Career Pathways: From School to Retirement

by Jerry W. Hedge, Gary W. Carter

Overview

Career Pathways: From School to Retirement brings together leading workforce researchers and practitioners to provide new perspectives on school-to-work and workplace career pathways. This groundbreaking book explains the transformations that have taken place in the workplace over the past several decades and how those transformations have combined to produce a dramatically different career landscape. It highlights the important role of career pathways as a framework for workforce and economic development within this quickly evolving career landscape.

Bringing together top figures in the field, this volume addresses a wide variety of critically important career pathway topics such as the role of apprenticeships in career pathways, the gig economy and emerging career pathways, career crafting, the role of data analytics in providing career and workforce insights, and career pathways for late career workers. It includes case study chapters that provide important practical insight into the development and use of career pathways in both educational and workplace settings, demonstrating how career pathways can help individuals and organizations succeed in today's workplace and in the workplace of the future.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780190907785
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
Publication date:	01/29/2020
Pages:	372
Sales rank:	795,913
Product dimensions:	9.30(w) x 6.40(h) x 1.20(d)

About the Author

Jerry W. Hedge is Senior Program Director of workforce and organizational effectiveness at RTI International. He has more than 30 years of experience in organizational research, working with public and private sector clients to improve workforce productivity. He is a fellow of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology and the American Psychological Association.

Gary W. Carter is the Chief Professional Services Officer at PDRI. He has over 30 years of experience designing and successfully implementing results-driven talent management solutions. He is a Fellow of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology.

Table of Contents

Table of Contents

Preface
List of Contributors

1. Understanding the Concept and Promise of Career Pathways
Jerry W. Hedge and Gary W. Carter

Section One: Career Pathways for Workforce Education and Economic Development

2. An Integrative Framework for Evaluating the Impact of Career Pathways
Debra Bragg

3. Pathways to Success through Career Technical Education: Developing and Evaluating Community College Career Pathways Initiatives
Lauren Eyster

4. Apprenticeships and Career Pathways
Czeslaw Noworol

5. The Interplay between Career Support and Career Pathways
Jenny Bimrose and Alan Brown

Case Studies

6. Connecting College and the Workplace through Pathway Development in Kansas
Sandra Staklis, Laura Rasmussen Foster, Debra Mikulka, and Christa Smith

7. Giving Manufacturing Career Pathways a LIFT
Myriam Sullivan and Deborah Kobes

Section Two: Career Pathways for Individuals and Organizations

8. Career Pathways as an Integrative Framework for Talent Management Systems
Jerry Hedge and Gary Carter

9. How to Steer Your Career? A Proactive Approach to Career Pathways
Jessie Koen and Roy Sijbom

10. Job and Career Crafting to Fulfill Individual Career Pathways
Maria Tims and Jos Akkermans

11. Purpose, Meaning, and Career Pathways
Bryan J. Dik, Alexandra Alayan, and Kaitlyn Reed

Case Studies

12. Career Pathways Case Study - Advance Auto Parts
Kenneth T. Bruskiewicz and Lindsay Mach Sherer

13. Career Pathways as a Strategic Human Capital Management Program: MyCareer@VA
Tim McGonigle and Shelly Butler

Section Three: Emerging Issues in Career Pathways

14. Big Data, Data Science, and Career Pathways
Dave Dorsey

15. Emerging Career Pathways: Alternative and Independent Work Arrangements
Gary Carter and Jerry Hedge

16. Career Pathways for Late Career Workers
Jenn Rineer

17. Using O*NET to Identify and Design Career Pathways
Denise Craven and Dave Rivkin

18. Fulfilling the Promise of Career Pathways
Gary Carter and Jerry Hedge

Editorial Reviews

"Given the changing nature and organization of work, the career experiences of workers have evolved dramatically in the past several decades. This book provides readers with a comprehensive framework based on career pathways to understand these career experiences. Incorporating an employer perspective, it also offers insights for strengthening employment relationships and human capital management. It is a 'must read' for students, researchers, organizational practitioners, and policy makers in the fields of career education and workforce development."

— Mo Wang, Lanzillotti-McKethan Eminent Scholar Chair, Warrington College of Business, University of Florida

"With the rapid changes that have occurred across the world of work—and the many more that are sure to come—the notion of clear and predictable career paths has been left by the wayside for organizations and employees. Jerry Hedge and Gary Carter have assembled a diverse group of authors to address this timely topic, drawing linkages across workforce education, organizations, and employees, and providing research insights and best practices to advance and align our thinking on career pathways."


— David H. Oliver, Vice President, Talent Management and Development, PepsiCo Foods North America

"A thoroughly enjoyable compendium that bridges research and insights on career pathways across educational, individual, and organizational development perspectives in the face of societal changes and technological advancements. It offers rich and up-to-date scientific knowledge, inspiring insights, and illustrative case studies appealing to scientists and students of the careers literature, but also to educators, HR professionals, and consultants."

— Ute-Christine Klehe, Professor of Work and Organizational Psychology, Justus-Liebig-University Giessen

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