Career Choice and Development

choices. With greater geographic isolation, rural youth may have less access to information about higher education and the quali ...

of occupation in which to work but also involve accompanying deci- sions about education and training and, later, where, how muc ...

of some careers can be facilitated by delaying family formation, and decisions may be made with this in mind. Moreover, for youn ...

roles continue to affect careers across the life course. One way this occurs is in the daily interactions at home that influence ...

potential work sacrifices do not deter husbands from relocating quite as often (Bielby & Bielby, 1992). These gender differe ...

out of the labor force, or alternate periods of more or less intensive work in response to the needs of their children and famil ...

however, is made more or less difficult by the policy context, both at the level of the employer as well as the community and na ...

tated or constrained by ascribed characteristics, educational and labor market institutional arrangements, and local contexts as ...

Guidance and career counselors can work to build their clients’ knowledge about the educational, training, and skill requirement ...

fluence on their occupational preferences. More can be done to de- velop internships and work-school cooperative programs that m ...

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