Everything You Need To Know About Career Development You Already Know
Before we begin, we want you to dig deeply into your own career and focus on your feelings about it.
No, no, not like that—we mean dig really deeply, beyond the superficial reasons and into those early dreams, hopes, and aspirations.
That's right, look way down there, where all of those private feelings lie, feelings about what you wanted to do and what you've actually done with your life. These are feelings that you probably do not share with your closest friends or with your parents or with anyone for that matter.
All that you need to know to understand a student or an advisee is embedded in those personal experiences you probably acknowledge only rarely.
Contributor Notes
Arnold R. Spokane is Professor of Education and Psychology.
Tina Q. Richardson is Assistant Professor of Education and Psychology. Address correspondence concerning this article to Arnold R. Spokane, Lehigh University, Department of Counseling Psychology, School Psychology, and Special Education, 111 Research Drive, Bethlehem, PA 18015-4792.
