Globalized labor markets confront many adults, both employed and unemployed, with demands arising from career uncertainty that have the potential to jeopardize their occupational planning. This article investigated how individuals in different regions of Germany, which are characterized by different economic opportunities, negotiate such demands…

Describes the evolution of the Adult Career Concerns Inventory into an instrument that assesses adults' awareness of tasks associated with career adaptability. Practical applications and future research directions are discussed. (SK)

Five career transition points for planned mentoring are career awareness, preparation, orientation, opportunities, and advancement. Successful mentoring should discard concepts of informal mentoring, be customized, be part of a larger context, give participants a sense of ownership, and be inclusive. (SK)

This handbook, one of five local handbooks developed to support specialized implementation of the National Career Development Guidelines, presents guidelines for developing comprehensive programs for adults who are served by community and business organizations. Part I describes the need for guidelines and standards in career development, defines…

Provides reviews of books dealing with all aspects of careers, including 8 books on dealing with change, 13 on career management, 4 on entrepreneurship, 3 guides and workbooks, 2 on assessment, 4 on resumes, and 1 biography. Includes 12 short reviews of books on career development issues and information such as publishers' addresses. (JOW)

A survey of 12 nurse executives indicated that most did not originally plan to be administrators when they entered nursing. However, all had pursued advanced degrees and most had been involved in nursing education prior to their administrator-level position. (CH)

This book concentrates on ways in which families influence their children's careers, especially on the barriers families may wittingly or unwittingly construct on the children's path toward satisfying work lives. The book is divided into five parts, each of which builds upon the previous ones. The chapters in Part One define what hand-me-down…

There are serious disparities between career development theories and reality for student workers and adult occupation changers. A change in the focus of both experiential educators and career development theorists is required. (MSE)

The main aim of the study was to investigate the link between child and adolescent adaptive behavior and adult psychological functioning, and the role of career orientation in this linkage. This was based on a Finnish longitudinal study, where data at ages 8, 14, and 42 were available for 118 females and 115 males. Adaptive behavior, indicated by…

This report proposes a pioneering diagnostic taxonomy of adult career problems, describes its development, and documents the results of a pilot test using a preliminary design to validate the taxonomy. The report is based on a study which had four major activities: a literature review of adult career development and pertinent taxonomies, a…

This report describes the Transition to Work Simulator (TWS), a computerized model of the important career decisions which people make from youth through midcareer. The implications of TWS as a planning tool for human resource development at the national level are discussed. (Author/SJL)

Discusses the misguided emphasis on job placement as a final outcome in supported employment and the need for long-term services and retraining to enable individuals with disabilities to change careers. Proposed alternatives to current job placement strategies that will help foster career development are identified. (CR)

A successful "Mid-Career Alternatives Workshop" is described which was developed based on the examination of the reasons for failure of an earlier similar workshop in terms of publicity, student involvement, format, and timing. (JT)

This document is one of two monographs produced by a three-year project designed to study mid-career changes and the educational and training needs of these adults. A companion monograph, CE 025 226, discusses support systems organized at the local level to serve the mid-career adult student. Divided into four chapters, this document describes the…

With employees in many organizations now expected to act as if they are self-employed in order to preserve their employability, managers need to assume new responsibilities to provide career coaching. Some outputs of career coaching are education of staff in career self-management, guidance of staff in the use of career analysis and planning…