How to Plan and Develop a Career Center

This collection of 12 articles written by experts discusses all aspects of establishing and running a career center independently or within a school or other institution. This updated and expanded handbook covers key topics such as identifying the goals of a career center, designing and developing facilities and resources, training and managing staff, fitting into educational settings, the role of the Internet in career development and job searches, and trends for the future. How to Plan and Develop a Career Center is full of useful advice and information and is essential reading for all career counselors, from those planning new facilities to those looking to improve well-established ones and at all levels in between.

Essays include: Career Development and the Role of Career Centers, Program Planning, Assessment, and Evaluation, Developing Your Facilities, Personnel, Administration, and Management, Career Centers on the Internet, Career Centers in Educational Settings, Serving Diverse Populations, Adult Career Centers, Corporate Career Centers, Critical Center Resources.