Career Counselling And Guidance In The Workplace

The average 21st-century career is one of constant change: an individual can no longer expect to remain with one organisation his or her entire life, achieving managerial status through natural progression. Today's job market requires constant re-training and adjustment because of skills obsolescence, age discrimination and technological illiteracy. On the other hand, younger or less qualified workers find it difficult to enter the labour market because of a lack of skills or experience. Career counsellors should be able to help clients to navigate this difficult and changing role. The book offers a practical framework within which the career counsellor can work. The text explains the role of the career counsellor within the organisation; discusses the key concepts that influence career behaviour; explains the use of counselling and guidance tools and techniques; offers insight into the profession and practice of career counselling; and provides guidance within an international and a South African context. Integrating theoretical and practical perspectives, this book offers a comprehensive overview of career counselling and guidance services, practices, tools and techniques in an organisational context. It consists of five chapters, each of which has a summary, key terms and review an discussion questions.

Career Counselling and Guidance in the Workplace offers a practical framework within which the career counsellor can work.

The content is illustrated with reflection activities for students and real-life South African, African, and global case studies spanning diverse multicultural backgrounds.

This widely acclaimed text demonstrates the application of developmental approaches to career guidance and counseling for children, adolescents, and adults across a variety of settings, including schools, businesses, and community agencies.

This edited international collection of contemporary and emerging career development theories and models aims to inform the practice of career development professionals around the globe. In addition to serving both new and seasoned practitioners, the book is intended to be used as a text for undergraduate and graduate career counselling courses. In order to effectively serve clients and the public, career practitioners need to be equipped with the latest theories and models in the field. Ethical career practice requires practitioners to be up-to-date with their knowledge about theory and how theory informs practice. This publication provides practitioners with a tangible resource they can use to develop theory-informed interventions. Contains 43 chapters on the theories and models that define the practice of career development today Contributors are 60 of the leading career researchers and practitioners from four continents and nine countries: Australia, Canada, England, Finland, India, the Netherlands, New Zealand, South Africa and the United States Featured authors include the original theorists and those who have adapted the work in unique ways to inform career development practice Presented in a reader-friendly format, each chapter includes a Case Vignette that illustrates how a theory or model can be applied in practice, and Practice Points that summarize key takeaways for career practitioners to implement with clients. Additional references are also included.

This new edition explains what career counselling actually is, why people seek it, and indicates the many contexts where it is used. The text describes in detail the skills, tools, and techniques of career counselling, useful to both professional career counsellors and those for whom career counselling is just part of their work.

Guidance and counseling cover many different professional and research areas, all in relation to helping people finding directions in life, i.e. ways which are meaningful to each individual and fruitful in relation to the wider society. This anthology provides an overview of and an insight into Nordic and in particular Danish guidance and counseling issues. The contributions stretch from career guidance over supervision to philosophical counseling, thus depicting the breadth of the Nordic guidance and counseling field. The authors represent a network of experts within sociology, education, psychology, ethonlogy, informatics and philosophy -. all focused on guidance and counseling.

The Sixth Edition of "Career Guidance and Counseling Through the Lifespan" provides comprehensive treatment of career development theory and practice in a world of work undergoing profound change. This book examines the current changes in the organization and content of work, the implications of the global economy for the practice of career development, best practices in career services, and perspectives on the research findings supporting career counseling and other career interventions. Highlights of the Sixth Edition: Provides a historical perspective on the evolution of career counseling and career guidance and identifies how definitions of these processes and the role of counselors change across time. Discusses the applications of systematic and planned approaches to career guidance and counseling for children, youth, and adults, in various settings: schools, colleges, and universities, business and industry, and community agencies. Offers superior emphasis on the applications of career counseling and guidance to different and special needs populations including African-Americans, Hispanics, other culturally diverse populations, males, females, children and adolescents, adults with mental health problems in the workplace, midcareer job changers, the unemployed, dual career families, persons with work/family conflicts, and burned out workers. Includes expanded treatment of international perspectives on changes in the occupational structure, work, and career interventions. Includes expanded treatment of the school-to-work transition and work-based learning as legislative initiatives and as important factors shaping career relevant schooling, transition services, and the transition and adjustment to work. Visit our NEW Helping Professions Website at www.ablongman.com/helpingprofessions for additional resources! Page 1 of 1