Group 4: Career development for diverse and underserved populations

Globalization and diverse populations due to migration imply that counselors are expected to deliver career services to populations from a large array of cultural settings. Moreover, individuals belonging to minority or non-dominant groups may be underserved or misserved, thus decreasing their chances of finding employment opportunities through career counseling. To develop specific interventions minority or non-dominant groups, it seems important to understand their strength and weaknesses. These strengths and weaknesses will be presented in terms of risk and resilience factors, such as low future orientation and social support respectively. In the last two decades, several authors have made contributions to adapt and improve career services in order to best meet these minority groups' needs. A review of this literature identified thirteen keys to effective practice. For example, one key is to take responsibility for one's own biases and prejudices. Nonetheless, some underserved groups remain difficult to identify. Comparing some basic national demographic data with data from our counseling centers may be helpful in this context in identifying specific groups and assessing needs. One solution, in order to promote social justice across (all) cultural groups, is to encourage multiculturalism in both career counseling and society as a whole. A more inclusive society would allow each person in a minority or non-dominant group to contribute more effectively to the development and growth of this society.

The career indecision profile : measurement equivalence in two international samples

This study tested for the measurement equivalence of a four-factor measure of career indecision (Career Indecision Profile-65 [CIP-65]) between a U.S. sample and two international samples; one composed of French-speaking young adults from France and Switzerland and the other of Italian ado- lescents. Previous research had supported the four-factor structure of the CIP-65 in both the United States and Iceland but also showed that items on two of the four scales may be interpreted differently by young adults growing up in these two countries. This study extends previous research by testing whether the four CIP-65 factors are measured equivalently in two additional international samples. Results largely supported the configural and metric invariance of the CIP-65 in the United States and international samples, but several scales showed a lack of scalar invariance. Some explanations are offered for these findings along with suggestions for future research and implications for practice.

Calling and career preparation: Investigating developmental patterns and temporal precedence

The presence of a calling and career development are assumed to be closely related. However, the nature of and reason for this relationship have not been thoroughly investigated. We hypothesized the existence of reciprocal effects between calling and three dimensions of career preparation and assessed the change of the presence of a calling, career planning, decidedness, and self-efficacy with three waves of a diverse sample of German university students (N = 846) over one year. Latent growth analyses revealed that the intercepts of calling showed a significant positive correlation with the intercepts of all career preparation measures. The slope of calling was positively related to those of decidedness and self-efficacy but not to planning. Cross-lagged analyses showed that calling predicted a subsequent increase in planning and self-efficacy. Planning and decidedness predicted an increase in the presence of a calling. The results suggest that calling and career preparation are related due to mutual effects but that effects differ for different career preparation dimensions.

Resources for career education, 1977.

This document contains a multitude of resources for career education available to Iowans from many sources.

Re-Engineering CTE in Iowa: Aligning Career and Technical Education Reform, Workforce Development and Economic Development, August 2007

Iowa is a relatively small state and is on the rebound economically. It has an overall population that is stable, but which is shifting within the state from more rural areas to suburban and urban centers. There is a very tight labor market with high levels of employment. Iowa now has a time-sensitive opportunity to exert global leadership in renewable energy, while maintaining its leadership in other key industries like finance and agriculture.

Afrontamiento proactivo y bienestar psicológico en estudiantes de maestro en la Universidad de Barcelona

Las estrategias de afrontamiento utilizadas por los estudiantes desempeñan un papel relevanteen su bienestar psicológico. Este trabajo estudia la relación entre las estrategias deafrontamiento y el bienestar psicológico. La muestra está formada por 98 estudiantes de maestroentre 19 y 42 años. Se aplicaron el CRI-A (Moos, 1993) y el BSI (Derogatis y Spencer,1982). Los resultados señalan que cuanto mayor es el uso de estrategias de afrontamientomenor es la presencia de síntomas psicopatológicos, especialmente la solución de problemasy la aceptación. Y cuanto menor es el uso de estrategias de afrontamiento, como la evitacióncognitiva y la descarga emocional, mayores niveles de malestar psicológico. Las estrategias deafrontamiento funcionarían como conductas preventivas frente el estrés psicológico. Se proponea lo largo de los estudios de grado, la inclusión de estrategias de afrontamiento proactivas, como la búsqueda de soporte (mentoring, tutorías entre iguales), la resolución de problemas o la reevaluación positiva.

Afrontamiento proactivo y bienestar psicológico en estudiantes de maestro en la Universidad de Barcelona

Las estrategias de afrontamiento utilizadas por los estudiantes desempeñan un papel relevanteen su bienestar psicológico. Este trabajo estudia la relación entre las estrategias deafrontamiento y el bienestar psicológico. La muestra está formada por 98 estudiantes de maestroentre 19 y 42 años. Se aplicaron el CRI-A (Moos, 1993) y el BSI (Derogatis y Spencer,1982). Los resultados señalan que cuanto mayor es el uso de estrategias de afrontamientomenor es la presencia de síntomas psicopatológicos, especialmente la solución de problemasy la aceptación. Y cuanto menor es el uso de estrategias de afrontamiento, como la evitacióncognitiva y la descarga emocional, mayores niveles de malestar psicológico. Las estrategias deafrontamiento funcionarían como conductas preventivas frente el estrés psicológico. Se proponea lo largo de los estudios de grado, la inclusión de estrategias de afrontamiento proactivas, como la búsqueda de soporte (mentoring, tutorías entre iguales), la resolución de problemas o la reevaluación positiva.

Afrontamiento proactivo y bienestar psicológico en estudiantes de maestro en la Universidad de Barcelona

Las estrategias de afrontamiento utilizadas por los estudiantes desempeñan un papel relevanteen su bienestar psicológico. Este trabajo estudia la relación entre las estrategias deafrontamiento y el bienestar psicológico. La muestra está formada por 98 estudiantes de maestroentre 19 y 42 años. Se aplicaron el CRI-A (Moos, 1993) y el BSI (Derogatis y Spencer,1982). Los resultados señalan que cuanto mayor es el uso de estrategias de afrontamientomenor es la presencia de síntomas psicopatológicos, especialmente la solución de problemasy la aceptación. Y cuanto menor es el uso de estrategias de afrontamiento, como la evitacióncognitiva y la descarga emocional, mayores niveles de malestar psicológico. Las estrategias deafrontamiento funcionarían como conductas preventivas frente el estrés psicológico. Se proponea lo largo de los estudios de grado, la inclusión de estrategias de afrontamiento proactivas, como la búsqueda de soporte (mentoring, tutorías entre iguales), la resolución de problemas o la reevaluación positiva.

Economic Returns & Career Transitions for Iowa Community College Students, May 2010

The Iowa Department of Education and Iowa Workforce Development partnered to combine educational and workforce data. The collaboration led to the establishment of the Training and Employment Outcomes System (TEOS) which combines wage data with education records for community colleges. This report summarizes results on four areas: Descriptive wage summaries; the returns to education; transitions for program majors to the workforce; and the five-years in-state retention rate of community college graduates.