Career Counseling: Applied Concepts of Life Planning,   ISBN:9780534367237

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I am very happy with my Career Counseling purchase. The book was a hard find and I paid less than the other members in my graduate cohort!

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If at all avoidable, DO NOT WASTE YOUR MONEY ON THIS TEXTBOOK!!!!!
I am a graduate student just beginning a new semester. I have read the first four chapters of this book and am frustrated and angry. It is so poorly written that I am having to read and re-read the text (only to discover that most of what is contained therein is just the repeated fluff of a few simple points made ad infinitum). There is very little useful information. Were I a professor grading this text as a paper, I would give it a "D" and recommend Zunker spend some serious time in the "writing lab". I cannot believe I paid $90 for this book.

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I read all the other reviews, I get a feeling they are all from students. As a practicing professional in this field for the past 20 years, I can say that as Boles'"What Color is your Parachute" is the bible for Job Seekers, Zunker's "Career Counseling: Applied concepts of Life Planning" is the bible for the Career Counselor. I find Zunker's information well exposed for easy comprehension. His writing style is simple and straight-forward. I believe the book is well structured for its purpose and didn't get a 5 star rating because It should be more economical in pricing.

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While there is an immensely broad array of career counseling topics covered in this book, it is extremely poorly written and is of little use. The author fails to define the key terms, and only vaguely discusses the key concepts. For example, Zunker fails to effectively explain Donald Super's career maturity factors e.g., Zunker full definition of Super's crystallization of traits is, "individual progress toward forming a self concept." In addition, Zunker writes in an extremely passive, wordy, vague style more tailored to impress academics than to be relevant for students.

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Like the other review this is a book I used for a graduate class in ed counseling. I needed safety pins to keep my eyes open. This book is too broad and covers too much. If I ever wanted to go into career counseling I wont now cause its toooooooo boring after this book.