Illustrates how career counselors can integrate results of Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) and Strong-Campbell Interest Inventory (SCII) to enhance client's decision-making ability. Includes detailed description of MBTI and brief explanation of SCII and discussion of how both instruments can be used jointly to promote career decision making.…

Describes the developmental stages of the Minority Identity Development Model and suggests its use in understanding minority client attitudes, values, and behavior. (Author)

Notes that major role in career guidance and counseling in Germany is played by Career Counseling Division of Federal Office of Employment, whose responsibilities include presenting career orientation programs in the schools. Describes Inductive Training Style (ITS) developed in Manneheim, Germany, to prepare employment counselors for teaching…

Reviews the process of unemployment and the benefits of leisure, as well as proposes a broader conceptual framework for integrating leisure with work as a means of assisting unemployed workers to cope with unemployment. Notes that, by viewing leisure as integral component of individual's career, employment counselors can more effectively assist…

Discusses problems faced by persons wanting to change their careers and considers how to structure experience to provide insight into variety of professions. Suggests that employment counselors look to Japanese management philosophy as new resource for career counseling for career changers. Compares models for making an initial career decision and…

A typology of adaptations to unemployment was constructed using data from a 15-week longitudinal investigation of the experiences of 153 unemployed people. The typology was split between low-stress and high-stress adaptation. Counseling implications are discussed for those in the high-stress adaptation groups. (Author/TE)

Explores the historical concepts and changing values of work. Explains our current nonwork trend and the implications for work satisfaction: expanded leisure time and the counselor's role. (Author/JAC)

Discusses relevant considerations in counseling the unemployed, such as job search skills, assertiveness training, and relaxation training. Reviews studies on the social and psychological impact of unemployment. Discusses ways to help employed and unemployed career-plateaued workers regain a sense of personal investment, motivation, and…

Presents a model measuring counseling effectiveness. Discusses representative client, agency, and counselor factors, identifies subfactors, and gives suggestions for measuring each. Suggests many of the client-oriented factors can be assessed through self-report, data for which can be elicited via a detailed questionnaire similar to the one in the…

Describes characteristics of the secondary school student in regard to vocational choice: a strong need to want to know, intrinsic and extrinsic values assessment, caring about parents' opinions, and having some control over their lives. Suggests pragmatic activities and strategies counselors can use to assist students with occupational decision…