Full Description
'This book is the one-stop shop for all aspects of understanding and learning about career and career development work - expertly blending the theoretical and the practical.' Martin Edmondson, CEO, Association of Graduate Careers Advisory Services (AGCAS)
Unlock the secrets to becoming a successful career development practitioner with this go-to introductory handbook.
Many guides to career development practice focus narrowly on specific aspects of career education and guidance, leaving new learners without a comprehensive overview. This brand-new handbook sets out to change that by combining practical insights, policy contexts and cutting-edge theory - all within a single, all-encompassing volume.
Written by a highly qualified team of experts with considerable experience in the field of careers development and excellent academic reputations, this definitive guide offers:
Holistic approach: explore practice settings, policy contexts and career development theory, all in one comprehensive volume.
Real-world insights: case studies, resource links and self-reflection prompts keep readers informed and interested.
Engaging content: dive into career development activities designed to help individuals manage their personal and professional growth.
Professional standards: closely mapped against industry training benchmarks for career professionals.
Whether you are a student embarking on your career development training or an experienced career development professional seeking fresh perspectives, this is an indispensable introduction to the world of professional career development.
Contents
Contents
Chapter 1: Exploring careers and the career development profession
So, what is a career?
Career development work
About the book
Chapter 2: Studying to become a careers professional
How you can train to be a career development professional
Study skills
Succeeding in assignments
Moving from theory to practice (and back again)
Reflective practice
Chapter 3: The role of the career development professional
What is a profession?
Understanding the profession
Professional skills and knowledge
Becoming a professional
Professional organisations
Professional ethics
Professional boundaries
The importance of continuing professional development
Professionalisation and professional advocacy
Chapter 4: The context for careers work
Understanding the world within which careers take place
The labour market
The education and training system
Understanding client contexts
Chapter 5: Understanding guidance systems
Why do governments fund career development services?
Evolving policy contexts
Career guidance systems across the world
How career development professional can work with, respond to and influence policy
Chapter 6: Making use of career theory
What is theory?
Matching: a square peg in a square hole
The self
The world
The relationships between the self and the world
Chapter 7: Career coaching and counselling
Why we work with people one to one
Client centredness
Counselling and coaching skills
Structuring counselling and coaching sessions
Using career counselling and coaching models
Developing your approach to career counselling and coaching
Chapter 8: Career education
How we learn about careers
Where career learning happens
Career learning and career education
Teaching tips and tools
Careers and the wider curriculum
Designing career programmes
Chapter 9: Using career information, resources and tools
The kinds of tools and resources that are important
Accessing information and resources
Integrating tools into practice
Chapter 10: Working with organisations and systems to support career development
Delivering career development in different kinds of organisations
Working in organisations
Working on organisations
Working across organisations
Effective partnership working
Chapter 11: Leading career development services
Recognising the big picture
Leadership and management
Monitoring and evaluation
Chapter 12: Reflecting and moving forwards
What have we learned?
Continuous development
Managing your career
With great power comes great responsibility
