Time+Line

1883 - Vacophy by Richards. Wrote about the need for vocational guidance 1908- Founding of the Vocation Bureau 1909- Parsons Trait and Factor Theory 1939- Dictionary of Occupational Titles 1951- Ginzberg, Ginzburg, Axelrad, and Herma publish the FIRST theory of career development in their book //Occupational Choice: An Approach to General Theory.// 1953- Super publishes "A Theory of Vocational Development" in the //American Psychologist.// 1959- Holland publishes "A Theory of Vocational Guidance" in the //Journal of Counseling Psychology.// 1964- Vroon 1970's- When funding started to be provided for career education 1972 - Tvesky 1975- Mitchell Decision Theory 1977- Bandura Social Learning Theory 1979- Krumboltz Social Learning Theory 1980's Savickas worked in the field in the 70's and 80's and most cited works are from the 1990's and beyond 1983- National Certified Career Counselor Certification is established. 1885 Solution Focused 1987-Social Learning Theory expanded 1990- American Disabilities Act is passed by Congress. 1994:-School to Work Opportunities Act is passed by Congress. 1994- Effort to develop an occupational classification scheme to replace DOT. New system (O*Net) is published 1995-1997 and the transition was completed in 2001. 2000's- Work by Gindon & Hanna, Bloch and others on Spirituality, Chaos Theory, Serendipity and more. Not new idea alone but extensions of Jung in the 1950's and Maslow in the 60's and 70's.

Simplified List of Theories and Categories __Trait and Factor Theories__ Holland’s Theory of Vocational Choice Minnesota Theory of Work Adjustment (MTWA) Values-Based Theory of Occupational Choice- Brown
 * Realistic
 * Investigative
 * Artistic
 * Social
 * Enterprising
 * Conventional
 * The Worker
 * The Work Environment

__Developmental Theories__ Super’s Theory Gottfredson’s Theory of Circumscription and Compromise __Learning Theories__ Social Learning Theory or Career Decision Making (SLTCDM)- Krumboltz Career Information-Processing Model of Career Choice- Peterson et al.
 * Life-Career Rainbow: Child, Student, Worker, Spouse, Parent, Homemaker, Citizen, Leisurite, Annuitant
 * Stages: Growth, Exploratory, Establishment, Maintenance, Decline
 * Circumscription
 * Compromise

__Postmodern Theories__ Contextual Theory of Career- Young, Valach, & Collins Chaos Theory- Bloch Solution-Focused Brief Career Counseling

__Socioeconomic Theories__ Status Attainment Dual Labor Market Race, Gender, and Career

__Decision Making Models__ Social Learning Theory- Krumboltz //Prescriptive Models// //Descriptive Models//
 * Mitchell’s “Career Makeover” of Restle’s Model
 * Tvesrsky’s Model of Elimination
 * Vroom’s Expectancy Model
 * Janis and Mann’s Conflict Model

__Social-Cognitive Theories__ Social Cognitive Career Theory (SCCT)- Lent, Brown, and Hackett