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making the case: demonstrating the impact of career and employment services
Author(s) -
Neault Roberta A.,
Pickerell Deirdre A.
Publication year - 2008
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.2161-1920.2008.tb00049.x
Subject(s) - summative assessment , government (linguistics) , psychological intervention , career counseling , tracking (education) , value (mathematics) , psychology , career development , public relations , career pathways , medical education , applied psychology , political science , formative assessment , pedagogy , medicine , computer science , linguistics , philosophy , machine learning , psychiatry
Career development practitioners understand that the value of career and employment services extends beyond attachment to the labor market. However, “soft” outcomes such as increased self‐efficacy and improved ability to manage transitions are difficult to measure. Convincing funders and policy makers of the significance of such outcomes may be challenging; consequently, important interventions may not be mandated or funded. In this article, the importance of effective program evaluation is highlighted, limitations of current evaluation models are identified, and a draft evaluation framework that facilitates tracking long‐term impacts of career and employment services is applied to critique a government‐commissioned summative evaluation report.