Part 3: From Assessment to Discovery – A New Approach to Career Guidance What if the most valuable outcome of career counseling is not simply choosing an occupation, but developing a clearer understanding of how we engage with the world – and what we might become? The Student Who Doesn’t Know What to Major InContinue reading “From Career Interests to Vocational Intelligence (3)”
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From Career Interests to Vocational Intelligence (2)
Part 2: From Talent to Skill – How Intelligence Finds Expression What if intelligence is not simply something we possess, but something we express through the ways we engage with the world? Looking Beneath Our Interests In the first article of this series, Beyond Matching: Rethinking Career Interest, we considered a question that seldom receivesContinue reading “From Career Interests to Vocational Intelligence (2)”
Educating the Human Spirit
In a recent post entitled The Vocational Clarity Table of Elements I made a case against a growing sentiment which regards a college education as a waste of time and money. Of course, I had to preface my argument by first acknowledging the dismal statistics – 80% of college students change their major multiple times,Continue reading “Educating the Human Spirit”
How to Avoid the Trap of Going to College
When I visit students in classrooms as the manager of career services on a college campus, I stand in front of them, introduce myself, and gesture as if I am pulling open my shirt to reveal an imaginary superhero insignia. Greetings! I am here to save you from the trap of going to college. ThisContinue reading “How to Avoid the Trap of Going to College”
