Career Development Interventions 5th Edition Spence G Niles and JoAnn E Harris-Bowlsbey Publisher to insert cover image here Chapter Career Information and Resources Developed by: Jennifer Del Corso Copyright © 2017, 2013, 2009 by Pearson Education, Inc All Rights Reserved Relationship Between Data and Decision Making • Having reliable data is essential to career decision making • Data may be acquired from print sources, computer-assisted career guidance systems, websites, and/or people • The counselor’s role is to assist clients/students to turn data into information Career Development Interventions, 5th Edition Spencer G Nile and JoAnn E Harris-Bowlsbey Copyright © 2017, 2013, 2009 by Pearson Education, Inc All Rights Reserved Types of Data Needed by Clients • • Descriptions of programs of study (post-secondary) • • Military programs • • Apprenticeships and internships • • Occupations • • Schools • • Private (proprietary) vocational-technical schools • • Public Community colleges • • Four-year colleges and universities • • Graduate schools • • Financial aid • • Jobs Career Development Interventions, 5th Edition Spencer G Nile and JoAnn E Harris-Bowlsbey Copyright © 2017, 2013, 2009 by Pearson Education, Inc All Rights Reserved Barriers and Decision Styles • Clients/students may have difficulty dealing with data  because of physical, mental, or emotional deficits  because of their usual decision-making style     Planful Agonizing Impulsive Intuitive Compliant Delaying Fatalistic Paralytic Career Development Interventions, 5th Edition Spencer G Nile and JoAnn E Harris-Bowlsbey Copyright © 2017, 2013, 2009 by Pearson Education, Inc All Rights Reserved Client Information and Diversity • Clients may bring a myriad of diversity related issues to career counseling requiring flexibility on the part of the counselor to provide appropriate resources or accommodation Career Development Interventions, 5th Edition Spencer G Nile and JoAnn E Harris-Bowlsbey Copyright © 2017, 2013, 2009 by Pearson Education, Inc All Rights Reserved Assistance Obtaining Data for those with Disabilities • Some students of clients who seek career information may need assistance in the form of (but not limited to): • One on one assistance • Special software or hardware • Avatars • Language translation • Assistance reading (reading disability) • Screen readers or related software (visual impaired) Career Development Interventions, 5th Edition Spencer G Nile and JoAnn E Harris-Bowlsbey Copyright © 2017, 2013, 2009 by Pearson Education, Inc All Rights Reserved Client Roles • Complete the data-gathering homework given by counselors • Apply data collected to personal career choices and engage in activities, aided by the counselor • Assume responsibility for their own decision making Career Development Interventions, 5th Edition Spencer G Nile and JoAnn E Harris-Bowlsbey Copyright © 2017, 2013, 2009 by Pearson Education, Inc All Rights Reserved Counselor Roles • Select sources for data that are of high quality • Make sources of data known to clients and assist them to know how to use them • Assist clients to make meaningful use of data Career Development Interventions, 5th Edition Spencer G Nile and JoAnn E Harris-Bowlsbey Copyright © 2017, 2013, 2009 by Pearson Education, Inc All Rights Reserved Other Methods of Collecting Data • Career days • Mentoring • Internships • Job Shadowing • Part-time jobs Career Development Interventions, 5th Edition Spencer G Nile and JoAnn E Harris-Bowlsbey Copyright © 2017, 2013, 2009 by Pearson Education, Inc All Rights Reserved Ways to Organize Occupations • Holland’s system (R, I, A, S, E, C) • ACT’s World-of-Work Map clusters and job families • O*Net Classification system • U.S Department of Education clusters Career Development Interventions, 5th Edition Spencer G Nile and JoAnn E Harris-Bowlsbey Copyright © 2017, 2013, 2009 by Pearson Education, Inc All Rights Reserved Career Centers • A career center houses all the resources (videos, journals, books, assessment instruments, and a variety of software programs) in one physical place • The career center should: o be centrally located o be user-friendly o contain computers for use of software and websites o have equipment for viewing videos o be staffed with trained persons such as Career Development Facilitators (CDF) o have materials organized by type, content, career planning step, or life role Career Development Interventions, 5th Edition Spencer G Nile and JoAnn E Harris-Bowlsbey Copyright © 2017, 2013, 2009 by Pearson Education, Inc All Rights Reserved Virtual Career Centers • May include: • assessment • linkages to websites that provide data resources • cybercounseling assistance Career Development Interventions, 5th Edition Spencer G Nile and JoAnn E Harris-Bowlsbey Copyright © 2017, 2013, 2009 by Pearson Education, Inc All Rights Reserved Helping Clients Turn Data into Information • The most difficult and most essential role of the counselor is to assists students and clients as they make sense of all the data • Career data and assessment results should not be interpreted as “right/wrong” • Trained career counselors should help students process the information they receive following NCDA Ethical Guidelines Career Development Interventions, 5th Edition Spencer G Nile and JoAnn E Harris-Bowlsbey Copyright © 2017, 2013, 2009 by Pearson Education, Inc All Rights Reserved ... such as Career Development Facilitators (CDF) o have materials organized by type, content, career planning step, or life role Career Development Interventions, 5th Edition Spencer G Nile and JoAnn... • • Jobs Career Development Interventions, 5th Edition Spencer G Nile and JoAnn E Harris -Bowlsbey Copyright © 2017, 2013, 2009 by Pearson Education, Inc All Rights Reserved Barriers and Decision... Paralytic Career Development Interventions, 5th Edition Spencer G Nile and JoAnn E Harris -Bowlsbey Copyright © 2017, 2013, 2009 by Pearson Education, Inc All Rights Reserved Client Information and