A literature review was conducted to identify factors leading to career indecision among adolescents and college students and to examine existing programs designed to assist such students in selecting careers. According to the literature, many practitioners view career indecision as a normal task of development whereas others see indecision as related to serious psychological problems such as anxiety, self-perceptual difficulties, and externalized attributions. Several of those theories that postulate career indecision as a normal part of the development were reviewed. One of those theories, which views the decision-making process as extending over the individual's lifetime and as being composed of a period of anticipation and a period of implementation and adjustment, was used as the basis for the development of the following three goals for those individuals assisting students in the career decision-making process: (1) help students gain self-knowledge, (2) assist students in acquiring information about careers and alternatives open to them, and (3) aid students in their career preparation. Specific strategies for use in attaining these goals, as well as a list of works dealing with career indecision and career choice, are included. (MN)