Includes bibliographical references and index.

So you're a career counselor : just exactly what do you do -- What does "career" mean -- What does it mean "to counsel" people -- The six objectives of career counseling -- The 12 most important skills a career counselor uses --The mystery of career choice -- A history of ideas and events in the job-hunting field during the twentieth century -- Finding clients -- Learning self-promotion -- Prospering as a career counselor -- The isolation of a one-person practice -- How to do 1-2-3 career counseling --How to use career assessment tools -- How to use occupational forecasts -- How to use information in career counseling -- How to use just one hour -- How to use group work -- Principles of effective group workshops -- The problem called "motivation" -- Helping clients get "unblocked" : the brain and the safekeeping self -- Confronting clients whose actions don't match their words -- Helping the "impossible client" -- A return to the real America -- How to help our clients think about self-employment -- Schooling and entrepreneuring -- Everyone is a salesperson -- Five business cards instead of one -- Freedom -- Helping clients define success -- Doing well and doing good -- Adding value -- The place of God in career counseling -- Five rules for dealing with change in the new millennium -- How to stay up-to-date -- Where is career counseling heading -- When to hang it up as a career counselor and seek a new career.