Addresses the dilemma facing youth on employment and offers perspectives on the role of the curriculum in approaching this problem. Discusses and cites examples of employment options. Also highlights the personal needs that are associated with work. (ML)

DOTS (decision learning, opportunity awareness, transitions learning, and self-awareness) analysis has dominated the rationale of guidance counselors and career educators. This article describes practical implications for more progressive career learning that establishes a viable base for both choice and change of mind. The new-DOTS…

This paper sets out career-related stories of people and their struggle to make sense of a life through work. They show that career management is not primarily a matching process but, for most, the making of a life the best way one can. The nine stories from five continents have these focuses: a feeling for a career; a career is other people or…

This book contains 21 papers on the theory, context, provision, practice, and development of career counseling and guidance in Great Britain. The following papers are included: "Preface" (Tony Watts et al.); "The Social Context of Guidance" (John Killeen); "Career Theory" (John Killeen); "A Career-Learning…