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<br><P><FONT size=3><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=2>The following are abstracts provided by keynotes to the AACC08 Conference in Hobart. </FONT><BR><BR></FONT>
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<P><FONT face=Arial><STRONG><FONT color=#800080>David L. Blustein</FONT> ~ The psychology of working: Exploring the world of dreams and disappointments<BR></STRONG>This presentation introduces a new perspective for career counseling—the psychology of working—which seeks to move beyond the notion of “career” to include the experiences of all workers as well as those who are unemployed, those who are engaged in caregiving, and those who have been separated from traditional working experiences. This presentation will provide an overview of the psychology of working (Blustein, 2006) with a specific focus on how this framework can reinvigorate the social justice mission and the effectiveness of career counseling practice, research, and public policy advocacy. Whereas traditional theories of career development (e.g., Holland, 1997; Super, 1990) generally have focused on the experiences of people who have the resources, opportunities, and freedom to find a lifelong career that best matches their interests and abilities, the psychology-of-working perspective seeks to understand and intervene in the lives of the many working class, poor, and marginalized individuals for whom work is often grueling, uninteresting, and unrewarding. Yet the psychology of working is still highly relevant to the lives of those who have choices with respect to the means by which they earn their livelihoods. <BR><BR>This presentation will begin with a conceptual overview of the psychology of working. The core needs that working can potentially fulfill will be discussed and illustrated with narratives, excerpts from memoirs, and photographs. The presentation will examine how career development interventions and career counseling practices can be infused with a broader and more inclusive perspective that addresses the full gamut of client populations and client issues. New ideas for practice and public policy that stem from the psychology of working will conclude the presentation. </FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial><STRONG><FONT color=#800080>Ms Martha Russell</FONT> ~ The other side of 55: Expanding the career landscape for mature workers<BR></STRONG>Whatever the setting, the workforce has changed. Discussions of future trends in career development, management practices and career/education connections has to include the challenges of those who are classified as “mature workers” or those getting ready for the transition to “retirement”. Individually, mature workers around the world are being faced with multiple personal and professional change issues. How do we as career counselors help them sort out the multiple decisions they are faced with? Decisions that impact on who they are, what they do, where they live and how they spend the years ahead? While the process can be engaging and disengaging, exciting and frustrating, expanding and restricting, it is never stagnant. The process begs for creative solutions. As career professionals we must challenge current and mainstream models of career development and workforce practices. We must expand our work so that we reach those who have made lifestyle choices that take them out of the major cities and traditional workplace settings. We must develop creative strategies that can be embraced in this newly expanded landscape. </FONT><EM><FONT face=Arial>Join us in an interactive session that will focus on the current literature and trends from the national as well as international fronts. Building on the foundation of demographic research, participants will discuss choices individuals make when faced with the challenges of active aging. Practical techniques, current literature and up to date information will be offered so that participants can successfully meet the needs of their adult clients and their changing organizations. <BR></FONT></EM></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial><STRONG><FONT color=#800080>Dr Janet Lenz</FONT> ~ Theory to practice: An approach that works<BR></STRONG>How does career theory inform the work of career practitioners? Many publications and speakers give attention to this topic. However, there appears to be a gap between the rhetoric of the field and the reality in many career services settings. This presentation will showcase how a widely recognized career theory, cognitive information processing (CIP), has been successfully integrated into career services settings where the needs of young people, students, and adults are addressed in a cost-efficient manner. The CIP approach provides a model for training career practitioners, a series of concepts that are easily understood and applied, and a framework that guides the delivery of career services so that individuals receive the level of assistance needed and learn effective strategies for career problem solving and decision making.</FONT><FONT face=Arial><EM> <BR><BR></EM><STRONG><FONT color=#800080>Professor Jeff Malpas</FONT> ~</STRONG> </FONT><FONT face=Arial><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">The challenge of ethics in the contemporary career landscape<BR></B>The demands of the contemporary workplace often appear to be driven by technological, social and economic change – and the responses those changes seem to require are often understood as similarly social, economic or technological. But the real challenges today are fundamentally ethical much more than they are social, economic or technological, and the skills that will be at a premium in the contemporary workforce will be the skills associated with ethical judgment and expertise. The importance of ethics is often underestimated, however, and the nature of ethics misunderstood. Meeting the challenge of ethics – a challenge that is unavoidable in the contemporary career landscape – will mean reorienting ourselves to what ethics really is and recognizing just why it is important. Such a reorientation also involves a reorientation in terms of our understanding of ourselves, as well as of the values that structure our careers and the organizations in which those careers develop.<BR><BR><STRONG><FONT color=#800080>Ms Vivienne Brown</FONT> ~ <BR></STRONG></FONT><FONT face=Arial>During this keynote presentation, Vivienne will cover the driving forces for change in economies and societies which are contributing to the need for change in career guidance perspectives, policies and delivery models to make them fit for purpose in supporting today’s and tomorrow’s workforce. This will involve a look ahead to the needs of work in 21<SUP>st</SUP> century and the resultant implications for career guidance and development. In particular the presentation will consider what work will be available and where, who will do it and what skills will they need and why, how will work be organised and what effects this may have on lifestyle choices, including location. The presentation will also cover the changing strategies and delivery models in the UK as a means of exemplifying a “new order” for conference to consider. The presentation will include references to groups, geographies and skills throughout working lives.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial><STRONG><FONT color=#800080>Dr Mary McMahon</FONT> ~ Career counselling: Storying new identities</STRONG> <BR>In recent years, career counsellors have been encouraged to pay greater attention to the stories or narratives that people tell. Stories exist to be told to others. In fact, a common opening line in career counselling, “tell me about yourself”, is an invitation to clients to tell a story. People use stories to create meaning about their experiences, and through stories, they construct identity. Identity is produced in context and may be regarded as a life story that evolves over time. Producing new identities may be viewed as a goal and product of career counselling. As career counsellors adopt storied and narrative approaches, new identities are also being produced for career counselling. Career counselling may now be regarded as a multi-storied practice. This keynote presentation will discuss the use of story to produce new identities in career counselling. It will also consider new identities that are being storied about the profession of career counselling itself.<BR><BR></FONT><FONT face=Arial><STRONG><FONT color=#800080>Professor Jim Bright</FONT> ~ Shift happens <BR></STRONG>Career landscapes are changing, work and the meaning of work is changing. We are all changing, in fact change is inevitable except from a vending machine. Uncertainty and insecurity historically have always been a part of work for most workers, yet in the 20<SUP>th</SUP> century we became attached to the goals of predictability and stability in work and career. For the 21<SUP>st</SUP> century we need to re-embrace the realities of change, recognizing that stability and change are both integral parts of work and careers. We need to understand and capitalize on the fact that shift happens.<BR><BR></FONT></P></TD>
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