Career Recovery
Creating Hopeful Careers in Difficult Times
Published on 30. July 2020
Book
Paperback/Softback
296 pages
978-1-7935-1892-7 (ISBN)
Description
Career Recovery: Creating Hopeful Careers in Difficult Times provides readers with powerful strategies they can use to create hope and manage their careers throughout their lifetimes. The book introduces readers to the hope-action theory, an empowering approach that highlights the connection between hope, academic engagement, student retention, job search success, career goal clarity, and cultivating a meaningful career path.
In Section I, the text introduces the essentials of hope-action theory. The chapters illuminate the challenges of effective career self-management in a post-pandemic world and the importance of hope in career planning. Section II examines the crucial process of engaging in self-reflection to develop self-clarity. Readers uncover their unique passions, skills, personal styles, and values. Section III highlights the need for support in career and educational planning. It teaches readers how to move from self-exploration to seeking support and fostering future opportunities. The final section focuses on implementing key decisions and transforming possibilities into realities.
Career Recovery is an energizing resource that helps readers discover and channel hope to support the development and management of their chosen career paths.
In Section I, the text introduces the essentials of hope-action theory. The chapters illuminate the challenges of effective career self-management in a post-pandemic world and the importance of hope in career planning. Section II examines the crucial process of engaging in self-reflection to develop self-clarity. Readers uncover their unique passions, skills, personal styles, and values. Section III highlights the need for support in career and educational planning. It teaches readers how to move from self-exploration to seeking support and fostering future opportunities. The final section focuses on implementing key decisions and transforming possibilities into realities.
Career Recovery is an energizing resource that helps readers discover and channel hope to support the development and management of their chosen career paths.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
San Diego
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 254 mm
Width: 178 mm
Thickness: 20 mm
Weight
829 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-7935-1892-7 (9781793518927)
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Persons
Spencer Niles is the dean of the School of Education at The College of William & Mary and past president of the National Career Development Association. He was awarded the Thomas Hohenshil National Publication Award by the American Counseling Association in 2019.
Norman Amundson is a professor of counseling psychology and faculty education at the University of British Columbia. He has over 40 years of experience in the career development field.
Roberta Neault is the president of Life Strategies Ltd. and a project director with the Canadian Career Development Foundation.
Hyung Joon Yoon is an assistant professor of workforce education and development in the Department of Learning and Performance Systems at the Pennsylvania State University.
Norman Amundson is a professor of counseling psychology and faculty education at the University of British Columbia. He has over 40 years of experience in the career development field.
Roberta Neault is the president of Life Strategies Ltd. and a project director with the Canadian Career Development Foundation.
Hyung Joon Yoon is an assistant professor of workforce education and development in the Department of Learning and Performance Systems at the Pennsylvania State University.