Career Counseling and Policy Corner
Featured articles about timely career counseling and policy issues.
- April 2010 - Counseling's Role in America's Economic Recovery
- Counseling's Role in America's Economic Recovery. The current economic climate has presented a variety of challenges for America's workforce. Career counselors need to be aware of the ways in which the landscape of American careers is changing, and how this impacts their role in providing support and guidance. Professor Emeritus at Penn State University Dr. Edwin L. Herr discusses some of the ways in which the counseling profession can contribute to America's ongoing economic recovery. This article was featured in the April 2010 issue of Counseling Today.
- May 2010 - S.T.E.M.
- S.T.E.M. is an acronym for Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics, which collectively represent fields of employment or study that help to advance humanity's understanding of the world through natural or physical science.
- June 2010 - Immigrant/Refugee Workers & Career Counseling
- The number of immigrant and refugee workers in the United States is expected to continue its dramatic increase, and career counselors need to be informed of the unique challenges that this segment of the population faces in obtaining employment.
- July 2010 - Career Counseling & Public Policy
- Career counseling is a tool of public policy, and public policy can, in turn, be a tool of career counseling. Dr. Edwin L. Herr discusses the relationship between these two constructs in a 2003 article published in Career Development Quarterly. Dr. Herr suggests that the field of career counseling possesses a variety of internal strengths, but that one of the more important weaknesses is the lack of advocacy on behalf of career counselors to inform public policy. A link to the full text version of this well-cited article is available here.
- August 2010 - Occupational Mobility
- The current economic climate suggests that the idea of changing careers may become increasingly commonplace, as jobs have become less secure and predictable.
