Summary
The third edition offers a comprehensive overview of career counselling and guidance services, practices, tools and techniques for the career development practitioner. The edition has been comprehensively updated to reflect the latest theory, research and practice in career counselling and guidance as these relate to career development in organisational context. Additional real-life case studies that reflect the diverse population groups of South Africa have been added to present the student and practitioner with practical illustrations of how the theory is applied in career counselling practice. The third edition further incorporates the South African perspective on career development services and the role and competencies of career development practitioners as outlined in the new national frameworks, namely the South African framework for cooperation in the provision of career development (information, advice and guidance) services (DHET, 2012; 2013) and the first draft Competency framework for career development practitioners in South Africa (DHET, 2015).
The theory and practice of career counselling and guidance continues to increase in significance in the contemporary workplace. The third edition brings an updated perspective on changes in the nature of careers in the 21st Century that influence the content, process and nature of career counselling and guidance, and career development support practices and services in the workplace.
The text has been designed for postgraduate students, as well as career development practitioners, human resource practitioners, psychologists, psychometrists, and registered counsellors who are involved in providing career development services to individuals and employers.
