Competing schools or stylistic variation in careers guidance interviewing
Titel:
Competing schools or stylistic variation in careers guidance interviewing
Auteur:
Kidd, Jennifer M. Killeen, John Jarvis, Julie Offer, Marcus
Verschenen in:
British journal of guidance & counselling
Paginering:
Jaargang 25 (1997) nr. 1 pagina's 47-65
Jaar:
1997-02-01
Inhoud:
We know very little about how careers officers conduct careers guidance interviews. Research was carried out to discover how careers officers view interviewing, the factors that lead them to vary their interview style, and how they modify their approach with experience. There was little evidence that officers vary their style by using radically opposed models in different circumstances. Instead, variations in approach are best regarded as different combinations of ideas and techniques. Careers officers adapted their interview styles largely in response to the perceived needs of clients. Initial training course attended appeared to have a limited but enduring effect on interview style, but there was also evidence that with experience careers officers develop more confidence, coherence and flexibility. Careers officers judged their interviews to be most effective when they were able to establish a rapport with the client, to spend time drawing up a contract, to challenge clients in a sensitive way, and to structure the interview appropriately.