2014
DOI: 10.1002/j.2161-1920.2014.00049.x
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Making the Best of a Bad Situation: Career Counseling Young Adults in the Aftermath of the Great Recession

Abstract: Because of the changes in the economy hastened by the Great Recession, recent college graduates face unprecedented challenges finding employment in the current labor market. In this new economic era, Krumboltz's (2009) happenstance learning theory provides college career counselors with a practical framework for helping students learn how to engage in proactive career behaviors, evaluate opportunities as they arise, and initiate actions to benefit from them. A 6-component framework is provided to guide college… Show more

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“…The worldwide expansion of higher education has led to an increasing supply and a diversity of graduates who often expect that higher education will improve their career chances and outcomes. However, in difficult economic times, such as those we are currently living in, the new graduates may struggle to enter the labor market and establish their careers (Graham et al, 2014;Greenleaf, 2014;Koen et al, 2012). In this arena, studies on career success during university-to-work transition became a central issue in political, economic, social and educational agendas of our society.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
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“…The worldwide expansion of higher education has led to an increasing supply and a diversity of graduates who often expect that higher education will improve their career chances and outcomes. However, in difficult economic times, such as those we are currently living in, the new graduates may struggle to enter the labor market and establish their careers (Graham et al, 2014;Greenleaf, 2014;Koen et al, 2012). In this arena, studies on career success during university-to-work transition became a central issue in political, economic, social and educational agendas of our society.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Juxtaposing our data to career counseling and human resources management we could highlight some implications for practice. For example, career counseling at college could stimulates reflection on professional life after graduation and help people develop proactive behaviors and acquire the necessary information to create positive and realistic perspectives to stand up to the demands for workforce entry (Greenleaf, 2014;Larson & Bell, 2013).…”
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confidence: 99%
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“…The most frequently represented theoretical foundations used by JEC authors have been trait factor (Burns, 2015;Littman-Ovadia, ZilchaMano, & Langer, 2014;Ohler & Levinson, 2012), developmental (Choi et al, 2013;Ronzio, 2012;Wong & Yuen, 2015), happenstance learning theory (Greenleaf, 2014), emotional intelligence (Di Fabio, Bernaud,, & Loarer, 2014;Di Fabio, Palazzeschi, & Bar-On, 2012;Jiang, 2014;), cognitive information processing (Bullock-Yowell, Andrews, McConnell, & Campbell, 2012;Bullock-Yowell et al, 2014), and cognitive psychology (Budnick & Santuzzi, 2013;Buttar, 2015;Johnson, 2013;Maddy, Cannon, & Lichtenberger, 2015). Inventories, questionnaires, and surveys were commonly used to collect quantitative data, with some articles reporting psychometric properties of original instruments (del Puerto & Crowson, 2013;Elliott & Lopez del Puerto, 2015).…”
Section: The Relevance Of Integrating Theory Research and Practicementioning
confidence: 99%