Career Development Handbook

Professor Tristram Hooley is a researcher and writer focusing on career and career guidance. He is Professor of Career Education at the University of Derby and also holds Professorial titles at the Inland Norway University of Applied Science and Canterbury Christ Church University.  He is the Chief Editor of the NICEC journal, a Winston Churchill Fellow and the Chair of the Critical approaches to career and career guidance COST project. He is also on the board of the Career Development Policy Group and the International Centre for Career Development and Public Policy.  Tristram has written thirteen books, including most recently The Career Development Handbook for Trotman, and many articles and reports.  His work explores the relationship between career, policy and technology and examines how career guidance can support individuals to manage their engagement with work, learning and society. You can find out more about his work on his blog Adventures in Career Development (https://adventuresincareerdevelopment.wordpress.com/). Dr Gill Frigerio is an Associate Professor in the Centre for Lifelong Learning at the University of Warwick. Gill's teaching and research interests cover theory and practice in career coaching; working with vocation and calling; women’s career development and researching career development practice.Dr Rosie Alexander is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Danish School of Education, Aarhus. Prior to her academic career, she worked for over 15 years as a career adviser in both England and Scotland.

• ContentsChapter 1: Exploring careers and the career development professionSo, what is a career?Career development workAbout the bookChapter 2: Studying to become a careers professionalHow you can train to be a career development professionalStudy skillsSucceeding in assignmentsMoving from theory to practice (and back again)Reflective practiceChapter 3: The role of the career development professionalWhat is a profession?Understanding the professionProfessional skills and knowledgeBecoming a professionalProfessional organisationsProfessional ethicsProfessional boundariesThe importance of continuing professional developmentProfessionalisation and professional advocacyChapter 4: The context for careers workUnderstanding the world within which careers take placeThe labour marketThe education and training systemUnderstanding client contextsChapter 5: Understanding guidance systemsWhy do governments fund career development services?Evolving policy contextsCareer guidance systems across the worldHow career development professional can work with, respond to and influence policyChapter 6: Making use of career theoryWhat is theory?Matching: a square peg in a square holeThe selfThe worldThe relationships between the self and the worldChapter 7: Career coaching and counsellingWhy we work with people one to oneClient centrednessCounselling and coaching skillsStructuring counselling and coaching sessionsUsing career counselling and coaching modelsDeveloping your approach to career counselling and coachingChapter 8: Career educationHow we learn about careersWhere career learning happensCareer learning and career educationTeaching tips and toolsCareers and the wider curriculumDesigning career programmesChapter 9: Using career information, resources and toolsThe kinds of tools and resources that are importantAccessing information and resourcesIntegrating tools into practiceChapter 10: Working with organisations and systems to support career developmentDelivering career development in different kinds of organisationsWorking in organisationsWorking on organisationsWorking across organisationsEffective partnership workingChapter 11: Leading career development servicesRecognising the big pictureLeadership and managementMonitoring and evaluationChapter 12: Reflecting and moving forwardsWhat have we learned?Continuous developmentManaging your careerWith great power comes great responsibility