Career Development Interventions in the 21st Century

by Spencer G. Niles, JoAnn Harris-Bowlsbey

Key Organized around the National Career Development Association’s competencies, this practical, engaging book examines the full spectrum of state-of-the-art career development topics. Key Coverage focuses squarely on the application of interventions with real people, using straightforward presentations and cases studies to expose readers to all of the essential competencies required for the professional practice of career counseling. The authors’ respect for their field, and their long-standing commitment to educating individuals about career development theory and practice creates a readable, useful, interesting text that addresses the wide diversity of career counseling clients and counselors in today’s society, while emphasizing that careers develop over time, rather than in a single “enlightened” moment.

Genres: School, Psychology, Counselling, Textbooks, Nonfiction

476 pages, Hardcover

First published November 27, 2001

Reviews

[Bill Larson]

As expected for a textbook, lots of good material presented in the most boring manner possible. It was for a graduate level course, so I guess that is expected.

[Charlene McKenzie]

Good content with extensive coverage. Very dry 'textbook' style of delivery though. Also very American orientated at times (whole pages about statistics of demographics that is not in any way relevant outside of U.S.).

[Hayley Combs]

While I will admit that I learned something in the class, I absolutely hated career counseling. For me, it felt very obvious how to guide someone to a career path and I didn't love all of the theoretical knowledge along the way. I did take a few things away, which is all you can really ask for.

[Alex]

A comprehensive textbook that addresses many aspects of career development counseling. This seems to be more of a broad overview of the multitude of ways that that a counselor might interact with their client. Everything from theories, to cultural competency to the use of technology. The authors also foray in particular stages of development, as far as education level and life stage. A bit dry, but useful to reference when engaging in career counseling.

[Kasi Beorchia]

This textbook was helpful for getting a general idea about many theories and career development in general. As I am hoping to be a school counselor, implications for school counselors that were noted in the text were very helpful. The content was covered lightly, but the book was a great first start for future career counselors.

[Randi]

This was a book required for my graduate level career counseling class. The content was good, however, it was not well organized, the headings did not track for me, making it difficult to read and understand.

[Abbie]

for career counseling class this summer