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Career Employment Trends and Issues Trends in Career Information –Career information delivery will change: Use of the Internet will continue to proliferate. Development of online sources such as America’s Job Bank. Classification systems are improving which will make information more accessible. Adults will be targeted as consumers of career information. “Copyright © Allyn & Bacon 2004”

Career Employment Trends and Issues Trends in Career Information –Career information delivery will change: Accessible internet resources will continue to grow. Career information will decline to be emphasized at the graduate level. Researchers will ignore research regarding our understanding of how to select and use occupational information. Career counselors and the public will increase use of online resources. “Copyright © Allyn & Bacon 2004”

Career Employment Trends and Issues Trends in Finding Employment –Job openings will be accessible online. –Job development experts will increasingly be needed to help clients wade through the growing complexities of the world of work. “Copyright © Allyn & Bacon 2004”

Career Employment Trends and Issues Trends in Career Counseling –Career counseling will be recognized as a specialty utilizing skill and expertise. –Career counselors will most likely need to be certified in the future. –Career counseling will recognize there are different needs for both women and men. –Multicultural career counseling will be a hot issue. –John Holland’s theory will continue to be prominent in assessment of interests but other theories such as the developmental theory of circumscription and compromise will also rise to the fore. –More and more career counseling will be done on computers. “Copyright © Allyn & Bacon 2004”

Career Employment Trends and Issues Trends in Career Development Programming –Research on career counseling and career development will continue to be important. –Career counseling and career development will continue to be guided by such research. –Career counseling and career guidance will still be important but will be overshadowed by the school reform movement sweeping the country. “Copyright © Allyn & Bacon 2004”

Career Counseling Presentation Resources Gysbers, N. C., Heppner, M. J. & Johnston, J. A. (2003). Career counseling: Process, issues, and techniques, 2 nd ed. Boston, MA.: Allyn & Bacon. Brown, D. (2003). Career information, career counseling, and career development, 8 th ed. Boston, MA.: Allyn & Bacon. “Copyright © Allyn & Bacon 2004”