PERSPECTIVES ON CAREER ASSESSMENT OF WORK-BOUND YOUTH

In this article, work-bound youth are identified as an adolescent subp opulation whose goals are to attain occupational skills and to enter t he workforce immediately on leaving secondary school. The characterist ics of this population are discussed, and their needs for systematic c areer interventions are described. Particular emphasis is given to thi s group's need for career assessment, the types of assessments that ma y be useful, and the application of the Super, Osborne, Brown, Walsh, and Niles (1992) Career Development Assessment and Counseling (C-DAC) model as a frame of reference for the choice and use of the career ass essments included.