This article describes two computer‐based career counseling interventions provided for adults who are auto workers in career transition. It was found that these workers can increase their level of career decidedness and make progress in their commitment to occupational choice through the use of a computer‐based career counseling program. Supporting previous research, this study indicated that computer‐plus‐counselor intervention is more effective in this type of career counseling than the computer‐only intervention.
A survey was devised to obtain feedback from counselor educators throughout the country regarding the teaching of consultation skills in their master's degree programs. This survey was mailed to 410 counselor education departments, with the request that the faculty member most closely associated with teaching consultation at the master's level respond. Usable survey forms were returned by 144 programs. A phone follow-up survey of selected nonrespondents substantiated the indicated findings. Reported survey results indicate the extent to which counselor education programs include training in consultation skills, the number of students involved, and the emphasis placed on various consultation skills.
This article describes the need for trained career development personnel to assist in a variety of settings. The professional role and training requirements in the United States and Australia show a marked similarity in recent government attention to the area and in the sequence and timing of initiatives. A disparity that exists between state provisions of training and expectations of standards is receiving attention from national government bodies and national professional associations. Professional bodies in both countries are currently developing national certification and accreditation guidelines and procedures, but the United States, with its tradition of training, supervision and examination, has moved much furtheralong the accreditation path than Australia. Some of the major issues concerning the certification and accreditation of careers practitioners and examples of training and curriculum models are provided. The article provides a glimpse of future directions in the profession of career counselling.
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