Hong Kong Career Development Association

A community for career development practitioners

HKCDA · Est. 2025

Connecting Hong Kong career development practitioners — and building a profession together.

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Why HKCDA exists

Hong Kong career development practitioners
deserve their own community.

01

Working in isolation

Career advisers in separate offices, secondary school career teachers alone in their schools, independent coaches finding their own way. We help others navigate their careers — yet have no professional home of our own.

02

Resources that don't connect

International certifications exist, but there is no focused platform for Hong Kong-specific CPD opportunities, local policy discussions, or cross-sector exchange between practitioners.

03

HKCDA fills that gap

Not a government body. Not a university unit. A practitioner-built, practitioner-focused professional community — grounded, purposeful, and distinctly Hong Kong.


Next event

Meet fellow practitioners

Apr
TBC
Date to be confirmed

April Founding Members Gathering

HKCDA's first informal meetup — connect with practitioners from university career services, secondary school career education, and independent coaching. Format (online / in-person) to be confirmed.

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Member streams

There is a place for you here.

HKCDA has six streams covering the main groups within Hong Kong's career development landscape.

Institutional Career Services
S01
University Career Services
S02
Secondary School Career Education
Social Mission & Enterprise
S04
Entrepreneurship Education
S05
NGO Employment Support
Independent & Emerging
S03
Independent Career Coach
S06
Students & New Practitioners
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