The high-tech industry and its workers

✍ Scribed by James Kirk; Robert Belovics

• Book ID: 102288734
• Publisher: American Counseling Association
• Year: 2007
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 98 KB
• Volume: 44
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0022-0787
• DOI: 10.1002/j.2161-1920.2007.tb00024.x

✦ Synopsis

The purpose of this article is to provide counselors, academic advisers, and career coaches with a basic understanding of the current state of the high‐technology (high‐tech) industry in the United States and the people who work in it. A profile of a high‐tech worker is presented, several high‐tech career developments are described, and selected industry trends and issues are discussed. The authors conclude by offering 5 specific ways employment counselors can help aspiring, disillusioned, and/or committed high‐tech workers manage their careers.