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Dale Furbish

Programme Leader, Graduate Diploma and Master of Career Development

Phone: +64 9 921 9999 extn 5557

Email: dale.furbish@aut.ac.nz

Physical Address:
Room WZ101, WZ Building, City Campus

Qualifications:

  • Ed.D Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
  • M.Ed. Temple University
  • B.S. University of Pittsburgh

Memberships and Affiliations:

  • Professional Member, Career Practitioners Association of New Zealand
  • President of Career Practitioners Association of New Zealand (1999-2003)

Biography:

I immigrated to New Zealand with my wife, Joan, from the United States in 1996. We first came to New Zealand on a tramping holiday and soon after decided that we wished to settle here. 

We still enjoy outdoor activities but also have developed interests in classical music, jazz and abstract art.

My experience includes: 

  • Director of Counselling, Virginia Western Community College (1974-1996)
  • Coordinator of Career Counselling, Auckland Institute of Technology (1996-1997)
  • Senior Lecturer, Grad Dip Career Development, Auckland University of Technology (1997-Present)

Current Research Projects:

  • Professionalisation of Career Practice
  • Implications of sabbaticals in career
  • Cross cultural definitions of career

Publications:

  • Furbish, D. (2002). A snapshot of New Zealand career practitioners. Australian Journal of Career Development, 11 (2), 13-17.
  • Inkson, K., Furbish D. & Parker, P. (2002).  Fast forward: Careers research in New Zealand.  The Australian Journal of Career Development 11 (3), 36-45.
  • Furbish, D. & Reid, L.  (2003). Spirituality in career from a New Zealand Maori Perspective.  International Career Development Library http://www.eric.ed.gov/
  • Furbish, D. (2004).  Professionalisation for New Zealand career practice:  Lessons to learn, challenges to meet.  New Zealand Journal of Counselling, 25 (2), 44-53.
  • Furbish, D. (2007).  TRENDS:  Review of a special careers edition of the New Zealand Journal of Counselling.  Journal of Counseling and Development, 85, 115-119.
  • Furbish, D & Arthur, N. (2007).  International career transitions: Making global connections work.  http://www.counselingoutfitters.com/vistas/vistas07/Furbish.htm
  • Furbish, D. (2007).  Counselling students from Australia or New Zealand.  In H. Singaravelu & M. Pope (Eds.), Handbook for counseling international students (pp. 257-272 .  Alexandria VA:  American Counseling Association.
  • Furbish, D.  (2007).  Type in the university.  Type type:  The journal of the New Zealand Association for Psychological Type, 56, 12-13. 
  • Furbish, D (2008).  A successful international transition.  In N. Arthur & P. Pedersen (Eds.), Critical incidents in counselling for international transitions (pp. 51-66).  Alexandria VA:  American Counseling Association.
  • Furbish, D., Arthur, N., & Bisson, S.  (2008).  Globalization and International Work and Study: A Threat or an Opportunity?  Career Convergence: Web Magazine of NCDA, http://www.tcssoftware.com/cgi-bin/WebSuite/tcsAssnWebSuite.pl?+Action=DisplayNewsDetails&RecordID=1146&Sections=6&IncludeDropped=0&AssnID=NCDA&DBCode=130285
  • Furbish, D.  (2009).  Self-funded leave and life role development.  Journal of Employment Counseling, 46, 38-46.
Conference Presentations
  • Furbish, D.  (1999).  Grounding your career practice in counselling theory.  Paper presented at the 1st Biennial Conference of the Career Practitioners Association of New Zealand, Wellington.
  • Furbish, D.  (2001).  Planning for the unplannable:  Use of paradox in career counselling.  Paper presented at the 2nd Biennial Conference of the Career Practitioners Association of New Zealand, Christchurch.  
    Furbish, D.  (2002).  Planning for the unplannable:  Using uncertainty models in career counselling.  Paper presented at the Australian Association of Career Counsellors Conference, Melbourne Australia.
  • Furbish, D. & Ker, P. (2002).  The developing picture of New Zealand career practitioner professionalism.  Paper presented at the Pushing the Boundaries Conference, Wellington New Zealand.
  • Splete, H., Furbish, D., & Shafer, S. (2002).  The G-CDF:  A multicultural journey into career development education and credentialing.  Paper presented at the International Association for Education and Vocational Guidance Conference, Warsaw Poland.
  • Furbish, D. (2003).  New Zealand career practice:  The need for a profession.  Paper presented at the 3rd Biennial CPANZ Conference, Auckland, New Zealand.
  • Furbish, D. & Reid, L.  (2003). Spirituality in career from a New Zealand Maori perspective.  Paper presented at the International Career Development Conference, Oakland CA USA.
  • Reid, L. & Furbish, D.  (2004).  Spirituality in career:  A New Zealand Maori perspective. Invited featured presentation at the International Career Development Conference, Sacramento CA USA.
  • Furbish, D.  (2005).  Career counselling in a modern global context:  New realities and challenges.  Keynote address at the Career Counselling and the Global Labour Market Conference, Targu-Mures Romania.
  • Reid, L. & Furbish, D.  (2005).  Spirituality and career:  A New Zealand Maori perspective.  Paper presented at the International Association for Educational and Vocational Guidance Conference, Lisbon Portugal.
  • Furbish, D. & Arthur, N. (2007).  International career transitions: Making global connections work.  Paper presented at the National Career Development Association Conference, Seattle WA USA.
  • Arthur, N., Pederson, P., Popadiuk, N., Saudhu, D., & Furbish, D.  (2008) . Counseling for international transitions.  Learning institute presented at the American Counseling Association Conference, Honolulu HI USA.
  • Furbish, D.  (2009).  What would you do?  An investigation into self-funded leave.  Paper presented at the 2nd  Career Development Association of New Zealand Research Conference, Dunedin.
  • Furbish, D.  (2009).  Using self-funded leave to promote work-life balance.  Research session presented at the Career Development Association of Australia, Melbourne.

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