Using Assessment Results for Career Development

Osborn, Debra; Zunker, Vernon

ISBN 10: 1305397770 / ISBN 13: 9781305397774

Published by Cengage Learning, Inc, 2015

About this Item

Reflecting the practices from the field, this title illustrates how to use assessment instruments to increase clients' self-awareness and help them make rational career choices. It delivers detailed information on using assessment results in a wide variety of counseling situations. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: JNR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 262 x 276 x 11. Weight in Grams: 568. . 2015. 9 Rev ed. Paperback. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Using Assessment Results for Career Development
• Publisher: Cengage Learning, Inc
• Publication Date: 2015
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1305397770
• ISBN 13: 9781305397774
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: New

About this title

Synopsis

Reflecting the latest practices from the field, USING ASSESSMENT RESULTS FOR CAREER DEVELOPMENT, 9th Edition vividly illustrates how to use assessment instruments to increase clients' self-awareness and help them make rational career choices. Extremely practical, this hands-on text delivers detailed information on using assessment results in a wide variety of counseling situations. Case studies, charts, bulleted and numbered lists, dialogues, and agency addresses help readers effectively apply their knowledge of tests and measurements in clinical settings-ensuring that they truly master the use of assessment instruments.

About the Authors

Debra S. Osborn (Ph.D., Florida State University) is an associate professor in the department of Counselor Education at Florida State University. She has an established program of research with three specific foci. These include the design and use of technology in counseling, innovation and effectiveness in counselor education, and the design and use of assessments in career services. Dr. Osborn is passionate about career counseling, having served as president of the National Career Development Association and as a counselor educator for almost two decades.

Vernon Zunker is a retired professor from Southwest Texas State University. He earned his Ed.D. with an emphasis on counseling from the University of Houston and completed a residency in clinical psychology at the University of Texas Medical School at Galveston. Although retired from teaching, Dr. Zunker continues to push the discipline forward by keeping career counseling relevant to all counseling students.