Discusses survey results that reveal how practitioners handle requests for career advice from family and friends, and the issues that arise in the process. Results indicate that the majority of career services practitioners are comfortable offering career advice, including resume assistance, interviewing tips, and personal insight, to family and…

Recent Supreme Court decisions have fundamentally altered the attorney's right to advertise. This potentially revolutionary revision in prescribed professional communications has paradoxically had ambiguous results. Despite the freedom to advertise, most attorneys forego this opportunity to maximize profits, expand clientele, or merely enhance…

Article investigated the difficulties of Black women in fulfilling normal desires for a life of dignity and self-development and the role of the mental health professional in helping her in the process. (Author/RK)

The consultant function has great potential for creating positive and worthwhile changes in the reading program. The degree of success attained will be determined by the clarity with which the role is defined and responsibilities delineated, an understanding of the interrelationships between consultant responsibilities and those of other…

Argues that although universities claim to provide teaching, research, and service to society, the service portion is undervalued and not compensated. Presents key elements in a program to recognize service. (CH)

Discussion of employee and employer perceptions of the role of library development consultants highlights three general attributes (technical expertise, critical viewpoint, personal attitudes); methods of employing consultants; use of consultants in developing countries; and aid agencies, which serve as links between employers and consultants.…

In this article the author discusses the evolution and nature of the concepts of profession and professionalization and offers suggestions for reforming social work that will make the profession more responsive to the consumers of service. (Author)

A 1979 survey of U.S. members of the Association of Biomedical Communications Directors asked them to rank the importance of eight types of service to each professional program that his unit supports. Service priorities are reported for programs characteristic of medicine, allied health, dentistry, nursing, and pharmacy. (Author)

Points out that many teachers of English and writing are interested in supplementing their income by becoming consultants. Discusses six major problems that consultants encounter: travel, competition, difficult relationships with clients, scheduling, getting started, and trying to show a profit. (TJ)

The author discusses issues faced by career counselors in private practice. These issues include (1) defining the client base; (2) dealing with potential client rejection; (3) making time for others; (4) choosing business partners; (5) taking risks; (6) getting compensated; (7) managing time; and (8) dealing with competition. (CH)

The author reviews six resources for career counselors who are setting up a private practice. Three of the resources focus on organizing and marketing the business venture, while the others are described as useful in counseling and training small business owners. (CH)

Describes the development of standards for psychological practice in long-term care facilities. The standards, which were developed by Psychologists in Long-Term Care, address provider characteristics, methods of referral, assessment practices, treatment, and ethical issues. Offers suggestions for use of the standards. (MKA)

This annual review of the research and practice literature related to career counseling and development during 2007 is presented in 9 areas: professional issues, career assessment, career development, career theory and concepts, career interventions, advances in technology, personnel selection and job placement, international perspectives, and…

A discussion of why schools, at all levels, need the continuing and contiguous services of specialists in message design, media design, media production, and validation. (Author)