This manual is intended to assist practitioners working in adult career counseling programs in implementing and expanding services. The first section, which is directed toward program administrators, discusses establishing and managing a career counseling service for adults and includes a checklist for administrators. Discussed next are the philosophical perspectives of counseling adults in career transition, characteristics of adults in a career transition, effective individual and group counseling techniques, and group counseling leadership skills. Counselor qualifications, selection, and training and staff development are covered in the third section. The final section, which is devoted to planning and presenting a career seminar, provides a seminar overview, a discussion of seminar procedures and materials, outlines for seven career seminar sessions, and materials for use in individual counseling sessions. Each session outline contains some or all of the following: session goals, one or more learning activities (together with an explanation of the given activity and counselor instructions), a list of materials needed, one or more handouts, and instructional text. An extensive appendix to the manual contains assorted forms, a 22-page book list, assessment instruments, and student handouts for use in the career seminars. (MN)