Career Development Interventions in the 21st Century

CHAPTER 1: Introduction to Career Development Interventions

The Meaning of Work Across Time
Linking Work with Worth
Providing Systematic Career Development Interventions
Definition of Terms
Career
Career Development
Career Development Interventions
Career Counseling
Career Education

Career Development Programs
Important Events in the History of Career Development Interventions

Frank Parsons
Future Trends in Career Development Interventions

View Career Decisions as Values-Based Decisions

Move Beyond Objective Assessment
Move to Counseling-Based Career Assistance

Move to a Stronger Emphasis on Multicultural Career Development Theories and Interventions
Move to Focusing on Multiple Life Roles
Summary
References





CHAPTER 2: Understanding and Applying Theories of Career Development
Career Development Theories
Super's Life-Span, Life-Space Theory
Life Span
Life Space
Self-Concepts
Applying Super's Theory
Contextual Factors Influencing Life-Role Salience
Evaluating Super's Theory
Linda Gottfredson's Theory of Circumscription, Compromise, and Self-Creation
Stage One: Orientation to Size and Power
Stage Two: Orientation to Sex Roles
Stage Three: Orientation to Social Valuation
Stage Four: Orientation to the Internal, Unique Self
Applying Gottfredson's Theory to Practice
Evaluating Gottfredson's Theory
John Holland's Theory of Types and Person-Environment Interactions
The Realistic Type
The Investigative Type
The Artistic Type
The Social Type
The Enterprising Type
The Conventional Type
Congruence
Differentiation
Consistency
Vocational Identity
Applying Holland's Theory
Evaluating Holland's Theory
John Krumboltz's Learning Theory of Career Counseling
SLTCDM
The Learning Theory of Career Counseling
Applying LTCC
Evaluating Career Development Interventions
Evaluating LTCC
Summary
References


CHAPTER 3: Understanding and Applying Recent Theories of Career Development
Recent Theories
Lent, Brown, and Hackett's Social Cognitive Career Theory
Applying SCCT
Evaluating SCCT
The Cognitive Information Processing Approach
Applying the CIP Approach
Evaluating CIP
Brown's Values-Based, Holistic Model of Career and Life-Role Choices and Sat-isfaction
Applying the Values-Based Approach
Evaluating the Values-Based Approach
Hansen's Integrative Life Planning
Applying ILP
Evaluating ILP
Postmodern Approaches
Creating Narratives
Contextualizing Career Development
Constructivist Career Counseling
Summary
References


CHAPTER 4: Providing Culturally Competent Career Development Interventions
Traditional Assumptions of Career Theories in the United States
Universal Versus Culture-Specific Models
Ethnocentrism
Acculturation
Identity Development Models
Racial Identity Models
Gender Identity Models
Gay/Lesbian/Bisexual Identity Models
Persons with Disabilities
Assessment
Summary
References


CHAPTER 5: Assessment a