Career Development Interventions in the 21st Century

Career Development Interventions in the 21st Century

Author: Spencer G Niles

Publisher: Pearson

Published: 2013-11-01

Total Pages: 420

ISBN-13: 9781292041896

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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 for covering the knowledge areas and skills required for effective career development interventions in a diverse society.


Introduction to Career Counseling for the 21st Century

Introduction to Career Counseling for the 21st Century

Author: Robert L. Gibson

Publisher: Prentice Hall

Published: 2006

Total Pages: 312

ISBN-13:

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For courses in Career Counseling. Taking a contemporary, global view, Introduction to Career Counseling for the 21st Century offers readers a modern look at the field of career counseling-addressing both the foundations of the field and the impact globalization, technology, and diversity play in the future of the profession. Chapter opening quotes from distinguished counseling professionals help set the tone as chapter content explores career development theories, assessment techniques, diverse populations, legal and ethical guidelines, career counseling across life stages, and more. Case studies, class activities and an accompanying DVD add practical application to theoretical content, making the text a comprehensive resource for career development courses today.


The Startup of You (Revised and Updated)

The Startup of You (Revised and Updated)

Author: Reid Hoffman

Publisher: Crown Currency

Published: 2012-02-14

Total Pages: 274

ISBN-13: 0307888924

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The groundbreaking #1 New York Times bestseller that taught a generation how to transform their careers—now in a revised and updated edition “A profound book about self-determination and self-realization.”—Senator Cory Booker “The Startup of You is crammed with insights and strategies to help each of us create the work life we want.”—Gretchen Rubin, author of The Happiness Project In this invaluable book, LinkedIn co-founder Reid Hoffman and venture capitalist Ben Casnocha show how to accelerate your career in today’s competitive world. The key is to manage your career as if it were a startup business: a living, breathing, growing startup of you. Why? Startups—and the entrepreneurs who run them—are nimble. They invest in themselves. They build their professional networks. They take intelligent risks. They make uncertainty and volatility work to their advantage. These are the very same skills professionals need to get ahead today. This book isn’t about cover letters or résumés. Instead, you will learn the best practices of the most successful startups and how to apply these entrepreneurial strategies to your career. Whether you work for a giant multinational corporation, stitch together multiple gigs in a portfolio career, or are launching your own venture, you need to know how to • adapt your career plans as pandemics rage and technologies upend industries • develop a competitive advantage so that you stand out from others at work • strengthen your professional network by building powerful alliances and maintaining a diverse mix of relationships • engineer serendipity that produces life-changing career opportunities • take proactive risks to become more resilient to industry tsunamis • tap your network for information and intelligence that help you make smarter decisions The career landscape has changed dramatically in the decade since Hoffman and Casnocha first published this guide. In an urgent update to the frameworks that have helped hundreds of thousands of people transform their careers, this new edition of The Startup of You will teach you how to achieve your boldest professional ambitions.


A Mindful Career

A Mindful Career

Author: Carol Ann Wentworth

Publisher:

Published: 2019-10-21

Total Pages: 402

ISBN-13: 9780991198313

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This book shows how mindfulness is the key that unlocks traditional thinking about career choices, working collaboratively on the job, and making the workplace (where we spend one-third of our lives) an opportunity to thrive and provide purpose to our lives. This is also a practical guide, packed with actionable resources.


Career Planning for the 21st Century

Career Planning for the 21st Century

Author: Donald H. Blocher

Publisher:

Published: 2001

Total Pages: 244

ISBN-13:

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Helps you build a life in which you are living your greatest passions every day, a life of unbelievable richness and meaning. This work explores the basic concepts of life planning, the changing world of careers, and the process of exploring that world. It helps the reader clarify personal values and set both general life goals and career goals.


The Chaos Theory of Careers

The Chaos Theory of Careers

Author: Robert Pryor

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2011-05-10

Total Pages: 255

ISBN-13: 113523129X

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The Chaos Theory of Careers outlines the application of chaos theory to the field of career development. It draws together and extends the work that the authors have been doing over the last 8 to 10 years. This text represents a new perspective on the nature of career development. It emphasizes the dimensions of careers frequently neglected by contemporary accounts of careers such as the challenges and opportunities of uncertainty, the interconnectedness of current life and the potential for information overload, career wisdom as a response to unplanned change, new approaches to vocational assessment based on emergent thinking, the place of spirituality and the search for meaning and purpose in, with and through work, the integration of being and becoming as dimensions of career development. It will be vital reading for all those working in and studying career development, either at advanced undergraduate or postgraduate level and provides a new and refreshing approach to this fast changing subject. Key themes include: Factors such as complexity, change, and contribution People's aspirations in relation to work and personal fulfilment Contemporary realities of career choice, career development and the working world


Personal and Career Development

Personal and Career Development

Author: Claudio A. Rivera

Publisher: Business Expert Press

Published: 2021-06-14

Total Pages: 201

ISBN-13: 1637420293

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This workbook will help readers identify their strengths, interests, and priorities to take ownership of their life and career decisions. The authors provide a framework to reflect on several questions that are becoming increasingly important among the 21st-century leaders―how to create an authentic leadership style, define one's values, and align vision–values career. Readers are given an extensive number of tools for defining their purpose, creating a plan, and are being encouraged to take it into action. Coaches, mentors–trainers who help others achieve their aspirations will benefit from the contents of this book. It is also very valuable for first-time and mid-level managers, recent graduates, and newly established entrepreneurs looking for tools to create a roadmap for their life and career planning.


Don't Stop the Career Clock

Don't Stop the Career Clock

Author: Helen Harkness

Publisher: Davies-Black Publishing

Published: 1999

Total Pages: 224

ISBN-13:

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Following the success of The Career Chase, Helen Harkness sounds a clarion call for a new model of aging, working, and retiring. With dozens of inspirational stories of individuals who have created their most satisfying careers during their golden years, Harkness shows how to reset your career clock for the 21st century