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Career‐Ready Students: A Goal of Comprehensive School Counseling Programs
Author(s) -
Gysbers Norman C.
Publication year - 2013
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.2161-0045.2013.00057.x
Subject(s) - presentation (obstetrics) , career counseling , cognitive information processing , medical education , psychology , career portfolio , career development , career education , pedagogy , medicine , vocational education , radiology
This article opens with a rationale for and a definition of student career readiness. Next is a presentation of the qualities and attributes of career‐ready students. Then discussion follows about what students need to become career ready. Following this is a presentation of how comprehensive school counseling programs help students become career ready, including discussion of the delivery system for school counseling programs that provide the activities and services that contribute to student career readiness. The article closes with the critical point that helping all students become career ready requires a whole school–community approach.