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Career Information,
Career Counseling,
and Career Development
8th Edition
Duane Brown
0-205-36617-1
Paperback
492 pages
2003
Brief Description
Career Information, Career Counseling, and Career Development is a comprehensive, up-to-date text written by one of the leading experts in the area.
This new edition contains a stronger emphasis on technology and cross-cultural issues. As in previous editions (authored by Isaacson and Brown), career development theory, career information, career counseling practice, and career development programming are all covered in extensive detail. The text carefully describes the process of finding and securing jobs in an electronic era and presents students with the trends that are shaping the workplace today—and those that will continue to influence their careers over the next decade.
Designed for first (Masters level) course in career counseling and development taught in counselor education and counseling psychology programs.
Features
- Contains excellent coverage of current theories, ensuring that students receive the most up-to-date information available.
- Provides only essential references, making the material easier to read and synthesize.
Complete coverage of O*NET and the instruments than can be used to access this important career information database (Ch. 5).
New to this Edition
Many insertions throughout text about the use of the Internet in career counseling.
Discussion of postmodern approaches to career development (Ch. 4).
A postmodern model of career counseling (Ch. 4).
Multicultural model of career counseling based on cultural values based on solution-focused career counseling (Ch. 4).
Decreased emphasis on classifying occupations—now just one chapter (Ch. 15).
Book is reorganized to reflect greater emphasis on career counseling.
New NCDA membership categories and other discussion of credentialing career counselors (Ch. 4).
Contents
I. FOUNDATIONS OF CAREER DEVELOPMENT.
1. Introduction to Career Counseling, Career Information, and Career Development.
2. Theories of Career Choice and Development.
3. Factors Influencing Workers and Their Careers.
II. CAREER COUNSELING, APPRAISAL, AND CLIENTS WITH SPECIAL NEEDS.
4. Career Counseling: Traditional and Online Approaches.
5. Testing and Assessment in Career Development.
6. Client Groups with Special Needs.
III. CAREER DEVELOPMENT PRACTICES.
7. Finding and Organizing Career and Labor Market Information.
8. Using Technology: The Internet and Computer-Assisted Career Guidance Systems.
9. Preparing for Work.
10. Job Placement, Outplacement, and the Job Search.
IV. ORGANIZING CAREER DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS.
11. Systematic Career Development Programming in Elementary and Middle Schools.
12. Career Development Programs in High Schools.
13. Career Development in Four-Year and Community Colleges and Vocational Technical Schools.
V. UNDERSTANDING THE WORLD OF WORK.
14. The Occupational Structure Today and Tomorrow.
15. Classifying Occupations.
VI. SPECIAL SETTINGS AND FUTURE POSSIBILITIES.
16. Career Development in Business and Industry.
17. Career Counselors in Private Practice.
18. Trends and Issues in Career Information, Career Counseling, and Career Development Planning.
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