Career Information, Career Counseling, and Career Development

by Duane Brown

For students taking courses in career counseling. A comprehensive survey of career development that emphasizes technology, cross-cultural issues, practical application, and the global economy. Written by a leading expert in the field, this text covers all aspects of career counseling and career development in both the private and public sectors. The only book of its kind that emphasizes multicultural considerations and a global perspective, this text offers students the most complete and compelling look at the identification and use of occupational information and appraisal devices - in an array of environments and for all demographic groups. The newly revised and newly organized edition of Career Information, Career Counseling and Career Development focuses on technology in career development, free and low-cost career development strategies, and the impact of the recent recession on the job market.

Genres: Psychology, Counselling

336 pages, Paperback

First published July 1, 2002

About the author

Duane Brown is professor of education at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill. He is the author or coauthor of twenty-four books and one hundred research studies, articles, and book chapters. He was the editor of the journal Counselor Education and Supervision and has served on editorial boards of three other journals. Brown has consulted widely for businesses, governmental agencies, and educational agencies and is a former president of the National Career Development Association.

Reviews

[Storm Chase · Rating 1 out of 5]

I picked this up because it’s our textbook this semester. This is the second sentence, “His book was not an attempt to turn the clock back to pre-Columbian times when it was widely believed that sailing ships that ventured too far out to sea would fall off the end of the flat earth to their destruction.”

This is absolute nonsense. We have works from 600BC where scholars deduced the world was round (Ancient Greece, Egypt) and in 240 BC Eratosthenes calculated the Earth's circumference - getting it almost right.

The earth’s shape was so well accepted that it was a common practice in ancient societies as well as medieval societies to stigmatise primitive people as “people who think the earth is flat”. History is also very vocal about Columbus’ voyage being the practical proof of philosophical scholarship.

When you’re sitting in a coffee shop and someone says something like this, it’s no biggy but Brown is writing a textbook and should therefore stick to proper academic standards. At the very least all facts should be checked and cited by the author. The very lightest of searches or peer review would have exposed this error and clearly neither Brown nor Pearson bothered to have the book properly vetted. The fact that Brown is professor emeritus at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill makes this worse.

I don’t trust this book so I’ll be looking at other sources for my information.

[Hannah Colston · Rating 2 out of 5]

Another textbook! I think I read like 75% of this book idk it wasn’t really what k was hoping for out of a book. This put me to sleep most of the time; I preferred our other textbook tbh.

[Tiffany · Rating 2 out of 5]

A lot of information packed into each chapter. I read this for an introductory career counseling course and it was almost too much when multiple chapters are assigned. But now I am certain that I don't want to be a career counselor.