ABSTRACT
This chapter investigates how careers are taught or rather, learned, through different kinds of institutions, including higher education institutions and private sector organizations. It is hard to overstate the importance of the Great Recession that occurred between January 2008 and February 2010 on jobs and careers, not just in the United States, but around the world. Mental models can help one come up with creative “if-then” statements about what might happen under certain conditions that could enable one to solve complex problems, such as navigating one’s career. Building effective inter-organizational networks that link the vast and varied student-career initiatives of states, employers, and schools is a novel and complex idea. The field of higher education is embarking on a host of instructional changes, some of which are likely to improve the teaching and learning of careers. Once selected for talent management programs, individuals tend to be given a lot of programmatic support for their career development.
