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Chope, Robert C. – 2002
The purpose of this chapter is to add further legitimacy to the growing number of career counselors who wish to engage clients in an in-depth exploration of their families influence on their career choice. Until recently, information about the influence of the family of origin on career decision making has not had much impact in the career…
Descriptors: Career Choice, Career Counseling, Counseling Techniques, Decision Making
Dunham, Penelope H. – 1990
The underrepresentation of women in mathematics-related careers has serious economic and social implications as the United States faces a shortage of scientists, engineers, and mathematically-trained workers. Future demands for technological workers have prompted a national effort to encourage all sectors of the population to consider careers in…
Descriptors: Career Choice, Elementary Secondary Education, Females, Intervention
Martellino, Carl Anthony – 2002
Educating career counselors and other practitioners in the career development field on at least the basics of financial planning concepts will enable them to provide clients with a more comprehensive approach to career decisions. A client with an understanding of financial planning basics will be better prepared as an informed, engaged, and…
Descriptors: Career Choice, Career Counseling, Career Development, Counseling Techniques
Priest, Laurie; Summerfield, Liane – 1983
A decline in government funding for recreational services has stimulated the growth of private and commercial recreation. In this two-page information review, areas in which job opportunities in the recreational field are to be found are discussed, and trends in commercial recreation are listed. A list of 22 resource organizations and 6…
Descriptors: Athletics, Career Choice, Cultural Activities, Employment Opportunities
Naylor, Michele – 1986
Research indicates that the family has a great influence on a child's employment and educational decisions. Family-oriented career development programs are needed for several reasons. Parents indirectly increase their children's career options and career development by enhancing their own employability and career planning skills. Research…
Descriptors: Career Choice, Career Development, Educational Needs, Family Influence
Magnusson, Kris – 1995
The context in which career decisions are made is dynamic--occupations are changing rapidly and society is becoming increasingly complex. This digest describes a model that uses five processes which are critical to effective career planning: initiation, exploration, decision making, preparation, and implementation. The first process, initiation,…
Descriptors: Career Choice, Career Counseling, Career Development, Career Planning
ElHessen, Sue – 2002
It has been suggested that self-efficacy expectations may have a cognitive influence on career decision making (CDM) and vocational achievement (e.g., range of career options and persistence in career exploration). Personal self-efficacy expectations may influence the CDM process and career motivation. This study explored the role of self-efficacy…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Career Choice, Career Counseling, Career Planning
Hartung, Paul J. – 1995
Career certainty refers to the degree to which individuals feel confident, or decided, about their occupational plans. Since Parsons first classified people into career-decided and career-undecided groups, counseling researchers and practitioners have worked to formally assess career choice status. These efforts have yielded two generations of…
Descriptors: Career Choice, Career Counseling, Career Exploration, Career Guidance
Amundson, Norm – 1995
Career exploration typically involves the investigation of personal factors: interests, aptitudes, values, and personal style. This digest outlines one counseling method, pattern identification exercise (PIE). PIE starts with past experiences and identifies personal patterns which are relevant to career decisions. A premise of PIE is that…
Descriptors: Career Choice, Career Counseling, Career Exploration, Career Guidance
Kerka, Sandra – 1993
Preparation for productive employment in a global economy is one aspect of National Education Goals 3 and 5. Career education can help people realize the opportunities and meet the challenges of the international workplace. The emergence of flexible, information-based technologies is a primary factor in the evolution of the global economy. New…
Descriptors: Career Choice, Career Development, Career Education, Cross Cultural Training
Davenport, Linda Ruiz – 1994
The under-representation of females in mathematical careers persists despite the fact that in recent years, gender differences in mathematics achievement and participation in mathematics coursework at the high school level have virtually disappeared. This bulletin presents research findings and discusses gender differences in mathematics…
Descriptors: Career Choice, Educational Opportunities, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education
Prediger, Dale J. – 1995
This digest focuses on the career counseling process, specifically on the contribution of assessment procedures to career exploration and planning. Because these career development tasks are experienced by everyone, this digest addresses assessment for the many rather than intensive, problem focused career counseling. The following basic…
Descriptors: Career Choice, Career Counseling, Career Exploration, Career Guidance
Shoffner, Marie F.; Vacc, Nancy N. – 1999
The revised approach to teaching and learning math in the United States emphasizes the mental processes involved in doing math and focuses partly on children's prior knowledge, out-of-school experiences, and informal mathematics knowledge. This engaging approach can function to encourage children to select one of the mathematical sciences as an…
Descriptors: Career Choice, Career Counseling, Counseling Objectives, Educational Counseling
Stitt-Gohdes, Wanda L. – 1997
The premise of this paper is that, although career choice implies options, issues of gender, race, and class may constrain the occupational choices an individual makes. Dominant career development theories are being reexamined for their appropriateness to diverse groups. This paper reviews the following theories: Ginzberg, Ginsburg, Axelrad, and…
Descriptors: Career Choice, Career Development, Counseling Techniques, Females
Hansen, Jo-Ida C. – 1995
The assessment of interests through the use of interest inventories is big business in the field of testing today. The assessment of interests originally developed as an outgrowth of efforts in education and in industry to supplement special and general abilities information about individuals. Interest inventories used today differ from early…
Descriptors: Affective Measures, Aptitude Tests, Career Choice, Elementary Secondary Education
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