Counselors who specialize in providing counseling services to athletes who are ending their sports careers must be aware of problems and implement strategies that will assist them in making a positive transition. (JOW)

Provides an overview of support services available for incarcerated women who want to pursue a change in career, job, family, or lifestyle after they are released from prison. (JOW)

Distinguishes between unchosen transitions (children maturing and leaving, parents aging, companies downsizing) and chosen ones (moving, divorce, marriage, career changes). Describes the steps one goes through: uneasiness, renewed energy, complaining, exploration, partial transition, and the completed transition. (JOW)

The process of "callings" continues throughout life. Coaching can connect the present to the future in a meaningful way. Callings represent a value shift requiring revision of the nature and scope of one's central purpose in life and meaningful activities. (JOW)

A selected annotated bibliography that reflects recent (1977-1983) approaches to career development in organizations, including government agencies, educational institutions, business, industry, and the military. The list was compiled from searches of PSYCINFO, ERIC, and ABI/INFORM. Includes author and subject indexes. (NRJ)

The trend in career portfolio use is merging with the trend toward self-assessment. Portfolios can assist individuals in midlife transitions by enabling life review and redirection. (Contains 16 references.) (SK)

Explains the benefits of career portfolios in an uncertain job market. Suggests how a portfolio can assist in career development and offers items to consider including in a professional portfolio: documentation of education and training, evidence of work performance, and examples of skills with data, people, and things. (JOW)

Looks at the problems faced by non-English-speaking refugees who come to the United States. In addition to the language barrier, they face cultural differences such as never having thought about seeking a job (those from the former Soviet Union and Cuba), limited education, and legal problems. Describes services available to assist them in the…

Discusses problems with and methods for providing career counseling to lawyers. Suggests that their career-management strategies will include assessing their priorities and skills and adapting them to partnering with employers in pursuit of client satisfaction. (JOW)

This section on career transition for attorneys discusses career choice and satisfaction; lawyers as outplacement clients; lawyers' career concerns; Myers-Briggs type preference of lawyers and career counselors; career assessment tools and resources; lawyers and contract work; and helping lawyers change their jobs without changing employers. (JOW)

Counselors have assumed the role of information processor and change agent in introducing computer-assisted career guidance systems into traditional counseling programs. Institutions must recognize the special needs of adult learners who are making career decisions, identifying goals, and preparing to achieve them. (JOW)

Provides reviews of books dealing with all aspects of careers, including 8 books on dealing with change, 13 on career management, 4 on entrepreneurship, 3 guides and workbooks, 2 on assessment, 4 on resumes, and 1 biography. Includes 12 short reviews of books on career development issues and information such as publishers' addresses. (JOW)

Provides a framework for guiding clients through transitions by explaining the nature of transition, outlining styles of dealing with transition, and offering a methodology to determine whether coaching, counseling, or consulting is best for a particular situation. (JOW)

Discusses career development programs designed and offered for adult students and alumni of the University of Baltimore. Reviews the theory of adult development, adaptation to transition, and career development interventions that were helpful in designing the programs. (Availability: 1190 South Bascom Avenue, Suite 211, San Jose, CA 95128) (JOW)

The author examines various aspects of male midlife crisis and its effects on the man's career, including the following: What are the implications for an organization, if behavioral changes or dissatisfaction with past patterns extends into the employee's job and leads this same individual to become a dissatisfied employee, to consider a career…