Book Review of “Procrastination” by Burka and Yuen
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This is a 6 page book review of Burka and Yuen’s 1983 text “Procrastination: Why you do it, What to do about it” which provides an excellent overall review and practical knowledge of the understanding of procrastination and what can be done to overcome it. Many aspects of procrastination are a result of self-esteem and fear of failure, success, separation and attachment among other elements. The authors outline each fear and provide adequate examples from real life and professions useful to the readers who may see themselves in similar situations. Finally, the authors provide some techniques on how to overcome the procrastination cycles which include taking an inventory of consequences, setting and achieving goals, time and organizational management and enlisting support. The text also provides useful schedules and additional resources. Bibliography lists 1 source.
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Career as a Recreation Director
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A 5 page paper which examines various aspects of the profession of recreation director. Education, opportunities, salary, and outlook are noted. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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Career Assessment in Education
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This 8 page report discusses issues associated with career assessment in the educational system. For decades, American high school students faced a variety of career “assessments” which would supposedly indicate what professions they were uniquely suited for and where they were most likely to find career satisfaction. The problem with such tests were that they were far too generalized and offered little real guidance. For the past thirty years, the question of what is meaningful and useful assessment has continually been asked. Bibliography lists 8 sources.
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Career Assessment Instruments
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This 7 page report discusses three career assessment instruments and applies them in the context of a number of hypothetical case studies. The three assessment tools considered are benchmarking, the competency model, and a team-based career system. A hypothetical situation is given for each of the three to demonstrate how the models may be applied. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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Career Choice (Evaluation of a Case Study)
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This 5 page paper evaluates a case study submitted by a student. Matt is 60 years old and has never been happy in his work life. His experience, degree and test results are considered in presenting a plan as to what Matt should do with his life. Theories of career choice are discussed. No bibliography.
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Career Choices: Chiropractor, Dentist and Stock Broker
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This 6 page paper provides an overview of each career choice. Information as to education, salary range and a job description is provided for each. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
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Career Counseling For Gays And Lesbians
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This 8 page paper offers a synopsis of five articles that focus, in some way, on career counseling or career development of gays and lesbians. The first article reports some of the many guidelines from the American Psychological Association for counselors working with gays, lesbians and bisexuals. The next one focuses on gay men although there are comments about lesbians. This article discusses the need to have special programs for counseling gay men in the workplace. The third discussion is about a book for career counselors in which challenges and barriers as well as helpful suggestions are provided. Next, is an article about the paucity of research studies of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgendered students on the college campus and the reasons for this dearth of studies. The last article talks about career counseling for adolescents and the special problems this group faces. The articles are compared. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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Career Counseling for Gays and Lesbians:
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This 5 page paper examines the issues which apply to gay/lesbian career counseling. Furthermore, this paper outlines the special problems facing this group in terms of career counseling. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
Filename: GSCareer.rtf