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Essay / Lifelong Vocational Guidance - 3630
SummaryLifelong Vocational Guidance has more than a professional orientation, it deals with the whole being of the person with a vision that includes their lifetime. Career guidance takes into account character development, character skills, life roles, personal and professional background, goals and obstacles. A career counselor not only helps a client with a career plan, but also with a life plan. This article focuses on two categories of career guidance. The first focus is the history of career counseling as a field of study, with emphasis on when and why career counseling began (the 1800s as the study of how head shape of a person is linked to professional choice), who and what influenced it (Sizer, Parsons and Davis) and how it changed (from a vision of individual/community vocation to a vision of individual/global lifespan). The second objective is the application of career counseling by researching the contributions of two leaders, John Holland and Donald Super, to career counseling, their theories and evaluations, as well as the biblical aspects of career counseling and the way each theory of which relates to the Bible. Lifetime Seeking the services of a guidance counselor can provide many benefits. One can gain a better understanding of oneself, get information about education and careers, learn decision-making skills, get support in conducting a job search or applying for higher education, and get support for navigating career transitions (NCDA, “Why Seek Career Guidance, 2007). The way a career counselor provides his or her services depends on his or her theoretical approach to career guidance. Documented career guidance dates back to the mid-1800s with pioneers such as Nelson Sizer, ...... middle of paper ......lopment theory. The Career Development Quarterly, 45(3), 288-292. doi: 11393794)Pape, M. (2009). Jesse Buttrick Davis (1871-1955): Pioneer of career guidance in schools. The Career Development Quarterly, 57(3), 248-258. Pope, M. (March 2000). A Brief History of Career Counseling in the United States. The CareerDevelopment Quarterly, 48(3), 194-211. doi:52191543. Savickas, M. (2009). Pioneers of the Career Movement: A Centennial Celebration. The Career Development Quarterly, 57(3), 194-198. doi:1668526651. Savickas, M L. (1994, September). Donald Edwin Super: The Career of a Planned ExplorerThe Career Development Quarterly. Alexandria: Vol. 43(1), 4-26. Weinrach, SG (1996). The psychological and professional interest models of DonaldSuper and John Holland. Journal of Consulting and Development: JCD, 75(1), 5-16. do I: 10560445.