The final
blog post is so exciting. Also, some of the trends found in Chapter 18 are also
uplifting. It is refreshing to see that the trends in career information are
towards making people more aware of the information. One of my first comments on
the O*NET was that I never knew it existed and according to the book, I am not
the only one. A large number of adults have never used any type of occupational
information as well as one-fifth of graduate students (Brown, 2012, p. 375). It
is important that people know about this information especially in our economic
time where jobs are becoming harder and harder to find.
An overall
trend that I noticed throughout the chapter is how much the Internet is being
utilized for career development. Career information, job opening, salary, job
hunting tips, and career assessment are all becoming more accessible via the
Internet. This is important because it make the information more accessible to
a wide variety of people. However, like we discussed in class, technology is a
difficult topic to discuss. There are positive aspects of the increasing amount
of reliance on technology, but there are also concerns for the loss of jobs
because of it. I guess we will see what
the future holds in response to the economic downturn of these past years.
In regards
to this class in particular, Brown states that most counselors are only
required to take one course that deals with career development so career
counselors are having to rely on their own study and in-service training (2012,
p. 376). I find this to be very true. Upon taking this class, I really didn’t
know what to expect, but after taking the class I realize how much actually goes
into career counseling. I am blown away by the amount of information, services,
and theories that are available. I can understand now how one class in career
development is just not enough.
Reference
Brown, D. (2012). Career information, career counseling, and career development (10th ed.). New York, NY: Pearson Education, Inc.
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