Author Question: Compare and contrast the ideas of Spokane, Sharf, Rounds and Tracey on the career information ... (Read 76 times)

lb_gilbert · **on:** Jul 30, 2018

Compare and contrast the ideas of Spokane, Sharf, Rounds and Tracey on the career information process.

What will be an ideal response?

Question 2

Informal peer monitoring

a. provides an opportunity for corrective interventions and may involve confronting a colleague.
b. is considered unethical.
c. is considered a boundary crossing by the professional codes since practitioners are expected to monitor their own, not others' behavior.
d. is illegal.

macagn · **Reply #1 on:** Jul 30, 2018

Answer to Question 1

Spokane focused on information-seeking behavior, the cognitive process involved in assimilating career information, and the social restraints that restrict some individuals in the career search process.
Rounds and Tracey suggest that information-processing skills are essential for making optimal career decisions. They recommended that counselors evaluate client skills in processing information during the career decision process. They also suggest that the timing of intervention strategies is essential to maintain productive and effective information-seeking process.
Sharf believes that the counselors have the responsibility to know certain types of occupational information and specific sources of information. Counselors are to provide occupational descriptions including salary ranges, outlook, educational requirements, and where more information can be found about an occupation a client selects.

Answer to Question 2

a