Making a career decision is often a complex task, involving a persons’ individual characteristics such as values, interests, skills, personality attributes, decision-making style, career maturity, and a variety of other issues.
Vernon G. Zunker & Debra S. Osborn
Career Counseling & Development
- Action Already Taken
- Assessment Inventories: Assess the clients skills, aptitudes, interests, values, achievements, personality characteristics, and vocational maturity.
- Assets for Securing Goals
- Beliefs About Problem Resolution and Counseling
- Career Counseling: Discover the clients uniqueness and individuality by collaborating with the client;
- Feelings
- Goals
- Goal Impediments
- Intake Interview: Identify the client’s needs for career development and life role functioning.
- Learning Style
- Obstacles