Targeting low career confidence using the career planning confidence scale
✍ Scribed by Garrett McAuliffe; Jill C. Jurgens; Worth Pickering; James Calliotte; Anthony Macera; Steven Zerwas
- Publisher
- American Counseling Association
- Year
- 2006
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 72 KB
- Volume
- 43
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0022-0787
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✦ Synopsis
The authors describe the development and validation of a test of career planning confidence that makes possible the targeting of specific problem issues in employment counseling. The scale, developed using a rational process and the authors' experience with clients, was tested for criterion‐related validity against 2 other measures. The scale produced a 6‐factor structure that replicates common career planning models: Readiness to Make a Career Decision, Self‐Assessment, Generating Options, Information Seeking, Deciding, and Implementing a Decision. Validity and reliability of the scale are discussed, along with suggestions for employment counseling practice.