Occupational information : where to get it and how to use it in counseling and teaching / Robert Hoppock

Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. Why Study Occupations? -- 2. What the Counselor Should Know about Occupations -- 3. What the Client Should Know about Occupations -- 4. Sources of Occupational Information -- 5. Appraising Occupational Literature -- 6. Classifying and Filing Occupational Information -- 7. A Theory of Occupational Choice -- 8. Other Theories of Occupational Choice -- 9. Contributions of Client-centered Counseling to Vocational Counseling -- 10. The Use of Occupational Information in Counseling--Excerpts from Other Authors -- 11. The Use of Occupational Information in Counseling General Aspects -- 12. The Use of Occupational Information in Counseling-Answering Questions -- 13. The Teaching of Occupations -- 14. Students Follow up Alumni -- 15. Plant Tours -- 16. Group Conferences -- 17. Students Survey Beginning Jobs -- 18. Case Conference -- 19. Laboratory Study -- 20. Self-measurement -- 21. Other Methods of Getting and Using Occupational Information -- 22. Suggestions for Beginners -- 23. Suggestions for School and College Administrators -- 24. Suggestions for College Teacher -- 25. Evaluation -- 26. Occupational information in the Elementary school -- 27. Other Aspects of Occupational Adjustment.

This is a textbook for use in the training of counselors, teachers, psychologists, rehabilitation officers, school and college administrators, social workers, employment interviewers, personnel directors, librarians, parents, clergymen, psychiatrists, and others to whom people turn when they want facts about jobs to help them to decide what they will do to earn a living. Parts of the book may interest economists and sociologists who are concerned with problems of occupational choice, distribution, mobility, and adjustment.