Occupational Careers - Softcover

"Making the important distinction between the individual's aspirations and the series of educational and occupational decisions he will make, Slocum describes the gradual tempering of the former by reality and the increasing specificity of the latter. Information obviously plays a major role in this process. Thus it is quite natural that a book aimed at informed career counseling should work close with descriptions of career patterns--organizational entrance, tenure, career mobility, salary differentials, etc.--in the "few elite occupations that have been studied intensively by social scientists" and a broad admonition stressing education for occupational flexibility."

--Paul M. Siegel, American Sociological Review

"[T]he book does what it sets out to do--summarize the important research literature bearing on occupational careers. The general reader... will find it a useful description of the more recent sociological contributions to occupational careers... The book would also be useful to vocational counselors, personnel workers, and persons seeking information for use in career planning."

--Dalton E. McFarland, Industrial and Labor Relations Review

"As an overview of the sociological approach to the study of careers, this book provides counselors with another perspective on this area of professional concern... Slocum affords insight into both the concerns and foibles (such as the disproportionate emphasis on high-level careers) of occupational sociology."

--David B. Hershenson, Personnel & Guidance Journal

"Making the important distinction between the individual's aspirations and the series of educational and occupational decisions he will make, Slocum describes the gradual tempering of the former by reality and the increasing specificity of the latter. Information obviously plays a major role in this process. Thus it is quite natural that a book aimed at informed career counseling should work close with descriptions of career patterns--organizational entrance, tenure, career mobility, salary differentials, etc.--in the "few elite occupations that have been studied intensively by social scientists" and a broad admonition stressing education for occupational flexibility."

--Paul M. Siegel, American Sociological Review

"[T]he book does what it sets out to do--summarize the important research literature bearing on occupational careers. The general reader... will find it a useful description of the more recent sociological contributions to occupational careers... The book would also be useful to vocational counselors, personnel workers, and persons seeking information for use in career planning."

--Dalton E. McFarland, Industrial and Labor Relations Review

"As an overview of the sociological approach to the study of careers, this book provides counselors with another perspective on this area of professional concern... Slocum affords insight into both the concerns and foibles (such as the disproportionate emphasis on high-level careers) of occupational sociology."

--David B. Hershenson, Personnel & Guidance Journal

-Making the important distinction between the individual's aspirations and the series of educational and occupational decisions he will make, Slocum describes the gradual tempering of the former by reality and the increasing specificity of the latter. Information obviously plays a major role in this process. Thus it is quite natural that a book aimed at informed career counseling should work close with descriptions of career patterns--organizational entrance, tenure, career mobility, salary differentials, etc.--in the -few elite occupations that have been studied intensively by social scientists- and a broad admonition stressing education for occupational flexibility.-

--Paul M. Siegel, American Sociological Review

-[T]he book does what it sets out to do--summarize the important research literature bearing on occupational careers. The general reader... will find it a useful description of the more recent sociological contributions to occupational careers... The book would also be useful to vocational counselors, personnel workers, and persons seeking information for use in career planning.-

--Dalton E. McFarland, Industrial and Labor Relations Review

-As an overview of the sociological approach to the study of careers, this book provides counselors with another perspective on this area of professional concern... Slocum affords insight into both the concerns and foibles (such as the disproportionate emphasis on high-level careers) of occupational sociology.-

--David B. Hershenson, Personnel & Guidance Journal