Addresses two substantive problems affecting vocational education--the vocational maturity of high school students and the insufficient involvement and support of vocational education by labor and business. Examines the counselor's role and asserts that counselors must perceive students as individuals in varying stages of psychosocial development.…

One of the new dimensions of vocational and career counseling is the recognition of the continuity in careers. Despite periods of unemployment and despite a radical change of occupations, the person having these experiences of change is still the same person. Although a career involves the life pursuits of a person, there are several differing…