Two studies evaluating a school-based, culturally responsive career exploration and assessment group for low-income, urban Chinese immigrant youth are described. Mixed qualitative and quantitative methods compared the treatment (CEDAR group) versus the control group (no intervention). In Study 1, CEDAR group participants reported a significant…

Using a Web-based program he developed, one educator is helping students understand how their career and lifestyle choices are linked. MyLife, a Web-based life-planning program for young people, offers comprehensive budget activity in which participants develop simulations of their fantasy futures and calculate their future monthly…

This article presents an investigation into the properties of a new narrative technique for career assessment and counselling, "My Career Chapter: A Dialogical Autobiography". This technique is used to facilitate clients' construction of a meaningful career-related autobiography. Previous research indicates the usefulness of My Career…

A rapid increase in the number of Chinese immigrants and the specific challenges faced by low-income Chinese immigrant youth attending urban schools warrant culturally sensitive school-based interventions and services. However, research and services are limited for this population because of cultural biases in traditional career theories and the…

Discusses limitations of the hexagon of J. L. Holland such as the implicit bidirectionality which assumes a symmetry that may not exist. Suggests the use of conditional probabilities as an addition to the use of the traditional correlational hexagon. (LLL)

This research brief provides highlights from the full report (published separately) that describes the ninth annual High School Exit Survey in AISD. The survey was administered online to seniors in every AISD high school during Spring 2011. In total, 3,793 seniors completed the survey, for an adjusted response rate of 87.3 percent.

Career exploration and counseling are experiencing a resurgence through the school-to-work movement. Counselors are rethinking their roles and emphasizing self-reliance and student accountability for their own career paths. (JOW)

Failure of young people with disabilities to engage in career exploratory behavior contributes to their difficulties in transitioning into adult career roles. Social cognitive career theory's task performance model and career constructs were examined with 77 special education students diagnosed with learning disabilities and 99 general education…

Describes how an elementary school teacher uses videos by the Foundation for Advancements in Science and Education to help children envision future career possibilities and begin to prepare for them. (SK)

Describes one career services professional's use of self-produced videos to move students into career exploration and to provide career counseling to a large number of students while dealing with a hectic work schedule and a limited budget. Describes a model program one year after its implementation and reflects on the effectiveness of the…

Explains how Career Exploration Inventory (CEI), measure of work and leisure interests throughout life span, can be used by employment counselors to assist clients in exploration of interaction of work and leisure interests. Describes integration of work and leisure in forming career, describes how leisure can enhance career options, discusses…

Some problems encountered by gifted students in career counseling are discussed and a program, Enriched Career Search, is suggested for alleviating those problems. Noted among career search problems related to the gifted are career tests that are not geared to the multi-talented student's unconventional career aspirations and rejection of careers…

Kolb's experiential learning theory offers the career counselor a meta-model with which to structure career exploration exercises and ensure a thorough investigation of self and the world of work in a manner that provides the client with an optimal amount of learning and personal development. (Author)

Results of a one-year follow-up of reentry women (N=121) who previously participated in one of three career exploration treatment groups (Vocational Card Sort [VCS]; VCS-plus-videotape; control) indicated minimal treatment effects. However, the importance of career indecision and its stability over time was supported. (Author/BL)

Career intervention can be designed to enhance constructive attitudes, emotions and behaviors that will improve clients' career attainment. In this sense, mobilization of career exploration constitutes one of the most important tasks of career counselors. The authors present a brief review of career exploration conceptualization and empirical…