The Handbook of Career and Workforce Development
Research, Practice, and Policy

The Handbook of Career and Workforce Development provides educators, researchers, and policy makers with information on evidence-based programs and activities. Chapters describe ways that current research can be used to promote the design of more effective career development programs and services at local, state, and national levels. Promising career development practices applicable to a range of settings and special populations are identified, as are strategies for communicating evidence in ways that influence career and workforce development public policy. The Handbook of Career and Workforce Development can be used by policy makers and grant program officers to identify key career development ingredients that should be considered in proposals; researchers seeking to make their career development research relevant and practical; and practitioners implementing or advocating for career development programs and services.

1. Introduction: Designing Quality Career and Workforce Development Programs and Services V. Scott H. Solberg and Saba Rasheed AliSection 1: Career and Workforce Development Policy and Evidence-Based Practice2. Career and Workforce Development and its Role in Maintaining a Competitive Global Economy V. Scott H. Solberg 3. Evidence-Based Practice in Career and Workforce Development Interventions Susan C. Whiston, Jérôme Rossier, and Paola M. Hernandez Barón 4. The Supply and Demand for Career and Workforce Development Programs and Services as a Social Justice Issue James P. Sampson, Jr., Mary-Catherine McClain, Elisabeth Musch, and Robert C. Reardon 5. Developing National Career and Workforce Development Systems and Policies with Structured International Cooperation – Structures, Processes, and Activities of the European Lifelong Guidance Policy Network Raimo VuorinenSection 2: Promising Career and Workforce Development Practices 6. Promising Career and Workforce Development Programs and Services in Supporting the Needs of Unemployed Populations David L. Blustein, Alice Connors-Kellgren, Chad Olle, and AJ Diamonti 7. Addressing Inequities in Accessing Career and Workforce Development Programs and Services in College Settings Janet Lenz and Deborah Osborn 8. Promising Career and Workforce Development Programs and Services in Middle and High School Settings Sylvia C. Nassar-McMillan, Julia Taylor, and Abigail Holland Conley 9. Promising Career and Workforce Development Practices in Elementary School Settings Kimberly A. S. Howard, Eleanor Castine, and Sean Flanagan 10. Promising Career and Workforce Development Programs and Services in Supporting the Transition Needs for Youth with Disabilities David W. Test, Lauren K. Bethune, and Karen M. Diegelmann 11. Promising Career and Workforce Development Programs and Services for Supporting the Needs of Diverse Populations Lisa Y. Flores, Feihan Li, and Sarah F. MaySection 3: Influencing Public Policy 12. Translating the Career Development Knowledge Base for Practitioners and Policy Makers Saba Rasheed Ali, Sean Flanagan, Aurora Pham, and Kimberly Howard 13. Career Development Research, Practice, and Policy: Synthesis and Future Directions V. Scott H. Solberg and Saba Rasheed Ali

V. Scott H. Solberg, PhD, is a professor of counseling and applied human development in the School of Education at Boston University.

Saba Rasheed Ali, PhD, is a professor of counseling psychology in the Department of Psychological and Quantitative Foundations in the College of Education at the University of Iowa.