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Counseling reentry women: An overview
Author(s) -
Chae Mark H.
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
journal of employment counseling
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.252
H-Index - 27
eISSN - 2161-1920
pISSN - 0022-0787
DOI - 10.1002/j.2161-1920.2002.tb00846.x
Subject(s) - workforce , reentry , career counseling , work (physics) , position (finance) , psychology , energy (signal processing) , political science , applied psychology , business , engineering , law , mechanical engineering , statistics , mathematics , finance , neuroscience
The author presents an overview of issues related to counseling women reentering the workforce. He suggests that counselors are in a strategic position to help women through the transitions and conflicts associated with returning to work and discusses (a) career barriers related to gender role stereotyping, (b) current job trends for women, (c) expectations for women reentering the workforce, (d) suggestions for raising aspirations for reentry women, and (e) developing energy opportunities.