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Advancing the Career Counseling Profession: Objectives and Strategies for the Next Decade
Author(s) -
Savickas Mark L.
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
the career development quarterly
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.846
H-Index - 53
eISSN - 2161-0045
pISSN - 0889-4019
DOI - 10.1002/j.2161-0045.2003.tb00631.x
Subject(s) - career development , career counseling , multiculturalism , construct (python library) , strengths and weaknesses , cognitive information processing , counseling psychology , career portfolio , convergence (economics) , mission statement , medical education , public relations , psychology , political science , engineering ethics , pedagogy , medicine , applied psychology , social psychology , engineering , economic growth , computer science , economics , programming language
This article discusses the 9 analyses of the career counseling profession's strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats that appear in this September 2003 special issue of The Career Development Quarterly . The author identifies points of convergence, proposes a mission statement, and summarizes what career counselors seem intent on doing in the coming years. The analysts recommended that the career counseling profession concentrate on 8 objectives: advancing theory that is more holistic, contextual, and multicultural; using accumulated research more effectively; focusing new research on the career counseling process; exploiting technology to construct new tools; ameliorating career counseling training; expanding the National Career Development Association's role; increasing advocacy about public policy; and fostering the international growth of the profession.