The career counselor's handbook / by Howard Figler and Richard N. Bolles.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ch. 1. "So you're a career counselor : just exactly what do you do" -- ch. 2. What does "career" mean -- ch. 3. What does it mean "to counsel" people -- ch. 4. The six objectives of career counseling -- ch. 5. The 12 most important skills a career counselor uses -- ch. 6. The mystery of career choice -- ch. 7. A history of ideas and events in the job-hunting field during the twentieth century -- ch. 8. Finding clients -- ch. 9. Learning self-promotion -- ch. 10. Prospering as a career counselor -- ch. 11. The isolation of a one-person practice -- ch. 12. How to do 1-2-3 career counseling -- ch. 13. How to use career assessment tools -- ch. 14. How to use occupational forecasts -- ch. 15. How to use information in career counseling -- ch. 16. How to use just one hour -- ch. 17. How to use group work -- ch. 18. Principles of effective group workshops -- ch. 19. The problem called "motivation" -- ch. 20. Helping clients get "unblocked" : the brain and the safekeeping self -- ch. 21. Confronting clients whose actions don't match their words -- ch. 22. Helping the "impossible client" -- ch. 23. A return to the real America -- ch. 24. How to help our clients think about self-employment -- ch. 25. Schooling and entrepreneuring -- ch. 26. Everyone is a salesperson -- ch. 27. Five business cards instead of one -- ch. 28. Freedom -- ch. 29. Helping clients define success -- ch. 30. Doing well and doing good -- ch. 31. Adding value -- ch. 32. The place of God in career counseling -- ch. 33. Five rules for dealing with change in the new millennium -- ch. 34. How to stay up-to-date -- ch. 35. Where is career counseling heading -- ch. 36. When to hang it up as a career counselor and seek a new career.