The career development literature published in 2008 is summarized and presented thematically: (a) professional issues, (b) career assessment, (c) career development, (d) career theory and concepts, (e) career interventions, (f) advances in technology, (g) employment, (h) international perspectives, and (i) research design and methodology. Traditional and emerging theories and practices are robust and vibrant.It was an honor to be invited by The Career Development Quarterly (CDQ) editor to be the author of the 2008 annual review. As the first Australian to be invited, I consider the invitation to be a measure of the increasing international nature and reach of the career development profession. It was particularly satisfying to have a recent doctoral graduate of mine, who has already contributed significantly to the field, agree to be coauthor. In addition, this review marks the 20th anniversary of CDQ annual reviews, with the inaugural review having been completed on the 1988 literature by Mark Savickas. We are indebted to the many review authors who have previously mastered this daunting, yet inherently challenging, task. Through their past efforts, we were able to have a list of journals to begin the literature search process, as well as some ideas about the methodology of search and the structure for writing. As with previous review authors, we decided to remain basically faithful to the organizing categories previously used-we agree that this assists readers with a measure of continuity across reviews. Indeed, it also assists greatly with the categorizing and writing process.The process of search and compilation began midyear 2008, and conceptualizing and writing in earnest commenced from December. By that time, almost all full compilations of issues for 2008 journals were available. On the basis of data provided in previous reviews, we compiled a list of journals that could contain relevant articles. This list was divided into groups according to primary and secondary career development focus. For the first group of journals, every article included in all 2008