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Career Development for Transitioning Veterans
Author/Editor: Carmen Stein-McCormick, Debra S. Osborn, Seth C.W. Hayden, Dan Van Hoose with Military Consultants: Thomas McCormick, USN (Ret.), Major C. Camille LaDrew, USAF
Publisher: NCDA
Year: 2013
Manufacturer: ISBN: 978-1-885333-37-7
Authors: Carmen Stein-McCormick, Debra S. Osborn, Seth C.W. Hayden, Dan Van Hoose with Military Consultants: Thomas McCormick, USN (Ret.), Major C. Camille LaDrew, USAF
The purpose of this book is to increase career practitioners’ awareness of the transition issues and resources specific to veterans and to provide several examples of how a practitioner might walk a veteran through the career planning process. Case studies based on interviews with real veterans by the authors and military consultants are used throughout the chapters to demonstrate the thoughts and feelings involved, as well as career practitioner strategies for helping the individual make a career decision.
Read more! Here are links to excerpts from the monograph and a book review in Career Convergence.
And here is another review from the Journal of Employment Counseling.
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Categories of Applicability:
- Individual/Group Counseling and Facilitation Skills
- Career Information Resources/Curriculum/Activities
- Program Planning/Promotion/Management/Implementation
- Coaching/Consultation/Performance Improvement
- Specific Populations
- Career Planning and Job Seeking Resources
Work settings:
- Post Secondary
- Non-Profit
- Governmental
- Business and Industry
- Independent/Private Practice
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