Article discusses the importance of collaboration among professional organizations, government entities, and counselors on behalf of career development. Provides examples of possible international and national collaborative initiatives and policy emphases. (Author/JDM)

Presents a study that examined research articles, grant reports and program manuals in order to develop a comprehensive list of career development interventions. Outlines steps involved in the creation of a taxonomy of interventions, with a description of each taxon of interventions and its implications. (Contains 22 references.) (GCP)

The use of the term "career development" as descriptive of both the factors and processes influencing individual career behavior and as synonymous with intervention in career behavior is relatively recent. Article reviews the legacy of the 20th century and considers selected theoretical and practical issues likely to be prominent in the…

Discusses the changing expectations of guidance and counseling in an era of educational reform. Outlines the roots of comprehensive guidance programs in schools, the transition from services-based to results-based programs, and the development of federal legislation supporting comprehensive guidance programs. (Contains 26 references.) (GCP)

The evolving role of work in society and the factors driving emerging trends in work were examined to assist career development practitioners in helping individuals deal with life-role balance. Donald Super's life-space theory was presented as a framework for adult career development and used as a backdrop for discussing how adults can crystallize…

Connections between career development and mental health do exist. Career counseling can be a therapeutic intervention by providing dislocated, unhappy, maladjusted, or underemployed workers information, support, encouragement, and skills that increase competence and improve self-esteem. (SK)

Briefly chronicles selected major events and personalities that have stimulated and shaped career development practices in the 20th century. In its headings by decades, seeks to contextualize major political, social, economic, and scientific themes that have influenced the evolution of models of career behavior, career interventions, and the…

This article discusses the importance of collaboration among professional organizations, governmental entities, and counselors in behalf of career development. Examples of possible international and national collaborative initiatives and policy emphases are described. (Author)

Addresses questions that need to be considered in future theoretical and research agendas about how extant career theories provide conceptual insights into the content and process of school-to-work transition. Questions include (a) "Why are career theories not developed to account for the school-to-work process?"; and (b) "Are the proposed career…