The Impact of a Career Counseling Program over Adolescents’ Career Indecisiveness

This article reports the development and implementation of a social marketing campaign that was designed to address the interactions between employment seekers and employment providers in the Republic of Maldives. The campaign was implemented in an environment of negative mindsets among young peopletoward skill–based training and occupations. This in turn has resulted in employers preferring an expatriate workforce, leaving large numbers of Maldivian youth unemployed. Social marketing was used as a device to valorize the notion of work and career by promoting affirmative and positive attitudes toward work. A part of the overall strategy was a career counseling program which followed the campaign to build on this valorizing effect and provide a contextually grounded structure and system for making effective career choices.

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The Impact of a Career Group Counseling Mix Model on Satisfaction of Low-achieving College Students──Specialty-Oriented Career Exploration Group Counseling

International Journal of Psychological Studies ◽

10.5539/ijps.v12n2p1 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 12 (2) ◽

pp. 1

Author(s):

Huiling Peng ◽

Yahui Shih ◽

LungFu Chang

Keyword(s):

College Students ◽

Career Counseling ◽

Peer Tutoring ◽

Group Counseling ◽

Unique Feature ◽

Counseling Center ◽

Career Exploration ◽

Counseling Program ◽

Individual Counseling ◽

The Impact

The unique feature of the group counseling program in this study is the integration of group counseling, individual counseling and peer tutoring. This study aims to determine the satisfaction level of low-achieving college students, who participated in the "Specialty-oriented Career Exploration" group counseling mix model. This study is an action research that lasts one semester. The research samples are 12 low-achieving freshmen students in the Finance Department of a business university (these students, as recommended by the class mentor, achieved average performance in the last fifth tier in their first semester), who participated in all three phases of career group counseling mix model. The unique feature of the group counseling program instituted in this study is the integration of group counseling, individual counseling and peer tutoring: (1) Phase 1: Group counseling before the mid-term exams, which included the design of structured career group counseling activities that were held eight times in eight weeks; (2) Phase 2: Individual counseling performed after mid-term exams; (3) Peer tutoring added to the process. According to the statistical analysis results of the satisfaction questionnaire, the results of the questionnaire show that they are very satisfied with the appropriateness of the overall planning (M=4.8; S=0.16); and that Specialty-oriented Career Counseling mix model is very helpfulimportant for individuals thinking about future careers (M=4.6; S=0.24).  The preventive measures adopted by the career counseling program received positive responses from students who participated in this career counseling group mix model, that they then became familiar with the counseling center. Group members who had serious emotional and interpersonal problems were willing to seek out counselors in the collage counseling center and continue with individual counseling. This study recommended that individual counseling or peer tutoring can be arranged after specialty-oriented career exploration group counseling, in order to meet the career counseling needs for various low-achieving college students. Lastly, this study offers specific suggestions, based on the research results, for "specialty-oriented career group counseling" in higher education to enhance the diversified contents of college career counseling.

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The Effects of a Hope-based Career Counseling Program on Children’s Perception of Career Barrier and Career Decision-Making Self-Efficacy

The Korean Journal of Elementary Counseling ◽

10.28972/kjec.2021.20.2.169 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 20 (2) ◽

pp. 169-186

Author(s):

Gi-bbeum Choi ◽

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You-Me Kim

Keyword(s):

Decision Making ◽

Career Counseling ◽

Self Efficacy ◽

Career Decision ◽

Counseling Program ◽

Career Decision Making

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Implementation of a proactive referral tool for child healthcare professionals to encourage and facilitate parental smoking cessation in the Netherlands: a mixed-methods study

BMC Health Services Research ◽

10.1186/s12913-021-06969-1 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 21 (1) ◽

Author(s):

Tessa Scheffers-van Schayck ◽

Bethany Hipple Walters ◽

Roy Otten ◽

Marloes Kleinjan

Keyword(s):

Smoking Cessation ◽

The Netherlands ◽

Healthcare Professionals ◽

Counseling Program ◽

Smoking Cessation Counseling ◽

Healthcare Settings ◽

Quit Smoking ◽

Child Healthcare ◽

Referral Tool ◽

The Impact

Abstract Background Recently, the parent-tailored telephone based smoking cessation counseling program ‘Smoke-free Parents’ was shown to be effective in helping parents to quit smoking. To implement this program in child healthcare settings in the Netherlands, the research team developed a proactive referral tool to refer parents to Smoke-free Parents. The aim of the present implementation study was to explore the facilitators, barriers, and suggestions for improvement in the implementation of this referral tool. Methods Child healthcare professionals (N = 68) were recruited via multiple strategies (e.g., social media, mailings, and word of mouth among healthcare professionals) and invited to complete two online (quantitative and qualitative) questionnaires and to participate in a telephone semi-structured qualitative interview between April 2017 and February 2019. In total, 65 child healthcare professionals were included in the analyses. After inductive coding, thematic analyses were performed on the qualitative data. Descriptive analyses were performed on the quantitative data. Results The data from both questionnaires and the telephone interview revealed that the majority of the child healthcare professionals (92.3 % female; average years of working as a healthcare professional: 23.0) found the Smoke-free Parents referral tool accessible and convenient to use. Yet there were several barriers that limited their use of the tool. The data revealed that one of the main barriers that healthcare professionals experienced was parental resistance to smoking cessation assistance. In addition, healthcare professionals noted that they experienced tension when motivating parents to quit smoking, as they were not the parent’s, but the child’s healthcare provider. Additionally, healthcare professionals reported being concerned about the lack of information about the costs of Smoke-free Parents, which limited professionals referring parents to the service. Conclusions Although healthcare professionals reported rather positive experiences with the Smoke-free Parents referral tool, the use of the tool was limited due to barriers. To increase the impact of the Smoke-free Parents telephone-based smoking cessation counseling program via child healthcare settings, it is important to overcome these barriers. Suggestions for improvement in the implementation of the referral tool in child healthcare settings are discussed.

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The Fundamental Study of Academic and Career Counseling Program Development for Students of Engineering College who don't have aptitude on Engineering: A Study with Using Holland Career Aptitude Test

Journal of Engineering Education Research ◽

10.18108/jeer.2011.14.2.21 ◽

2011 ◽

Vol 14 (2) ◽

pp. 21-29

Author(s):

Sunhee Park ◽

Choi keumjin ◽

김건형

Keyword(s):

Career Counseling ◽

Program Development ◽

Counseling Program ◽

Aptitude Test ◽

Fundamental Study

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Personal Growth and Well-Being at Work: Contributions of Vocational Psychology

Journal of Career Development ◽

10.1177/0894845317730642 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 46 (1) ◽

pp. 31-47 ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

Bryan J. Dik ◽

William F. O’Connor ◽

Adelyn B. Shimizu ◽

Ryan D. Duffy

Keyword(s):

Career Development ◽

Positive Psychology ◽

Career Counseling ◽

Personal Growth ◽

Well Being ◽

Vocational Psychology ◽

Work Behavior ◽

Career Adaptability ◽

Ongoing Research ◽

The Impact

Positive psychology’s focus on human strengths, personal growth, and well-being is frequently applied to career development and the workplace. Such applications also fall within the purview of vocational psychology, yet despite its clear historic and contemporary emphases that support positive psychology goals, the impact of vocational psychology theory, research, and practice on positive psychology has fallen short of its potential. We encourage greater cross-fertilization by explicating how major theoretical paradigms within vocational psychology (person–environment fit, developmental/relational/constructivist perspectives, and social–cognitive career theory) support positive psychology aims. We also summarize recent work on three vocational psychology constructs (work volition, career adaptability, and a sense of calling) that may help to broaden and advance positive psychology’s applications to career development and work behavior. Finally, we discuss future directions for ongoing research related to the vocational and positive psychology intersection, and we outline several implications for career counseling practice.

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