For undergraduate courses in Career Planning and Decision-Making. Helping students take charge of their professional future, this action-oriented handbook covers what every college student needs to know about making career choices, searching for suitable internships and jobs, and succeeding in the workplace of the 21st century. Putting numerous activities for self-assessment and research at the heart of the text, it builds upon a sound theoretical framework that focuses on three major areas: 1) searching for information (exploration); 2) setting your career direction (decision-making) and; 3) making your work experience count (success in the workplace).

Diane Ducat is a psychologist who has worked with college students for more than 25 years. Dr. Ducat is a professor at LaGuardia Community College in New York City, where she was a counselor before joining the faculty of LaGuardia 's nationally acclaimed internship program.

Dr. Ducat has taught graduate courses in career counseling and has investigated managerial careers as a member of several interdisciplinary research teams. Her consulting activities center on executive coaching. She holds a master's degree in counselor education from the University of Florida and a Ph.D. in counseling psychology from Columbia University.