Train yourself in career assessment and advance your career.
“Using assessments in career counseling is a powerful skill that will set you apart from other counselors and coaches. I wish I had had this book when I was starting out!” —Barb Krantz Taylor, MA, LP, licensed psychologist and principal consultant, The Bailey Group
- Part 1, Assessing Yourself and Your Career, is all about you. Explore career assessment as a specialty, assess your own interests and strengths, and build your network.
- Part 2, Assessing Your Clients, presents a proven process for assessing clients throughout an engagement, from the initial interview to crafting a game plan.
- Part 3, Assessing the Work Environment, addresses the broader work experience, including job satisfaction and work values, job fit, and even workplace bullying.
- Part 4, Career Stories and Transformations, shows assessment in action through seven case studies and special chapters by the authors on their own career experiences.
- Part 5, the Quick-Reference Toolkit, contains tools and strategies for assessing clients, as well as tips for purchasing and administering career assessment instruments.
In addition to fourteen information-packed chapters and the Toolkit resources, five appendices offer material for further study, including overviews of key texts on career assessment.
Praise from career development professionals:
Game Plan is full of practical advice, easy-to-use forms, and real-life examples to help readers apply the material they’ve learned. Whether you’re new to career assessment or an advanced practitioner, you’ll learn something from this book.
—Jean M. Kummerow, owner and consulting psychologist, Jean Kummerow & Associates
Career practitioners will appreciate the concrete suggestions for utilizing assessment in their practice. I especially enjoyed the case studies, which offer rich examples of how assessment can be applied in our work with clients.
—Paul Timmins, executive director, University of Oregon Career Center, and former president, National Career Development Association.
Readers receive valuable help in the subtle art of integrating and interpreting assessment data, with all its ambiguity and complexity. In addition, the book offers a true insider’s view by sharing Dean’s personal journey, insights, and perspectives.
—Tamara Nelson, PhD, LP, founder, CareerMoves.
Dean describes his professional evolution as an assessment professional with candor, in terms that reassure and encourage those new to assessment or career counseling. The book fills a real need by adding practical advice and color to existing textbooks on career assessment.
—Kate Schaefers, executive director, University of Minnesota Advanced Careers Initiative
Game Plan is for both career counselors who want to grow their practice and for those aspiring to be a part of this life-changing profession.
—Sandra Krebs Hirsh, principal, Sandra Hirsh Consulting, co-author (with Jean M. Kummerow) of LifeTypes: Understand Yourself and Make the Most of Who You Are
Get started on your career assessment education today.
Game Plan is perfect for graduate students just starting out, practitioners looking to expand their knowledge of assessments, and instructors seeking to bring real-world perspectives to their students.
It’s available in paperback and Kindle at Amazon.com, or you can order a copy at your favorite bookstore.
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About the authors
Dean R. DeGroot, a licensed psychologist and business consultant, has helped individuals and organizations navigate change through career assessment and other services for over thirty years. Dean holds a master’s degree in behavioral analysis and therapy from Southern Illinois University and has completed postgraduate studies in industrial relations and counseling at the University of Minnesota. You can reach him at dean@innerviewconsulting.com.
Liz Willis is a writer and editor with an interest in career development and assessment. Liz holds a bachelor’s degree in English from the University of Alberta and a master’s degree in library and information science from Western University. You can reach her at liz@lizwillis.com.