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The Job Club Redux: A Step Forward in Addressing the Career Development Needs of Counselor Education Students
Author(s) -
Rutter Michael E.,
Jones James V.
Publication year - 2007
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.2161-0045.2007.tb00084.x
Subject(s) - psychology , club , empowerment , medical education , intervention (counseling) , career development , focus group , counselor education , pedagogy , higher education , medicine , sociology , political science , psychiatry , law , anatomy , anthropology
The career development needs of counselor education students beginning a professional job search have not been systematically explored. Although job clubs have been linked to positive outcomes, there is no empirical evidence that they meet the needs of this group. The purpose of this study was to examine how counselor education students viewed a proposed job club intervention using focus group data. The findings suggested that students had strong interest in a group that emphasized empowerment and collaboration, offered predictable social support, and provided training in specific job search skills. Implications for counselor education and career counseling practice are discussed.