Immigrant workers: Career concerns and barriers.

Career Barriers for Chinese Immigrants in the United States

“…It is also important to provide interventions that are consistent with the psychological and behavioral functioning of the individuals (Conyne & Cook, 2004) and to empower Chinese immigrants as change agents themselves (Cook, 2012). Schultheiss and Davis (2015) proposed intervention for immigrants at three levels-individual (personal characteristics), group (cultural values), and contextual (labor market and immigration trend)-and stressed the importance of interaction of these various levels.…”

“…Connecting Chinese immigrants to community resources, providing skill-building workshops, and assisting them with the job-search process represent viable interventions at the community level (Schultheiss & Davis, 2015). College personnel and counselors can design programs that help students develop career decision-making self-efficacy and job-search self-efficacy (Lin & Flores, 2011).…”

Career Transitions of Highly Skilled Immigrants: Two Case Studies

“…For example, for immigrants who cannot pursue the career they formerly held, adapting their vocational identity and sense of pride to a related career with similar functions may be essential to preserving their self‐esteem. The cross‐cultural life−career development framework, which incorporates a holistic understanding of the unique coping experiences of immigrants engaging in cross‐cultural life−career transitions, could be usefully applied with this group (Chen, 2008; Schultheiss & Davis, 2015). By considering the various and complex ways in which work−life interacts with family and society, career counselors are better able to serve highly skilled immigrants in their cross‐cultural career transitioning.…”

“…The 2013 report released by the American Psychological Association on working with immigrant‐origin clients is a helpful guide (Suarez‐Orozco et al, 2013). With respect to career counseling in particular, the work of Schultheiss and Davis (2015) serves as a useful resource, because the authors provide an in‐depth discussion about the various career counseling considerations and interventions for immigrant clients. Maintaining awareness about changes in national, state, and local policy regarding immigrants and immigration is also critical in working with this population.…”

European Research Agenda for Career Guidance and Counselling

“…European research should be able to delineate the weaknesses and strengths of people with different characteristics, so as to identify risk factors, to promote specific interventions, and especially to enhance preventive actions through a new awareness by social services, practitioners, and the educational and work context. Some research has been initiated on the career-related attitudes and particular need of people belonging to cultural minorities (Leong & Flores, 2015), of immigrant workers (Schultheiss & Davis, 2015), of low-skilled workers (Cort et al, 2015), and people classified as experiencing social and economic disadvantage (Blustein et al, 2015). Other recent issues such as the development of extremist attitudes and the lack of future perspectives among Western youth should also concern researchers in the field of CGC.…”