Career Development Quarterly articles from June 2003

Career Development Quarterly archives from June 2003

Vocational identity at work: mediating between essence and occupation. (Getting Down to Cases).
June 1, 2003... This case report presents the thoughts and experiences of a professional mediator. The narrative tells the story of a 46-year-old Caucasian woman who has overcome numerous barriers only to find herself in the midst of a formidable career...

Mediating the self: the case of Sue.
June 1, 2003... This article is a response to the case study presented by M. C. Rehfuss (2003) regarding a client, Sue, who is experiencing discord in her career as a mediator. A conceptualization of the client and additional areas for client exploration are...

Career counseling for human development: an international perspective. (Articles).
June 1, 2003... Important changes in career guidance practices that occurred during the 20th century can be partly explained by evolution of the contexts (notably, forms of work organization) in which these practices took place. What are the ultimate goals of...

Designing lives and empowering clients: the case of Sue.
June 1, 2003... This case response centers on the client Sue, a professional mediator who seeks counseling to resolve a conflict with her employer that threatens her vocational identity (M. C. Rehfuss, 2003). P. B. Baltes's (1997) Selective Optimization With...

An assertiveness training program for indecisive students attending an Italian University.
June 1, 2003... Indecisive students often present with social skills problems, which may make academic and vocational decision-making tasks difficult and complex for them. Moreover, choices regarding one's future require the ability to gather information, to...

Student training promotes mentoring awareness and action.
June 1, 2003... Student training is a critical but often overlooked aspect of the mentoring process. Composite mentoring, involving the strategic selection of a diverse set of mentors, is proposed to guide students to take a more active role in their own...

Beyond mentoring: alternative sources and functions of developmental support.
June 1, 2003... Content analyses were used to explore alternative sources and functions of developmental support other than mentoring among nonfaculty university employees. The majority of participants reported that they had an alternative source of...

Client anticipations about computer-assisted career guidance system outcomes.
June 1, 2003... Although existing literature suggests that client anticipations affect career counseling, previous studies have not systematically assessed client anticipations prior to using computer-assisted career guidance (CACG) systems in career...

Suggestions for training students in using the internet for career counseling. (Effective Techniques).
June 1, 2003... The Internet is increasingly important for career counseling; however, there are few suggestions for training graduate counseling students how to use this technology. This project sought to address that lack by having graduate counseling...