Computer-Assisted Career Counseling: Dilemmas, Problems, and Possible Solutions

Computer‐assisted career guidance systems (CACGSs) are one of the available tools used to facilitate the career decision‐making process of deliberating counselees. The development and utilization of these systems have raised dilemmas and problems that the author discusses from the viewpoint of infor...

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Published in:Journal of counseling and development Vol. 73; no. 1; pp. 51 - 56
Main Author: Gati, Itamar
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: Oxford, UK Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.09.1994
John Wiley & Sons, Inc
Subjects:
Career Counseling
Career Exploration
Career Guidance
Career Guidance Program
Career Information Systems
Career Planning
Careers
Computer Assisted Career Guidance
Computer assisted counseling
Computers
Counseling
Decision analysis
Decision making
Decision theory
Digital computers
Guidance Programs
Individual Counseling
Information processing
Information Utilization
Job Banks
Knowledge utilization
Occupational choice
Occupational Information
Occupations
Problems
School Counseling
Social research
Vocational guidance
ISSN:0748-9633, 1556-6676
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Summary:Computer‐assisted career guidance systems (CACGSs) are one of the available tools used to facilitate the career decision‐making process of deliberating counselees. The development and utilization of these systems have raised dilemmas and problems that the author discusses from the viewpoint of information‐processing and decision theory. These dilemmas involve (a) the occupational data base, (b) the complexity of the career decision‐making process, (c) the effectiveness of the dialogue, and (d) the context in which the CACGS is embedded. After describing and analyzing each problem or dilemma, possible ways to overcome, circumvent, or at least minimize it are explored. The relevance for face‐to‐face career counseling is also discussed.
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ISSN:0748-9633
1556-6676
DOI:10.1002/j.1556-6676.1994.tb01709.x