Group Work in Career Development: Status Quo and Future Agenda

ABSTRACT

The status quo and future agenda of group work in career development are considered in this article which represents the culmination of a two-part special issue published on this topic in the Journal for Specialists in Group Work. Following an enthusiastic response to the call for papers, 15 articles were accepted and resulted in two consecutive parts of the special issue being published. The first part contained nine articles focused on school age populations and this second part comprises six articles focused on post-school age populations. This article discusses the commonalities and divergences between the articles published in the two parts of the special issue and offers suggestions related to the future of group work in career development.

KEYWORDS:

• Group work
• career development
• career guidance
• career counseling

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Notes on contributors

Mary McMahon

Mary McMahon is an Honorary Associate Professor in the School of Education at The University of Queensland, Australia.

Mark Watson

Mark Watson is an Emeritus Professor at the Nelson Mandela University, South Africa, and an Honorary Professor at The University of Queensland, Australia.