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""This book fills a vital gap, offering not only a truly accessible and comprehensive manual for beginning researchers, but also a very helpful resource for experienced researchers. A foundational work in its topic, it should be essential reading for careers professionals working in every part of our sector."" Oliver Jenkin, Career Development Professional and Editor of the CDI's magazine, Career Matters Is there a specific client group whose needs you’d like to understand better? Do you have a project to evaluate or are you attempting to unpick some fundamentals of practice? Are you proposing a new way of working, but you simply don’t know where to begin?  If these are questions you’ve found yourself asking, then you’re not alone. Many career practitioners would like to use their workplace as the basis for research in the career development sector, but are either lacking in confidence or unsure of where to start.  Expert careers researcher, Emma Bolger, provides answers to these questions and many more. She explains why it matters that you conduct research, then expertly guides you through the whole process, from planning through to delivery, to ensure your research is robust and ethically sound. This definitive guide offers:  Real-world case studies: to demonstrate real-life strategies employed by fellow practitioners and stakeholders when conducting their research. User-friendly content: written in a clear, accessible format to support every practitioner at whatever stage they are on in their career research journey. Actionable insights: with tools, techniques and strategies to help practitioners overcome specific challenges in the research process. This accessible and practical handbook provides you with everything you need to succeed on your career practitioner-researcher journey.

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9781911724599

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""The book you are holding, authored by one of the profession’s leading researchers, Emma Bolger, represents an indispensable guide to research for those in any field of career development practice who are considering embarking on this burgeoning field. Recognising that many careers professionals will approach research for the first tine with trepidation – perhaps assuming that they need a PhD and an academic job in order to even consider research – Bolger starts this book by emphasising how well-placed such professionals are to be able to produce high-quality research. Assuming no special knowledge on the part of the reader, Bolger goes on to outline the qualities of a good researcher, what characterises a good research topic, and how to conduct research ethically, amongst other, equally vital topics. Jargon-free, readers will find this book accessible and practical in equal measure. Bolger helpfully provides practical activities to reinforce learning on the various topics covered, and clearly relates chapter content to the variety of ethical frameworks, benchmarks and competencies that guide their everyday practice. As such, this book does an admirable job of situating research as a core activity of career development practice, rather than something peripheral to the ‘core business’ of careers work. Having thoroughly covered the basics of careers research for those unfamiliar with the activity, Bolger does not stop there. The latter stages of the book help the reader look ahead to how they may wish to develop and disseminate their research, offering a comprehensive overview of the range of platforms on which readers can publish their research, as well as ways in which readers can enhance their skills through CPD, or even postgraduate study. This book fills a vital gap in the career development literature, not only offering a truly accessible and comprehensive manual for beginning researchers, but also a very helpful resource for experienced researchers. A foundational work in its topic, it should be essential reading for careers professionals working in every part of our sector."" Oliver Jenkin, Career Development Professional and Editor of the CDI's magazine, Career Matters

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Dr Emma Bolger is a Senior Lecturer in Career Guidance and Development at the University of the West of Scotland. She is a Member of the Career Development Institute and AGCAS, and a Committee Member of the AGCAS Research and Knowledge Committee.

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