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Sankey, Gerald R. – Guidance and Counseling, 1985
Discusses the transition from school to work via what is currently being done by many school counselors and other professionals, and why this assistance for an increasing number of youth has proved ineffective. Outlines some of the underlying basic causes of this transition problem and proposes an alternate approach. (CT)
Descriptors: Career Development, Counseling Techniques, Curriculum Development, Education Work Relationship
Kellett, Ralph; Conger, Stuart – 1995
The need for lifelong career development in Canada is becoming increasingly evident as more people switch jobs. To meet this need, it has been suggested that counseling services for adults should be organized in a three-tiered structure. Such a structure would ensure that individuals have access to a counselor in accordance with their level of…
Descriptors: Adults, Career Awareness, Career Counseling, Career Development
Schulz, William E. – 1995
Professional evaluation of career counseling programs is becoming increasingly important as funding becomes more limited and accountability more pervasive. This digest describes a Canadian approach used by an outside team to evaluate seven small career counseling programs. Evaluators addressed two basic goals: appraise the effectiveness and…
Descriptors: Career Counseling, Career Development, Career Education, Career Guidance
Bell, Donnalee; Hopkins, Sareena – 1998
This Portfolio Builder, designed for participants in the Building Better Career Futures (BBCF) program, helps participants explore, work towards, and realize their life and career goals. It is to be used as a tool to help students reflect on their own ideas about career development and to later market themselves in the world of work. This…
Descriptors: Activities, Career Development, Career Planning, Case Studies
Wilson, Dough – Canadian Vocational Journal, 1979
Developed by the Canada Employment and Immigration Commission for use in Canada Employment Centres and also ultimately used in schools, CHOICES is a unique employment counseling tool involving computers to match individual interests and abilities with suitable occupations. (MF)
Descriptors: Career Choice, Career Counseling, Career Development, Career Guidance

Young, Beth – Canadian Journal of Education, 1992
Two prominent themes are inferred from interviews with four Canadian women educators. One theme is the "competing urgencies" of their dual roles in the family and the profession. The other theme is the idea of "late blooming" as their careers developed after their midthirties. (SLD)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Career Development, Elementary School Teachers, Foreign Countries
Peavy, R. Vance – 1995
It is essential for career counselors working with Canadian Native youth to be cognizant of Native communication patterns, which include non-intrusive listening, story-telling, patience, and respect for family influences. Native students and their parents want non-biased treatment, information, and guidance from counselors so as to ensure both…
Descriptors: Canada Natives, Career Counseling, Career Development, Counseling Effectiveness
Leroux, Janice – 1992
Analysis of questionnaires completed by 27 successful Canadian women indicated that these women experienced satisfaction in carrying out research, publishing, and artistic and engineering production, while at the same time maintaining a healthy feeling of equality in a career path. Patterns of career growth indicated inconsistent vertical…
Descriptors: Adults, Attitudes, Attribution Theory, Career Development
Huff, Elmer E. – 1974
This paper describes a career information center established in a secondary school as a demonstration guidance project. The center is managed by a full-time careers consultant and has been operational since 1974. The demonstration project is designed as a method of delivering career information and related services to students. Goals include…
Descriptors: Career Choice, Career Counseling, Career Development, Career Education
Jarvis, Phillip S. – 2001
Canada's school-to-work transition efforts have failed too many youth and adults because there has not been a framework for essential life and work skills for all to learn. These skills are needed to complement the academic and technical skills now required for completion of formal education and training. The Blueprint for Life and Work Design,…
Descriptors: Career Counseling, Career Development, Daily Living Skills, Education Work Relationship
Goho, James; Blackman, Ashley – 2002
This study examines whether equity graduates (Aboriginal people, visible minorities, and persons with disabilities) of Canadian community colleges achieve employment outcomes that are equivalent with non-equity graduates. There appear to be differences in employment rates and earnings of Aboriginal compared to non-Aboriginal people, of men…
Descriptors: Career Development, Careers, Community Colleges, Disabilities

Cahill, Mildred; Martland, Sandra – Guidance & Counselling, 1993
Many assumptions of career counseling theory are rooted in a society based on mass production in an urban-industrial structure. Rural areas have developed social and economic structures which differ from this norm, as do the meanings of career-related concepts held by rural residents. Career development theory must enlarge to apply to the…
Descriptors: Career Counseling, Career Development, Counseling Theories, Foreign Countries
Leroux, Janice A. – Gifted Education International, 1994
Two studies, conducted with 8 able young women in universities and 27 successful Canadian women, examined their perceptions of family interactions, career aspirations, mentor relationships, career and family life, and self-image. Both groups revealed pressures to conform to stereotypical roles, inconsistent vertical development of careers, and the…
Descriptors: Attitudes, Career Choice, Career Development, Family Life
Peavy, R. Vance – 1995
The advance of science and technology, the rise of mass consumerism, the deterioration of families, and other factors have enormous implications for career counseling. This digest outlines a constructivist career counseling perspective. This perspective is based on the following concepts: there are multiple realities and no single "God's…
Descriptors: Career Awareness, Career Counseling, Career Development, Career Guidance
Hanna, Sharron; Dornan, Lisa – 1995
There is evidence that those who seek employment during difficult times, but are not successful, will continue to experience ongoing hardships throughout their working lives, often developing an ongoing dependency on the social safety net. This digest describes two federal programs on the youth employment front: (1) Youth Service Canada (YSC),…
Descriptors: Career Counseling, Career Development, Community Development, Community Services