UNDERSTANDING MIDLIFE CAREER RENEWAL - IMPLICATIONS FOR COUNSELING

The thesis of this article is that sufficient and convincing research evidence has accumulated to indicate that a sixth stage of career deve lopment-career renewal-occurs for many people between the end of the e stablishment stage and the beginning of the maintenance stage. This ar ticle explains why a renewal stage was overlooked in the 1940s and 195 0s, clarifies the meaning of renewal as it applies to career developme nt, compares the transitions of men and women in their early 40s, and offers suggestions for the counseling of clients who are dealing with the task of career renewal.