Career Development
Provides all students an overview of techniques and programs used to facilitate career choice, entry, preparation, performance, satisfaction, and exit. Includes methods of providing direct assistance through individual and group approaches as well as indirect assistance through changing organizations or developing materials. Career advisement and coaching have been parts of the organizational landscape for some time. However, assisting employees with career issues in a more formalized and systematic manner has been a relatively new phenomenon. This course will provide an overview of the field with a focus on more recent, state-of-the-art practices. Major theories of career development will be referred to throughout the quarter. These concepts will provide guidelines as we attempt to apply appropriate strategies with different employee groups in different situations Part 1 of 2-part course.

Course Description
You will develop and implement a career development plan. You will need to do some soul searching and will get as much out of the class as you are willing to put into it. Suggested Reading: You DO NOT have to purchase this book as I will provide all material required electronically. Bolles, R.N. (2003). The new quick job-hunting map. Berkeley, CA: Ten Speed Press. (Optional?recommended for those who have engaged in little or no personal career planning

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Davinder Kaur
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