Career Counselor's Handbook

by Bolles, Richard Nelson; Figler, Howard

• ISBN13: 9781580081573
• ISBN10: 1580081576
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1999-10-01
• Publisher: Ten Speed Pr

Summary

With more than sixty-five combined years of experience in the career development field, Howard Figler and Richard Nelson Bolles are the undisputed authorities when it comes to helping people find meaningful work. In this revised and updated second edition of their classic guide for career counselors, Figler and Bolles show aspiring counselors how to break into the business, and give experienced counselors ideas for improving effectiveness and recharging their practice. Outlining tools, problem-solving tips, and ethical values for today'?s career counselor, THE CAREER COUNSELOR'?S HANDBOOK features new information about performing the Annual Career Checkup, choosing Essence over Ego, and using the Internet-while celebrating the fact that even career counselors need counsel once in a while.

Author Biography

RICHARD NELSON BOLLES is the best-selling author of WHAT COLOR IS YOUR PARACHUTE? and has been a leader in the career development field for more than 35 years. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.
Howard Figler, PhD, has been a nationally known speaker, writer, and career counselor for thirty years. The author of seven books, including The Complete Job-Search Handbook, Figler was formerly the career center director at the University of Texas at Austin and director of counseling at Dickinson College. He lives in Sacramento, California.

Table of Contents

About the Authors	x
Preface	xiii
Dick Bolles
Introduction: Our Goals
``So You're a Career Counselor! Just Exactly What Do You Do?''	2	(9)
What Does ``Career'' Mean?	11	(9)
What Does It Mean ``to Counsel'' People?	20	(4)
The Six Objectives of Career Counseling	24	(7)
The 12 Most Important Skills a Career Counselor Uses	31	(8)
The Mystery of Career Choice	39	(9)
The Past: Our History
A History of Ideas and Events in the Job-Hunting Field During the Twentieth Century	48	(38)
The Present: How to Survive and Prosper
Finding Clients	86	(8)
Learning Self-Promotion	94	(3)
Prospering As a Career Counselor	97	(7)
The Isolation of a One-Person Practice	104	(7)
The Present: What Our Tools Are
How to Do 1-2-3 Career Counseling	111	(7)
How to Use Career Assessment Tools	118	(12)
How to Use Occupational Forecasts	130	(8)
How to Use Information in Career Counseling	138	(7)
How to Use Just One Hour	145	(4)
How to Use Group Work	149	(14)
Principles of Effective Group Workshops	163	(9)
The Present: Special Problems
The Problem Called ``Motivation''	172	(8)
Helping Clients Get ``Unblocked'': The Brain and the Safekeeping Self	180	(17)
Confronting Clients Whose Actions Don't Match Their Words	197	(7)
Helping the ``Impossible Client''	204	(10)
The Present: For Clients Who Want to Be 'On Their Own'
A Return to the Real America	214	(5)
How to Help Our Clients Think about Self-Employment	219	(13)
Schooling and Entrepreneuring	232	(4)
Everyone Is a Salesperson	236	(4)
Five Business Cards Instead of One	240	(4)
The Present: Values
Freedom	244	(4)
Helping Clients Define Success	248	(3)
Doing Well and Doing Good	251	(5)
Adding Value	256	(6)
The Present: Spirituality
The Place of God in Career Counseling	262	(14)
The Future
Five Rules for Dealing with Change in the New Millennium	276	(7)
How to Stay Up-to-Date	283	(5)
Where Is Career Counseling Heading?	288	(10)
When to Hang It Up As a Career Counselor and Seek a New Career	298	(3)
Index	301