The Career Counselor's Handbook, Second EditionWith more than sixty-five combined years of experience in the career development field, Howard Figler and Richard Nelson Bolles are the undisputed authorities when it comes to helping people find meaningful work. In this revised and updated second edition of their classic guide for career counselors, Figler and Bolles show aspiring counselors how to break into the business, and give experienced counselors ideas for improving effectiveness and recharging their practice. Outlining tools, problem-solving tips, and ethical values for today's career counselor, THE CAREER COUNSELOR'S HANDBOOK features new information about performing the Annual Career Checkup, choosing Essence over Ego, and using the Internet-while celebrating the fact that even career counselors need counsel once in a while. |
Contents
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The 12 Most Important Skills a Career Counselor Uses | 23 |
The Mystery of Career Choice | 30 |
Is It Your Career or Theirs? | 37 |
THE PAST Our History | 45 |
A History of Ideas and Events in the JobHunting Field during the Twentieth Century | 46 |
Helping Clients Get Unblocked The Brain and the Safekeeping Self | 186 |
Confronting Clients Whose Actions Dont Match Their Words | 200 |
Helping the Impossible Client | 206 |
Dont Let the Bureaucracy Grind Down Your Clients | 213 |
The Necessity Of Maximizing FacetoFace Contact | 218 |
THE PRESENT For Clients Who Want to Be On Their Own | 225 |
A Return to the Real America | 226 |
How to Help Our Clients Think about SelfEmployment | 230 |
THE PRESENT How to Survive and Prosper | 81 |
Prospering as a Career Counselor | 82 |
Learning SelfPromotion | 91 |
The Annual Career Checkup | 98 |
THE PRESENT What Our Tools | 105 |
How to Do 123 Career Counseling | 106 |
How to Use Career Assessment Tools | 112 |
How to Use Occupational Forecasts | 122 |
How to Use Information in Career Counseling | 129 |
The Good the Bad and the Ugly | 135 |
How to Use Just One Hour | 152 |
How to Use Group Work | 155 |
Principles of Effective Group Workshops | 166 |
Teach Your Clients to Show What They Can Do | 173 |
THE PRESENT Special Problems | 179 |
The Problem Called Motivation | 180 |
Schooling and Entrepreneuring | 243 |
Five Business Cards Instead of One | 246 |
THE PRESENT Walues | 249 |
Freedom | 250 |
Helping Clients Define Success | 253 |
Doing Well and Doing Good | 256 |
Adding Value | 260 |
Helping Clients Avoid Cheating in Their Careers | 263 |
THE PRESENT Spirituality | 271 |
The Place of God in Career Counseling | 272 |
The Future | 283 |
Where Is Career Counseling Heading? | 284 |
Five Rules for Dealing with Change in the New Millennium | 293 |
How to Stay Fresh | 298 |
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