What-you-should-be-when-you-grow-up need not and should not be planned in advance.
Instead career counselors should teach their clients the importance of engaging in a variety�…

The happenstance learning theory (HLT) proposes a model of career counseling that helps
clients to build more satisfying personal and work lives. Although reflective listening remains�…

Argues that career counselors should discuss during career counseling sessions the impact
of happenstance in career choice. This is not to imply that the important variables of�…

Chance plays an important role in everyone's career, but career counseling is still perceived
as a process designed to eliminate chance from career decision making. Traditional career�…

Kolb's experiential learning theory offers the career counselor a meta‐model with which to
structure career exploration exercises and ensure a thorough investigation of self and the�…

This article examines the concept of career exploration in adult populations. In contrast to
the prevailing positive view of career exploration, the authors present a more complex and�…

Abstract examines the limitations in the classic model of trait-and-factor counseling,
including the static view of individuals, inattention to emotions, and an emphasis on�…

Today, young adults are expected to decide between educational, vocational, and job
options and to make the best choice possible. Career literatures emphasize the importance�…

" This is a must-have for any researcher in vocational psychology or career counseling, or
anyone who wishes to understand the empirical underpinnings of the practice of career�…

Helping individuals adapt to changing environments is a major strength of career
development practice. Additional strengths are a solid theoretical framework, effective�…