National Career Development Association (NCDA) is excited to release the re-imagined 7th edition of their influential guide to career assessment. Re-conceptualized and renamed to "A Comprehensive Guide to Career Assessment," the "Guide" contains important information career counselors, educators, and practitioners will find…

Integrated computer-assisted career counseling and guidance systems use computers to assess self-knowledge and identify likely careers and counseling to discuss and analyze results. In Australia, a number of U.S.-developed and Australian-adapted computerized tools and integrated systems are in wide use. (JOW)

Australia's new national course database OZJAC (Job and Career Explorer) is a directory of information on postsecondary education and training in over 10,000 courses and data on over 600 types of jobs. It is the culmination of 10 years of development of a national information system. (SK)

In Australia, careers fairs have traditionally been one of the avenues used by major companies to recruit their graduate staff. Most Australian universities have a one- or two-day event of this type to promote their graduates to employers and to expose their students to employment opportunities. Attendance at careers fairs is expensive for…

This book examines career development (CD) support in organizations and presents guidelines for provision of CD activities by employers. The following topics are discussed: career management (the changing work environment, the employer's role, shared responsibility, CD principles, CD theory, and understanding CD support); career support systems…