The career counselor's handbook /

Figler, Howard E.

The career counselor's handbook / by Howard Figler and Richard N. Bolles. - Berkeley, Calif. : Ten Speed Press, c1999. - xi, 306 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. - The parachute library . - Bolles, Richard Nelson. Parachute library. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

"So you're a career counselor : just exactly what do you do" -- What does "career" mean -- What does it mean "to counsel" people -- The six objectives of career counseling -- The 12 most important skills a career counselor uses -- The mystery of career choice -- A history of ideas and events in the job-hunting field during the twentieth century -- Finding clients -- Learning self-promotion -- Prospering as a career counselor -- The isolation of a one-person practice -- How to do 1-2-3 career counseling -- How to use career assessment tools -- How to use occupational forecasts -- How to use information in career counseling -- How to use just one hour -- How to use group work -- Principles of effective group workshops -- The problem called "motivation" -- Helping clients get "unblocked" : the brain and the safekeeping self -- Confronting clients whose actions don't match their words -- Helping the "impossible client" -- A return to the real America -- How to help our clients think about self-employment -- Schooling and entrepreneuring -- Everyone is a salesperson -- Five business cards instead of one -- Freedom -- Helping clients define success -- Doing well and doing good -- Adding value -- The place of God in career counseling -- Five rules for dealing with change in the new millennium -- How to stay up-to-date -- Where is career counseling heading -- When to hang it up as a career counselor and seek a new career. ch. 1. ch. 2. ch. 3. ch. 4. ch. 5. ch. 6. ch. 7. ch. 8. ch. 9. ch. 10. ch. 11. ch. 12. ch. 13. ch. 14. ch. 15. ch. 16. ch. 17. ch. 18. ch. 19. ch. 20. ch. 21. ch. 22. ch. 23. ch. 24. ch. 25. ch. 26. ch. 27. ch. 28. ch. 29. ch. 30. ch. 31. ch. 32. ch. 33. ch. 34. ch. 35. ch. 36.

1580081576 (pbk.) 9781580081573 (pbk.)

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Career development.
Vocational guidance.
Counseling.

HF5549.5.C35 / F54 1999

331.7/02