Career Development - An Integral Part of Self Improvement
Also: Career Training, Advanced Career Training, Career Development, Online Career Training, Career Objectives, Career Change, and Career Counseling
Personal development and success are often, if not usually, tied up with a successful and satisfying career or careers. This means that career development is a key element to a self improvement program, whether for an adult or young student; even for a mature student.
Fortunately, the career development industry has matured positively over recent decades; especially over the past decade, with the wide use of the internet for career information sources, and even online career counseling. In the late 1960's in the UK, where I was a young student, there was little in the way of career development advice available to students, let alone adults.
Nowadays, things are very different. Career development is taken more seriously by governments, employers and education establishments such as schools, colleges and universities. This means that often there is much information readily available to an adult or student interested in their future or current career development.
One of the drawbacks of some of the career development advice sources are their inevitable academic origins. A career counselor in a school or college may be a teacher who has only ever worked as a teacher, so may not be fully understanding of careers in business, marketing, nursing, computing or many other career choices.
However, by making use of the various career information sources open to you, you may should be able to gather sufficient opinions and hard facts to at least help guide you in the progression of your career.
On this web site we will be adding articles on:
Dual Career Development Now available
Career Planning and Development
plus many more+
Three excellent online sources of career development information are are managed by the US and UK governments:
United States Government Career Development Web Sites
Students can find a mine of career development information on internships and student jobs, plus graduate fellowships, job searches, and other career information at:
http://www.students.gov/STUGOVWebApp/Public
and a useful aid in choosing a career at:
http://www.bls.gov/k12/index.htm
Adults may find career training advice, skills assessments and many aids to career development at:
U.K. Government Career Development Web Sites
At http://careers.ngfl.gov.uk/adults/
adults and students can find information on career development topics such as free information in your local area, careers services, employment services, freephone career services, free and fee based services, career training and career education.
