Career Counseling Applied Concepts of Life Planning

by Zunker, Vernon G.

• ISBN13: 9780534367237
• ISBN10: 0534367232
• Edition: 6th
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2001-06-01
• Publisher: Brooks Cole

Summary

This highly successful book has been called the most comprehensive text on the market, providing students with needed career theory as well as practical techniques and examples. Through the author's clear writing style, case examples, tables, and exercises, students develop a solid understanding of the theoretical models of career counseling and are thoroughly exposed to the practical information on how to effectively counsel clients about career issues.

Table of Contents

Part One Foundations and Resources	2	(274)
Career Counseling Today and Its Historical Development	4	(21)
Career Counseling Today	5	(2)
Case: The Case of Depressed Worker	7	(2)
The Historical Development of Career Counseling	9	(11)
A Galance into the Past and a Look into the Future	20	(1)
Summary	21	(2)
Supplementary Learning Exercises	23	(1)
For More Information	24	(1)
Theories of Career Development I	25	(59)
Trait-and-Factor Theory	26	(3)
Person-Environment-Correspondence Counseling	29	(4)
Developmental Theories	33	(22)
Ann Roe: A Needs Approach	55	(3)
John Holland: A Typology Approach	58	(6)
Krumboltz's Learning Theory of Career Counseling	64	(6)
Sociological Perspective of Work and Career Development	70	(4)
Implications for Career Guidance	74	(2)
Table of Basic Assumptions, Key Terms, and Outcomes	76	(1)
Summary	77	(5)
Supplementary Learning Exercises	82	(1)
For More Information	83	(1)
Theories of Career Development II	84	(23)
Career Development from a Cognitive Information Processing Perspective	85	(3)
Career Development from a Social Cognitive Perspective	88	(5)
Brown's Values-Based, Holistic Model of Career and Life-Role Choices and Satisfaction	93	(3)
A Contextual Explanation of Career	96	(2)
Self-Efficacy Theory	98	(1)
Convergence of Career Development Theories	99	(3)
Implications for Career Guidance	102	(1)
Summary	103	(1)
Table of Basic Assumptions, Key Terms, and Outcomes	104	(1)
Supplementary Learning Exercises	104	(2)
For More Information	106	(1)
Career Counseling Models	107	(52)
Some Issues and Concepts Emerging from Model Development	108	(3)
Five Career Counseling Models	111	(1)
Trait-and-Factor and Person-Environment-Fit	112	(5)
Case: Generating a PEF Analysis	117	(6)
Developmental Model	123	(3)
Case: The Case of Multiple Problems	126	(2)
A Learning Theory of Career Counseling (LTCC)	128	(4)
Case: The Case of the Reluctant Decision Maker	132	(3)
Cognitive Information Processing Model (CIP)	135	(6)
Case: The Case of a Lot of Bravado	141	(2)
The Multicultural Connection	143	(1)
A Multicultural Career Counseling Model for Ethnic Women	143	(5)
Case: The Case of Questionable Future Status	148	(3)
Major Parameters of Five Models	151	(1)
Table of Five Career Counseling Models	152	(4)
Summary	156	(1)
Supplementary Learning Exercises	157	(1)
For More Information	158	(1)
Techniques for the Career Counseling Intake Interview	159	(29)
Career Counseling Intake Interview and Assessment Techniques	160	(1)
The Intake Interview	160	(1)
A Suggested Sequence for an Interview	161	(1)
Interviewing Techniques	162	(7)
Current Status Information	169	(1)
Discovering the Significance of Life Roles and Potential Conflicts	170	(6)
Supplement to the Interview: Discovering Problems That Interfere with Career Development	176	(10)
Summary	186	(1)
Supplementary Learning Exercises	187	(1)
For More Information	187	(1)
Career Counseling Intake Interviews: Case Studies	188	(18)
Current Status Information	189	(1)
Case: The Case of What Was Left Unsaid	189	(2)
Discovering Problems That Interfere with Career Development	191	(1)
Case: The Case of Faulty Cognitions	192	(1)
Case: The Case of the Confused Decision Maker	193	(2)
Case: The Case of the Anxious Computer Technician	195	(1)
Case: The Case of the Forgotten Work Address	196	(2)
Discovering the Significance of Life Roles and Potential Conflicts	198	(1)
Case: The Case of the Fired Plumber	198	(1)
Case: The Case of the Unfulfilled Worker	199	(4)
Developing Goals and Objectives	203	(1)
Summary	204	(1)
Supplementary Learning Exercises	205	(1)
For More Information	205	(1)
Using Standardized Assessment in Career Counseling	206	(28)
Psychometric Concepts for Selecting Assessment Instruments	208	(2)
Issues in Achieving Equity in Assessment	210	(1)
Acculturation	211	(1)
Assessment Goals in Career Counseling	212	(18)
Information About Assessment Instruments	230	(1)
Summary	231	(1)
Supplementary Learning Exercises	232	(1)
For More Information	233	(1)
Self-Assessment and a Model for Using Assessment	234	(19)
Rationale for Self-Assessment as an Alternative	235	(4)
Learning to Self-Assess	239	(3)
Self-Assessment Procedures for Career Counseling	242	(4)
Model for Using Assessment Results	246	(3)
A Glimpse at the Future of Assessment	249	(1)
Summary	250	(1)
Supplementary Learning Exercises	251	(1)
For More Information	251	(2)
Using Computers for Career Counseling	253	(23)
Some Implications of Research	254	(2)
Some Cautions When Using Computers	256	(1)
Types of Computer-Assisted Career Guidance Systems	257	(1)
The Development of Career Information Delivery Systems	258	(2)
Using DISCOVER	260	(1)
Case: The Case of an Undecided Freshman	261	(4)
System of Interactive Guidance and Information (SIGI) and SIGI PLUS	265	(1)
Steps in Using Computer-Assisted Career Guidance Programs	266	(1)
Using the Internet	267	(3)
Implementing a Computer-Based Program	270	(2)
Summary	272	(1)
Supplementary Learning Exercises	273	(1)
For More Information	274	(2)
Part Two Career Counseling for Special Populations	276	(148)
Career Counseling for Fulticultural Groups	278	(31)
What Is Culture?	279	(1)
Four Major Cultural Groups	280	(8)
Cultural Variability and Worldviews	288	(3)
Cultural Differences in Work-Related Activities	291	(1)
The Challenge of Becoming Culturally Competent	292	(6)
Immigration and Its Sequelae	298	(4)
Some Suggestions for Interviewing Multicultural Groups	302	(3)
Summary	305	(2)
Supplementary Learning Exercises	307	(1)
For More Information	307	(2)
Special Issues in Career Counseling for Women	309	(27)
Career Development Theories and Women	311	(5)
Identifying Women's Special Needs	316	(6)
Multicultural Perspectives When Working with Women	322	(2)
Implications for Career Counseling	324	(1)
Intervention Components for Counseling Women	324	(6)
Counselor Bias	330	(1)
Gender Bias and Gender Fairness of Interest Assessment	330	(2)
Summary	332	(2)
Supplementary Learning Exercises	334	(1)
For More Information	335	(1)
Special Issues in Career Counseling for Men	336	(20)
Influences on Gender-Role Development	337	(3)
Identifying Men's Special Needs	340	(5)
Multicultural Perspectives When Working with Men	345	(2)
Implications for Career Counseling of Men	347	(1)
Intervention Components for Counseling Men	348	(5)
Summary	353	(1)
Supplementary Learning Exercises	354	(1)
For More Information	355	(1)
Special Issues in Family Systems Featuring Issues for Dual Careers	356	(17)
The Family as a System	358	(3)
Case: A Dual-Career Couple in Conflict	361	(2)
Issues Facing Dual-Career Families	363	(4)
Implications for Career Counseling	367	(3)
Summary	370	(1)
Supplementary Learning Exercises	371	(1)
For More Information	372	(1)
Career Counseling for Individuals with Disabilities	373	(29)
The Americans with Disabilities Act	374	(2)
Special Problems and Needs of Individuals with Disabilities	376	(6)
Implications for Career Guidance	382	(1)
Rehabilitation Programs	382	(2)
Case: Counseling Program	384	(4)
Career Education for Students with Disabilities	388	(1)
A Module for Specific Needs of People with Disabilities	389	(1)
A Group Counseling Program for Individuals with Disabilities	390	(3)
Assessment Instruments for Individuals with Disabilities	393	(6)
Summary	399	(1)
Supplementary Learning Exercises	400	(1)
For More Information	400	(2)
Career Counseling for Gay, Lesbian, and Bisexual Clients	402	(22)
Gay, Lesbian, and Bisexual Persons	403	(2)
Discrimination of G/L/B Persons at Work	405	(1)
Identity Issues	406	(3)
Cultural Differences in Sexual Orientation	409	(4)
Counseling G/L/B--Oriented Youth	413	(2)
Career Counseling for G/L/B Persons	415	(6)
Summary	421	(1)
Supplementary Learning Exercises	422	(1)
For More Imformation	423	(1)
Part Three Career Counselling in Educational Settings	424	(88)
Implications for Development Patterns and Research for Career Counseling in Schools	426	(24)
Studies of Early Childhood Development	427	(1)
Stages of Development and Developmental Tasks for Elementary School Children	428	(7)
Influence of Cultural and Socioeconomic Diversity on Childhood Development	435	(2)
Stages of Development and Developmental Taks for Junior and Senior High School Students	437	(5)
The Need for Career Guidance in High Schools	442	(3)
Summary	445	(3)
Supplementary Learning Exercises	448	(1)
For More Information	448	(2)
Career Counseling in Schools	450	(33)
Comprehensive School Guidance Programs	451	(1)
Planning for Life Strategies	452	(4)
Couseling Children from Different Cultures	456	(1)
The Elementary School	457	(3)
Integrating Career Development Concepts -- Infusion	460	(2)
The Middle/Junior School	462	(16)
The High School	446	(24)
Intervention Strategy for Understanding Sex-Role Stereotyping	470	(1)
Case: Group Discussion of Sex-Role Stereotyping	470	(2)
Strategies for Implementing Career Development Guidelines	472	(1)
School-to-Work Programs	473	(1)
Integrating Academic and Vocational Education	474	(1)
Apprenticeship and the Future of the Workforce	475	(1)
Placement as Part of Career Planning	476	(2)
The Role of Placement in Senior High School	478	(2)
Summary	480	(1)
Supplementary Learning Exercises	481	(1)
For More Information	481	(2)
Career Counseling in Institutions of Higher Learning	483	(29)
Some Characteristics of College Students	484	(1)
How College Affects Students' Career Choice and Development	485	(1)
National Goals for a College Career Guidance Program	486	(3)
Implications for Career Guidance Programs in Institutions of Higher Learning	489	(1)
Career Prep at a Community College Consortium	490	(2)
Curricular Career Information Service (CCIS): A Module Model	492	(4)
Career Counseling at a Large University: A Metroplex Model	496	(1)
Life-Planning Workshops	497	(2)
Case: Life-Planning Workshop Exercises	499	(3)
Work- and Experience-Based Programs	502	(1)
College Placement	503	(5)
Summary	508	(2)
Supplementary Learning Exercises	510	(1)
For More Information	511	(1)
Part Four Career Counseling in Work Settings and Career Transitions Throughout Life	512	(93)
Some Perspectives of Work	514	(28)
Case: How Work Has Changed--The Secretary	515	(1)
Case: How Work Has Changed--The Human Network Organization	516	(1)
What Has Happened to Work in the United States?	517	(1)
Rethinking the Idea of Work	518	(3)
Occupational Projections	521	(4)
Focusing on the Client's Needs	525	(1)
Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action	526	(1)
Occupational Insecurity	527	(1)
Coping with Joblessness	527	(1)
The New Entrepreneurial Climate	528	(1)
Work Values	529	(2)
Stress at Work: Its Implications and How to Deal with It	531	(6)
Will There Be a Demand for Increased Quality of Work?	537	(1)
Aging Workers	538	(1)
Summary	539	(1)
Supplementary Learning Exercises	540	(1)
For More Imformation	541	(1)
Career Counseling for Adults in Career Transition	542	(31)
Case: Ben Is Changing Jobs Again	543	(2)
National Survey of Working America	545	(1)
Issues facing Adults in Career Transition	546	(4)
Career and Individual Development	550	(2)
Major Themes in Human Development	552	(1)
Implications of Hman Development as Related to Adult Career Development	553	(1)
Basic Coping Skills for Managing Transitions	554	(3)
The Personal Agency Person	557	(2)
Career Counseling Intervention Components for Adults in Career Transition	559	(11)
Summary	570	(1)
Supplementary Learning Exercises	571	(1)
For More Imformation	572	(1)
Career Development of Adults in Organisations	573	(32)
Changing Organizations and New Concepts in Career Development	575	(3)
Reengineering the Corporation	578	(2)
The Boundaryless Organization	580	(5)
Will Postbureaucratic Organizations Have Advantages for Multicultural Groups?	585	(1)
Evolution of Career Development in Organizations	585	(10)
Counseling in Organizations	595	(3)
Evaluating the Organization	598	(3)
Summary	601	(1)
Supplementary Learning Exercises	602	(1)
For More Imformation	603	(2)
Appendix A: Multicultural Career Counseling Checklist	605	(3)
Appendix B: Career Counseling Checklist	608	(3)
Appendix C: The Decision Tree	611	(1)
Appendix D: Counseling Web Sites	612	(2)
Appendix E: A High School Student's Experience in a Cooperative Education Progam	614	(3)
References	617	(38)
Name Index	655	(8)
Subject Index	663