Discussion:
Career Development Program
Can you examine and discuss the organization, implementation, administration, and evaluation of programs at career centers.
Consider all your newly acquired information about the multi-faceted steps and considerations in developing career programs and career centers. As you found out, this involves many considerations such as the following:
Career programs (how the center decides offerings and topics of career programs they provide to the public).
Organizational considerations (such as staffing and computerized guidance systems).
Administrative considerations (such as leadership functions).
Implementation (who will be in charge of certain deliverables).
Evaluation (how these programs will be evaluated from individual programs to customer service).
Having read about these areas, discuss an online career center or one in your local area and address how the career center you chose approaches each of these five areas.
Consider the center's strengths or weaknesses in meeting diverse populations in their career program planning.
Finally, describe how this awareness and understanding of these components will help you as you prepare to advocate for career counseling clients in a referral to a center's programs and services.