The Theory and Practice of Vocational Guidance: A Selection of Readings is a compilation of papers that discusses theoretical foundations and practical applications of vocational guidance. The book presents 36 articles that cover various concerns in career counseling, both in theory and in practice. The first part of the text deals with theoretical concerns in vocational guidance, such as model for the translation of self-concepts into vocational terms; social factors in vocational development; young workers in their first jobs; and the criteria of vocational success. In the next part, the book presents the practical issues, which include needed counselor competencies in vocational aspects of counseling and guidance; an occupational classification for use in vocational guidance; psycho-social aspects of work; and key concepts in the use of psychological tests in vocational guidance. The book will be of great use to any professionals, but will be most useful to those involved in career counseling, such as human resource practitioners, school counselors, and college career advisers.

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Excerpt from Success Through Vocational Guidance: Occupation Analysis The choice of a life work is the most important choice we ever make; yet for many there seems to be no choice. They appear to be born into a job, or driven by necessity to take what comes, or tossed from place to place until they settle in some occupation they never desired. Yet a study of such a life would show many places where choice was blocked only by ignorance and indifference. A more satisfactory choice is nearly always possible to the person who will endure but a fraction of the discomfort suffered during a lifetime in a hated occupation. It is not easy to choose wisely. No one can know for what he is fitted without such an analysis of abilities, opportunities, and desires as few persons can make unaided. A lifetime of unassisted experience would not give the necessary knowledge of jobs, and at the end the time of choice would have passed. When personal analysis has shown just what educational, physical, mental, financial, and other capital is available, and an occupational analysis has charted the field from which choice can be made, it is still sometimes hard to find the best roads leading from present to desired positions. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.