Career Information, Career Counseling and Career Development, 11th edition

• Students get a firm handle on theory by seeing it in practice through the text’s extensive use of cases and examples. (See pages 52, 79, 82, and 93 for examples.)
  • NEW! The theories of career development are expanded and now presented in Chapters 3 through 6, followed in each chapter by the career counseling model that grew out of the theory and a case study illustrating how to best use the model.
  • The postmodern theories and their application–including the work of Mark Savickas–is presented in an entire chapter new to this edition.
• A look at careers from a global perspective presents the material in a realistic, one-world approach.
• Students see how to deal effectively with different groups through the author’s special attention to minority groups presented throughout.
  • NEW! Gender-related issues for women and sexual minorities are covered in Chapter 7, which deals with:
    • The issue of why women lag behind men in earnings and why that is likely to change in the near future.
    • The issues facing GLBT clients, providing new balance to the book.
• NEW! A strong focus on cultural advocacy issues is presented in Chapters 8 and 9 and throughout the book.
• UPDATED throughout! Students get the most current look available at information, testing and assessment, research and evaluation, and facilitating the job search.
• Readers who will go on to work in career development programming in public schools, colleges and universities, private practices, and business can turn to the second half of the book for comprehensive, strengthened coverage of this areas.
• Students are able to understand and deal effectively with the rapid changes in technology and how those changes can be used to foster career development and contribute to the assessment process.
  • The use of social media in various aspects of career development is covered.

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• Learning Outcomes and Standards measure student results.MyCounselingLab organizes all assignments around essential learning outcomes and national standards for counselors.
• Video- and Case-Based Assignments develop decision-making skills.
  Video- and Case-based Assignments introduce students to a broader range of clients, and therefore a broader range of presenting problems, than they will encounter in their own pre-professional clinical experiences. Students watch videos of actual client-therapist sessions or high-quality role-play scenarios featuring expert counselors. They are then guided in their analysis of the videos through a series of short-answer questions.These exercises help students develop the techniques and decision-making skills they need to be effective counselors before they are in a critical situation with a real client.
• Licensure Quizzes help students prepare for certification.Automatically graded, multiple-choice Licensure Quizzes help students prepare for their certification examinations, master foundational course content, and improve their performance in the course.
• Video Library offers a wealth of observation opportunities.
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• NEW! Students get plenty of opportunities to test and reinforce their understanding of the concepts through numerous advanced organizers, student learning exercises, and end-of-chapter quizzes.
• Krumboltz’s new theory focusing on happenstance (Ch. 5) has replaced the former chapter and gives students a new decision making model and approach to counseling which is unlike any others.
• The contextualist theory advanced by Mark Savickas is presented in a new chapter (Ch. 6), strengthening the post-modern thinking portion of the book.
  • Gender-related issues for women and sexual minorities are covered in Chapter 7, which deals with:
    • The issue of why women lag behind men in earnings and why that is likely to change in the near future.
    • The issues facing GLBT clients, providing new balance to the book.
• The discussion of trait and factor, developmental, learning based, and postmodern theories, makes the theories and ideas associated with the practice much easier to teach.
• A redrafted version of futures trends in the world of work using BLS data and other sources is covered in Chapter 20, helping readers to see that their clients are facing a rapidly changing world and to become aware of some of the forces driving the changes.
• A strengthened emphasis on career development programming looks at the idea that career development needs cannot be met through interventions, and that group and organizational interventions are required. (Chapters 15, 16, 17, and 18).
• The ethical standards and professional guidelines developed by NCDA, APA, ACA, and others are highlighted and recommended as the basis for practice.

Also available with MyCounselingLab^®

This title is also available with MyCounselingLab–an online homework, tutorial, and assessment program designed to work with the text to engage students and improve results. Within its structured environment, students see key concepts demonstrated through video clips, practice what they learn, test their understanding, and receive feedback to guide their learning and ensure they master key learning outcomes.

• Learning Outcomes and Standards measure student results.MyCounselingLab organizes all assignments around essential learning outcomes and national standards for counselors.
• Video- and Case-Based Assignments develop decision-making skills.
  Video- and Case-based Assignments introduce students to a broader range of clients, and therefore a broader range of presenting problems, than they will encounter in their own pre-professional clinical experiences. Students watch videos of actual client-therapist sessions or high-quality role-play scenarios featuring expert counselors. They are then guided in their analysis of the videos through a series of short-answer questions.These exercises help students develop the techniques and decision-making skills they need to be effective counselors before they are in a critical situation with a real client.
• Licensure Quizzes help students prepare for certification.Automatically graded, multiple-choice Licensure Quizzes help students prepare for their certification examinations, master foundational course content, and improve their performance in the course.
• Video Library offers a wealth of observation opportunities.