Journal of Employment Counseling最新文献

Employment success often hinges on crucial work-related soft skills, such as the ability to seek help and solve problems. This pilot study aimed to assess the practicality of a group intervention based upon a direct skills teaching (DST) approach to teach work-related help-seeking skills to individuals with disabilities. The “Asking for Help” intervention, conducted in either in person or via telehealth, involved 152 participants with disabilities. Both modalities showed improvement in participants’ perceptions of work-related soft skill of asking for help. Participants experienced increased confidence in asking for help at employment settings and expressed high satisfaction with the intervention. Both groups increased career adaptabilities, while the telehealth group also increased occupational self-efficacy, and the in-person group showed increased work-related soft skills. Both groups showed comparable positive results, supporting their effectiveness in teaching help-seeking skills using a preplanned curriculum. Implications of findings are discussed.

Mentoring is a powerful tool for career advancement. Highly skilled migrant women generally face employment barriers in Australia due to multilevel barriers, categorized into macro (Australian government visa policy), meso (discrimination at the workplace), and micro (individual factors) levels. However, limited studies have explored the mentoring lived experiences of highly skilled migrant women in developing their careers in the Australian labor market. Therefore, this research explores the mentoring experiences through conducting semi-structured qualitative interviews with 27 highly skilled migrant women. The analysis identified three mentoring benefits: developing careers, gaining specialized skills, and fostering personal growth. Highly skilled migrant women were supported in their personal and professional careers through the mentoring sessions, whether in structured or unstructured conversations. These novel findings contribute to the migrant employment and career literature in terms of filling the empirical gap, as well as providing meso (managerial) and micro implications.

This qualitative study explores the impact of life-design counseling (LDC) on mid-career professionals facing career plateauing. Seven mid-career professionals underwent counselling sessions focused on overcoming barriers, evaluating career beliefs, and exploring options. Thematic analysis delves into their experiences, attitudes, and unresolved mid-career dilemmas. Results indicate a shift from problem-focused to solution-based thinking. A two-wave longitudinal study spanning 4 years confirms counseling's effectiveness in assisting individuals in making crucial career decisions, guiding positive career redirection amidst mid-career plateauing. Our study specifically explored and analyzed the practical application of LDC intervention in the real-world counseling scenario for overcoming career plateauing.

In this study, we examined a model that explores the connection between workplace relationships and flourishing, with mediation through work meaningfulness and living a calling. This mediation effect was discovered to be contingent on the level of learning goal orientation. The structural equation model was verified using data collected from 561 employed adults (357 females) representing various companies and jobs. The findings indicate that work meaningfulness and living a calling fully and sequentially mediate the relationship between workplace relationships and flourishing. Furthermore, this indirect effect was more pronounced under conditions of low learning goal orientation as opposed to high.

Black women are underrepresented in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) industries and are presented with unique career and mental health experiences as a result. This study used social cognitive career theory and thematic analysis to explore the career and mental health experiences of (N = 11) Black women in STEM. The findings include four themes: (1) the influence of a STEM career on mental health; (2) the STEM career journey; (3) self-efficacy and self-motivation to succeed; and (4) hopes for Black girls and women in STEM. Implications for counselors who work with Black women in STEM are discussed.

Co-occurring posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) negatively impacts employment outcomes for individuals with serious mental health conditions (SMHCs). This study examined how employment might help individuals manage PTSD. Sixty-eight employed individuals with SMHCs and co-occurring PTSD responded to two open-ended questions focused on how work impacted the management of PTSD symptoms and their perceived need for support from a job coach. Findings revealed themes about benefits of work on PTSD symptom management and types of provider support desired. Study implications are discussed.

This study investigates the association between adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) and job satisfaction in adulthood, mediated by posttraumatic beliefs and core self-evaluation (CSE). Based on the literature, we hypothesized that posttraumatic beliefs, potentially developed following ACEs, would have negative effects on individuals’ CSE and job satisfaction. Structural equation modeling of survey data from 384 employees with at least one ACE revealed that posttraumatic beliefs fully mediated the effect of ACEs on both job satisfaction and CSE. Furthermore, CSE was a partial mediator between posttraumatic beliefs and job satisfaction. These findings highlight the importance of adopting trauma-informed approaches in employment counseling.

In recent years, several publications and media outlets have highlighted how the skills and interests of autistic individuals may benefit organizations. However, there is scant empirical research on the topic. The present study's authors conducted a systematic review to find which potential employability skills, strengths, and interests of autistic individuals available research has highlighted. Data extraction methods identified 51 papers related to skills in this population. The skill sets autistic individuals may possess and the research behind these findings were organized, evaluated, and summarized. Based on these findings, investigators discuss implications for employment counseling and future research.

This research introduces strength-based therapeutic recreation (STR) as an innovative approach to address job stress, work–family conflict, and family–work conflict among employees. STR involves personalized leisure activities tailored to individuals’ signature character strengths in daily life. The study, encompassing 82 married employees (70.73% female, mean age = 36.77 years), reveals significant reductions in job stress and both work–family and family–work conflicts within the experimental group undergoing a 10-week STR workshop. By empowering employees to engage in strength-based leisure activities, STR enhances the propensity to reduce job stress, work–family conflict, and family–work conflict. This approach holds practical potential for organizations seeking to improve employee mental health and productivity through tailored interventions.

The current study examined how personal and career factors impact professional quality of life for mental health professionals who are immigrants in the United States (n = 108). Professional quality of life was measured with constructs of compassion satisfaction, compassion fatigue, and burnout. Researchers explored which personal and career factors best predicted compassion satisfaction and compassion fatigue related to work environments in mental health using correlational analysis. Demands of immigration and frequent experiences of discrimination significantly predicted high compassion fatigue and low compassion satisfaction. Findings and implications explore career wellness and longevity for mental health professionals who are immigrants.