Choosing a Vocation (Classic Reprint) - Couverture souple

Frank Parsons

 
9781330066089: Choosing a Vocation (Classic Reprint)

Synopsis

Choosing a Vocation shows you a practical, science-based path to picking the right work for your talents and goals. This guide helps readers understand themselves, study the needs of different industries, and use expert guidance to plan a satisfying career with confidence.


The book argues that a careful, self‑informed approach is essential when moving from school to work. It emphasizes honest self‑assessment, reliable information, and the aid of a vocational counselor to turn a broad range of possibilities into a clear, workable plan.



  • Learn a structured way to examine your aptitudes, interests, resources, and limits.

  • Understand how to compare different fields’ requirements, opportunities, and rewards.

  • See how counseling and guided self-study can improve preparation and long‑term success.

  • Discover a step‑by‑step approach to turning school data into a real plan for life and work.


Ideal for students, parents, teachers, and counselors seeking a practical framework for making one of life’s most important choices.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

Excerpt from Choosing a Vocation

The manuscript of this book was practically ready for publication when Professor Parsons died. For a year prior to his death he had given a large part of his time to Vocation Bureau work. Some of the material here used appeared in articles in The Arena, and a number of the "cases" in Part III have been published in the daily papers of Boston and New York. The appearance of these articles brought hundreds of letters of inquiry from all parts of the United States, expressing interest in the effort to give scientific vocational counsel to the young. That Professor Parsons would have carried the plan to a greater completeness had he lived, there is no doubt; but the work that he did do is of such value that it is believed many will be grateful to get such information about it as can be given in this volume.

Whatever doubts there may be of the practicability of giving expert vocational counsel to young men and women, there are certain simple truths upon which the plan is based, and which I believe no one will deny.

1. It is better to choose a vocation than merely to "hunt a job."

2. No one should choose a vocation without careful self-analysis, thorough, honest, and under guidance.

3. The youth should have a large survey of the field of vocations, and not simply drop into the convenient or accidental position.

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