Career Flow: A Hope-Centered Approach to Career Development, CourseSmart eTextbook

This leading career counseling text uses the National Career Development Association’s Career Counseling Competencies, the National Career Development Guidelines for professional school counselors, and CACREP Standards as a framework to examine the full spectrum of state-of-the-art career development topics. Coverage focuses squarely on the application of interventions with real people, using straightforward presentations, student activities, and multicultural case studies to expose students to all of the essential competencies required for the professional practice of career counseling. The authors, both among the leading career development scholars in the world, share their in-depth knowledge and experience to help readers appreciate the importance of career development theory and practice. This user-friendly text provides essential tips for translating theory into practice in ways that readers can readily apply to their prospective work settings.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

Section I: Introduction

1.      Introducing Career Flow

2.      Essential Career Flow Competencies

Section II: Self-Reflecting and Self-Clarity

3.      Pursuing Your Interests (Passions)

4.      Mapping Your Skills: Those You Have and Those You Need

5.      Personality Style 

6.      Understanding Values through Workplace Attraction

7.      Connecting With Others: Social, Emotional, and Financial Support  

Section III: Visioning, Goal Setting, and Planning

8.      Optimal Career Flow and Setting Goals

9.      Connecting to the World of Work: Research, Job Leads, and Trend-Spotting

Section IV: Implementing 

10.  Turning Possibilities into Realities

11.  Engaging the Search: Generating Leads, Networking, Interviewing, and Making a Successful Transition

Section V: Adapting

12.  Career Flow Interrupted: Realizing Your Dreams in Challenging Times

13.  Whitewater and Stillwater Career Flow Experiences

14.  Expanding the Career Flow Metaphor