Development.
Kilani, H. (2020). Exploring Gifted ESL Students’ Linguistic Socio-cultural Strategies. In S. Friesen, J. Brandon, & M. Jacobsen (Eds.). Selected Proceedings of the IDEAS Conference: Transforming Pedagogies, pp. 83-100. Werklund School of Education, University of Calgary. http://hdl.handle.net/1880/111767
Kilani, H. (2019). To put youth on path to well-being, we need to talk to them about careers. Career Wise – The Counselling Foundation of Canada Online Journal. https://careerwise.ceric.ca/2019/08/26/to-put-youth-on-path-to-well-being-we-need-to-talk-to-them-about-careers/#.Xtp4mafMw1J
Kilani, H. (2019). Case study: Wearing many hats to help a young client find his path. CERIC – The Counselling Foundation of Canada. https://ceric.ca/2019/06/case-study-wearing-many-hats-to-help-a-young-client-find-his-path/
Kilani, H. (2018). Exploring the linguistic profile of gifted ESL students [Doctoral thesis, University of Calgary]. The Vault: Electronic Theses and Dissertations. http://dx.doi.org/10.11575/PRISM/33121
Expertise
Hoda’s professional experiences provide her with the ability to offer the required courtesy, professionalism, and effective responsiveness that are crucial elements of employee culture and client relations. She founded Right Career Fit to coach her clients to find career direction from the following angles;
- Mentorship
- Career Development and Exploration
- Career Planning
- New Employee Orientation
- Leadership Development
- Career Workshop Facilitation and Training
- Branding
Moreover, attending and presenting at conferences enrich her coaching portfolio to offer you the latest career tools and strategies. Her clients write rave reviews
Giving Back
Volunteering with students (K-12) and mentoring immigrants add to the wealth of Hoda’s career coaching skills through her work with youths and women who are special needs, ESL, or new to Canada. Furthermore, her experience co-authoring a course textbook (NEST Methodologies: Multidimensional Aspects) and her expertise in career theories inspired her to create RCF Career Workshops Series for Junior High and High School Students.
Affiliations
Career Development Association of Alberta (CDAA) [Board Member]
Professional Association of Résumé Writers and Career Coaches (PARW/CC)
World Council for Gifted and Talented Children (WCGTC) [Canada’s Co-delegate]
Supporting Emotional Needs of the Gifted (SENG)
Stay positive, never stop learning and keep moving forward!
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