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Sampson, James P.; Dozier, V. Casey; Colvin, Gloria P. – Journal of Counseling & Development, 2011
An important aspect of social justice involves ensuring that effective career guidance is readily accessible to all citizens. The career theory used to guide the delivery of career services can contribute to or detract from social justice. This article examines the translation of career theory to practice, the effectiveness of career…
Descriptors: Social Justice, Career Guidance, Theory Practice Relationship, Intervention
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Savickas, Mark L. – Journal of Counseling & Development, 2012
A new paradigm is implicit within the constructivist and narrative methods for career intervention that have emerged in the 21st century. This article makes that general pattern explicit by abstracting its key elements from the specific instances that substantiate the new conceptual model. The paradigm for life design interventions constructs…
Descriptors: Intervention, Models, Constructivism (Learning), Career Development
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Savickas, Mark L. – Journal of Employment Counseling, 2011
When individuals seek career counseling, they have stories to tell about their working lives. The aim of career construction theory is to be comprehensive in encouraging employment counselors to listen for a client's career story from the perspectives of actor, agent, and author. Taking multiple perspectives on career stories enables counselors to…
Descriptors: Career Education, Career Counseling, Career Guidance, Counseling Effectiveness
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Canaff, Audrey L. – Journal of Employment Counseling, 1997
Discusses later-life career planning and addresses unique issues experienced by older adults. Examines some of the specific interventions aimed at providing career counseling to this group. Describes career development theories for adults; career opportunities, such as consulting, part-time work, and mentoring; and offers suggestions on counseling…
Descriptors: Career Counseling, Career Development, Career Guidance, Career Planning
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Blustein, David L. – Career Development Quarterly, 1999
Discusses contributions of Krumboltz & Worthington, 1999; Lent, Hacket, & Brown, 1999; Savickas, 1999; Swanson & Fouad, 1999 to the application of career development theories to the school-to-work transition. Concludes with recommendation that theory-building efforts derived from the individual experience of work-bound youth should be included in…
Descriptors: Career Academies, Career Awareness, Career Choice, Career Counseling
Walsh, W. Bruce, Ed.; Osipow, Samuel H., Ed. – 1995
This handbook is designed to acquaint readers with the practical and applied aspects of the field of vocational psychology and the variety of techniques, procedures, and theories available for vocational assessment. The following chapters are included: "Preface" and "Introduction" (W. Bruce Walsh, Samuel H. Osipow); "Current Theoretical Issues in…
Descriptors: Adult Development, Career Choice, Career Counseling, Career Development