The Career Counselor's Handbook, Second Edition

by Figler, Howard; Bolles, Richard N.

• ISBN13: 9781580088701
• ISBN10: 1580088708
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2007-10-01
• Publisher: Ten Speed Press

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. Book jacket.

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

The Authors	p. viii
Preface	p. x
Introduction: Our Goals
"So You're a Career Counselor! Just Exactly What Do You Do?"	p. 2
What Does "Career" Mean?	p. 10
The Six Objectives of Career Counseling	p. 17
The 12 Most Important Skills a Career Counselor Uses	p. 23
The Mystery of Career Choice	p. 30
Facing the Challenge of Ego: Is It Your Career or Theirs?	p. 37
The Past: Our History
A History of Ideas and Events in the Job-Hunting Field during the Twentieth Century	p. 46
The Present: How to Survive and Prosper
Prospering as a Career Counselor	p. 82
Learning Self-Promotion	p. 91
The Annual Career Checkup	p. 98
The Present: What Our Tools Are
How to Do 1-2-3 Career Counseling	p. 106
How to Use Career Assessment Tools	p. 112
How to Use Occupational Forecasts	p. 122
How to Use Information in Career Counseling	p. 129
Career Counselors and the Internet: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly	p. 135
How to Use Just One Hour	p. 152
How to Use Group Work	p. 155
Principles of Effective Group Workshops	p. 166
Teach Your Clients to Show What They Can Do	p. 173
The Present: Special Problems
The Problem Called "Motivation"	p. 180
Helping Clients Get "Unblocked": The Brain and the Safekeeping Self	p. 186
Confronting Clients Whose Actions Don't Match Their Words	p. 200
Helping the "Impossible Client"	p. 206
Don't Let the Bureaucracy Grind Down Your Clients	p. 213
The 60-30-10 Rule: The Necessity Of Maximizing Face-to-Face Contact	p. 218
The Present: For Clients Who Want to Be "On Their Own"
A Return to the Real America	p. 226
How to Help Our Clients Think about Self-Employment	p. 230
Schooling and Entrepreneuring	p. 243
Five Business Cards Instead of One	p. 246
The Present: Values
Freedom	p. 250
Helping Clients Define Success	p. 253
Doing Well and Doing Good	p. 256
Adding Value	p. 260
Helping Clients Avoid Cheating in Their Careers	p. 263
The Present: Spirituality
The Place of God in Career Counseling	p. 272
The Future
Where Is Career Counseling Heading?	p. 284
Five Rules for Dealing with Change in the New Millennium	p. 293
How to Stay Fresh	p. 298
Index	p. 302
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