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Career Information, Career Counseling, and Career Development (10th Edition) (Merrill Counseling) (9780132821391): Duane Brown: Books. The field of career counseling and career development is changing rapidly with the advent of technology, the growing popularity of offshore operations, and the uncertainly of the economy. The new tenth edition of Career Information, Career Counseling and Career Development not only explains, analyzes, and confronts these issues but also gives readers the information, tools, and practical strategies they need to successfully navigate this new and diverse world of career information. The new tenth edition of this unique text comes updated with a number of new learning tools, including student exercises end-of-chapter quizzes, and chapter overviews. In addition, the newly revised edition of Career Information, Career Counseling and Career Development spends more time with the most current career development issues, including global job searches, offshore industries, the impact of technology on career counseling, and the recent recession’s impact on the job market. New To This Edition A new emphasis on the global economy and how it influences the availability of jobs in the U. S. and elsewhere help readers to appreciate shifts in jobs to other countries as well as the effects of off-shoring on America’s job market. A new chapter on program evaluation (Chapter 16) gives students an overview of two different approaches to evaluation: survey approaches and focus groups. New learning tools including chapter objectives, student learning exercises, and end-of-chapter quizzes all help further facilitate student learning. Reorganized content that mirrors the career development process helps students to better conceptualize the process. Technology issues and uses have been infused throughout the entire text instead of appearing a stand alone chapter allowing students to realize the growing importance that technology has in most aspects of career development. An increased emphasis on free and inexpensive strategies for delivering career development services will help students understand that career development services can exist in all agencies and schools. Discussion of the impact of the recent recession and how the recession effected all facets of the job market and career development. A new CACREP standards appendix that identifies the portions of the book that are applicable to CACREP standards benefits readers who are working on CACREP accreditation.
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