Abstract
Today, interest in becoming a chef has never been greater and there are a wide range of career opportunities available for those who enjoy food service and management. However there are some important considerations that should be followed before entering this career field that should be taken into account. The paper provides an overview of current career opportunities for chefs in the United States, including relevant educational and special skills requirements, employment prospects and advancement opportunities. An analysis of current and future trends is followed by a review of the salary ranges that chefs can expect to encounter in this career field, as well as gender considerations that may affect an individual's career path within this field. Finally, a summary of the research and salient findings are presented in the paper's conclusion. The paper includes a number of tables, charts and photographs.

Table of Contents:
Introduction
Review and Discussion
Educational Requirements
Special Skills Requirements
Employment Prospects and Advance Opportunities
Trends
Salary Ranges
Specific Duties/Responsibilities
Gender Considerations
Conclusion

From the Paper
"One of the more interesting - but demanding - career fields available to aspiring food service professionals today is that of professional chef. Indeed, there is an enormous amount of interest in this career field at present as the result of more American consumers eating their meals outside the home as well as a growing number of highly popular television series that feature charismatic and talented young chefs as their stars."

Tags:cooking, restaurants, cuisine, career, gender, kitchen

Abstract
This paper examines career development in women, which is described as a process that can begin as early as grade school and that becomes a formal process in high school and into college. According to the paper, this process involves an analysis of capabilities and preferences and matching these to a career path. The paper further discusses how the process continues into the individual's work life, with companies making decisions about employees, suggesting career moves, and providing added training and instruction as needed to help employees in the development of a career.

From the Paper
"Career development is a process that can begin as early as grade school and that becomes a formal process in high school and into college. The process involves an analysis of capabilities and preferences and matching these to a career path that may then help the young person decide on courses of study and other actions geared to achieving the goals set. The process continues into the individual's work life, with companies making decisions about employees, suggesting career moves, and providing added training and instruction as needed to help employees in the development of a career. The challenges are often greater for women in career development because they may be acting as pioneers in areas previously closed to..."

Tags:women, career, development

Abstract
This essay identifies and explains the issues, challenges and demands of career management and development in the new world of work, for both individuals and organizations. It then recommends some practical ways to address the most important of these. In doing this, it first defines what is meant by career management and career development. It then places the essay in the context of the new world of work. This is done through a short explanation of the impact of e-commerce and globalization. It then looks at how this has impacted on the world of work in general, before looking at how it has effected career management and development for individuals and organizations.

From the Paper
"E-commerce has radically changed organizational structure, co-ordination systems and task specification, and thus the world of work. Job designs have become increasingly flexible, and a whole range of new issues are being raised. In fact, Furnham (2000) believes that, due to e-commerce, the world of work has changed. He looks at what he calls "alternative work arrangements". These include part-time employment (defined as varied work, taking up less than 30 hours per week), contingent employment (defined as when an individual is working for an organization, but is not considered a regular employee), flextime (defined as when employees vary their starting and quitting times, but are required to work a standard number of hours within a specific time period), compressed work weeks (defined as re-allocating the work time by condensing the total hours in the traditional five-day week into fewer days), and teleworking (defined as working at a location away from the traditional place of work, and involving the use of telecommunications and the electronic processing of information) ( Furnham, 2000)."

Tags:african, career, context, development, managment, new, south, work, world

Abstract
This paper describes a proposed model for career counseling, the custom combination model, which provides a GUI offering counselors the ability to specify student situations and work environment to obtain a list of the applicable career counseling theories and necessary technologies for a particular student's career path, taking into consideration adaptation for rapid change due to globalization and lifestyle phases of the student. Interviews with counselors and a university dean are summarized and related to the model's capabilities.

From the Paper
"Career counseling is extremely beneficial for university students seeking guidance on what course to pursue in their lives. It is not, however, an exact science. Difficulties can arise, for example, because existing models are not comprehensive enough to include all of the contexts currently available for today's students. In addition, the constant changes taking place because globalization in global systems, economies, technologies and the world of work, create a moving target that is difficult for career counselors and students..."

Tags:model, theory, career counseling, typology, STF, Super, chaos, change, interview, counselor

Abstract
This paper examines a new phenomenon in high schools across the country called variously career academies or career and technical education. The paper differentiates between traditional vocational training and these new programs. This is an article critique.

From the Paper
"Kathleen Vail notes in an article published by the American School Board Journal that vocational or technical schools were once considered to be appropriate only for high school students that were not academically proficient. Today, career academies or career and technical education programs in high school have an entirely different image among students and parents. One of Vail's main arguments is that these programs were once considered to be a dumping ground for slow students and are now considered to be highly desirable by parents and students..."

Tags:Career academies, vocational training, education, high school dropout, technical training, dumping ground

Abstract
This paper presents an interview and assessment report of a subject working in private practice as a psychotherapist, and how that clinician uses social cognitive career theory. This theory is defined and described in the context of psychotherapy. Additionally, the paper applies social cognitive career theory to the individual's career path.

From the Paper
"...The individual's most critical life and vocational decisions and how these affected the person are presented. Social cognitive career theory is then presented and applied to the individual's career path illustrating the tenants of the theory by the events in the person's life. Predictive conclusions are presented based on the theory and what may be expected. Suggested issues that flow from the individual's experience..."

Tags:social cognitive, career, theory, psychotherapist

Abstract
This paper discusses a survey on career planning to be given to college students to see what they know of the process, what they have already done, what they need to do, and what help they may need in career planning, defined as a process addressing in stages the issues of self-assessment, career exploration, decision-making, education, and job-seeking.

From the Paper
"The purpose of this research is to utilize a survey instrument to gather data on career planning by students and in this manner to ascertain and assess the needs pertaining to student career planning. Career planning can be defined as a process addressing in stages the issues of self-assessment, career exploration, decision-making, education and training, and job-seeking. Students at the college level should be deeply involved in the stages of career planning and can be expected to have successfully achieved some level of determination of what career to pursue. This means that the student will have had to..."

Tags:career, planning, survey

Abstract
This report establishes a scenario for the development of a career goal in the area of hotel general management through the development of an industry analysis and an education career path outline. Special consideration is given to the goals of the individual who is seeking employment in the hospitality industry as a hotel General manger (with the long term goal of ownership). The paper includes one table.

Table of Contents:
Executive Summary
Career
Goal/Problem
Scope
Industry Background
Methodology
Findings
Recommendations
Conclusions
Back Matter
References

From the Paper
"There has been a recent increase in the number of hospitality management training programs and these programs are demonstrative of internal as well as external changes to the industry and the education system. The industry is seeking to educate many people in-house and is much more willing to demonstrate belief in individuals by allowing them to seek outside educational goals, while still employed, through incentive as well as the development of systems that are inclusive of study and class time allotments. (Lucas, 2003, p. 88) this new emphasis has created a strong sense of the need for education, at top levels, while maintaining the work/school ideals of company specific training, goals and extremely high standards of service. Due to the recent upturn in the understanding for the need of education the goal of an individual must include a partnership between hospitality education and work experience."

Tags:hotel, career, managment, ownership

Abstract
The paper explores aspects of career counseling and answers several questions on major issues in this field. This includes: How does fear of femininity impact men's career development? Compare characteristics of African American and Asian men and identify related career counseling implications. How does the socio-economic status of parents impact the expectations parents have for their children?

From the Paper
"Researchers examining issues concerning career development have noted the fact that many men exhibit a fear of femininity which affects their career path. This idea has been inculcated in men by means of the normal gender-role socialization process and some have suggested that this has created a masculine/feminine polarity. Zunker (1994) lists characteristics associated with each gender, based on the socialization process. Masculinity is therefore associated with the following: power and the exercise of power, strength and toughness, logical and analytical thought and ambition and achievement. These are all characteristics that are associated with success, with forging ahead, with taking charge, with achieving something in life."

Tags:business, career, counseling

Abstract
This essay examines possible career choices in the medical field, specifically recreational therapy, speech-language pathology, and radiation therapy, the career choice of the author. In particular, the writer discusses the job duties that each profession entails, the educational requirements of each profession, the general advantages and disadvantages of those careers and the salary ranges of those occupations.

From the Paper
"Since I plan on applying to OUHSC, I have researched their educational requirements a great deal and have found them to be in line with other institutions requirements. Therefore, I will base my educational information off of the University of Oklahoma Health and Science Center's requirements. "OUHSC requires that you complete or be in the process of completing the minimum of 64 prerequisite hours, prior to admittance into the programs. They also want you to be in good standing with the college or university that you last attended or are currently attending. OUHSC entails you to have a minimum GPA of 2.5 on all college work you have attempted. There are also tests that you need to take if English is not your first language." (College of Allied Health. Medical Imaging and Radiation Sciences Radiation Therapy BSMIRS.)"

Tags:medical, career, opportunities, therapy, radiation, speech, pathology, recreation, science