Career counselors practicing in rural communities must understand and address social determinants of mental health (SDOMH). This conceptual article details the relationships between SDOMH domains and employment and provides evidence-based recommendations for integrating SDOMH into practice through a rural community health and well-being framework.…

This study addresses school counselors' perceptions of the importance of college and career readiness counseling and their preparedness to implement aspects of such counseling with students and families. Results from surveying school counselors in a large urban district serving a diverse, low-income student population indicated that school…

School counselors are often integral in implementing multitiered systems of support (MTSS), and training in MTSS is crucial for building school counselors' MTSS capabilities (Sink, 2016). However, scholarship investigating school counselors' MTSS training is limited, particularly regarding their school counseling practices. In this study, we…

As university graduates face increasingly changing and challenging labour markets and work environments, universities are prioritising the work of helping students develop their graduate employability. As a result, university Career Services and career development practitioners are subject to changing strategic and operational approaches to the…

Since the inception of career technical education in community colleges and the building trades, women have been severely underrepresented in male-dominated training programs and careers. Many initiatives have been introduced over the last 45 years to remedy this disparity and include women in high paying careers in the building trades and other…

In the online interview presented in this article, two Korean counselors offer comments to questions regarding issues faced at a Korean University. They reflected on their roles and some of the many topics faced that included: (1) student misunderstanding about counseling needs, and how counseling questionnaires and the counselor helps them; (2)…

The recent focus on social justice issues in career development is primarily conceptual in nature and few resources account for the challenges or successes experienced by career development practitioners. The purpose of this article is to report the results of a research study of career practitioners in Canada regarding the competencies they use…

Presents commentary and Career Counseling Competencies which were reviewed and approved by the Board of Directors of the National Career Development Association in 1991. The competencies are presented in these categories: individual and group counseling skills; individual/group assessment; program management and implementation; consultation;…

This resource guide for career counselors contains seven sections. Section A provides an overview of the National Career Development Association (NCDA) and describes the development of this document. Section B defines vocational/career counseling and lists vocational/career counseling competencies approved by the NCDA Board of Directors in 1981.…

Effective practices for career counseling with gender variant individuals have yet to be identified for reasons that may include perceptions that the population is too small to warrant in-depth research, lack of funding for such efforts, and practitioners' lack of training and experience with transgender concerns. In this article, we describe the…

Polls directors of career services on their expectations of entry- and director-level career services candidates and their views on how to attract and nurture newcomers to the field. Suggests that to ensure a steady flow of newcomers, practitioners must communicate their expectations to students and afford them the opportunity to acquire relevant…

Presents a statement about vocational and career counseling competencies approved by the 1981-82 National Career Development Association. (Author/BL)

The symbiotic relationship between work and mental health requires counselor competence in both career and mental health counseling. Professional associations have developed competency statements and training standards that integrate psychopathology, career development theory, assessment techniques, and cognitive-behavioral therapy, among other…

Proposes a framework for conceptualizing the development of experienced counselors when they address unfamiliar tasks or client concerns. Suggests that research focusing on supervision processes and outcomes during counselors' looping experiences is needed. Presents implications for practice, theory, and research. (Author/MKA)

Aims to dispel misconceptions regarding M.B.A. candidates by focusing on the requirements of M.B.A. students, and clarifying the role of career services in working with this population. Includes advice from a M.B.A. career counselor on the specific professional and personal skills needed for success. (GCP)