Using Assessment Results for Career Development

By Debra S. Osborn and Vernon Zunker. Useful in both career development and tests and measurement courses, this practical book illustrates how to use assessment results to increase clients' self-awareness and help them make rational career choices. Readers will find detailed information on applying knowledge of tests and measurements in clinical settings and using assessment results in a wide variety of counseling situations.

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.