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Lawrence K. Jones
Ph.D. University of Missouri
Professor Emeritus
(919) 515-6359
email: larry_jones@ncsu.edu
Areas of Interest:
Career Development-Career Guidance
Career Counseling and Assessment, The
Career Key
Career Indecision
Job Skills
School-to-Work/Workforce Education
School Counseling
Education:
- Ph.D., University of Missouri, Counseling Psychology, 1971 (APA approved program)
- M.S.Ed., University of Pennsylvania, Student Personnel Services, 1967
- B.A., California State University - Sacramento, Social Science, 1963
Professional Experience:
- 1963-66 Secondary School Teacher, Tarsus Amerikan Koleji, Tarsus, Turkey
- 1967 Teacher, Philadelphia Child Study Center
- 1967-68 School Counselor, Britton Rd. Junior High School, Greece, NY
- 1970 Counseling Psychology Intern, Ft. Roots VA Hospital, Little Rock, Arkansas
- 1970-71 Instructor, Dept. of Psychology, Stephens College
- 1971-76 Assistant Professor, N. C. State University
- 1976-79 Associate Professor, N. C. State University [1977-78, Acting Head of the Department]
- 1979-80 Visiting Associate Professor, Department of Human Development,
- Vanderbilt University -- Overseas Program (Great Britain & West Berlin)
- 1980-84 Associate Professor, N. C. State University [1982-83, Acting Head of the Department]
- 1984-present Professor, N. C. State University
Recent Professional Service
- Member, Media Committee, National Career Development Association, 1989-1997.
- Editorial Board Member: Career Development Quarterly, 1980-88.
- Select Panel of Reviewers: Career Development Quarterly, 1988-92.
- Editorial Board Member: Journal of Counseling and Development, 1992-1997.
- Vocational Expert Witness, Office of Hearings & Appeals, Social Security Administration, 1976-1996.
- Resource Person, Governor's Commission on Workforce Preparedness,
- School-To-Work Task Force, 1995 - Present.
- Member, NC SOICC Career Information Resource Committee, State
- Occupational Information Coordinating Committee, 1993 - Present.
Memberships:
- American Counseling Association
- American Association for Career Education
- American School Counselors Association
- National Career Development Association
- N. C. Counseling Association
- N. C. School Counselors Association
- N. C. Career Development Association
Research and Publications Since 1985
(Updated 9/99)
The Career Key, 1987 (previously published by J. G. Ferguson). Established as a web site in March, 1997: "A free public service to help people make sound career decisions". The site includes computer scored and paper-pencil versions. There were 50,000 visitors in the first 12 months of operation.
The Foundation Skills (1996). The 17 skills needed by all workers for high-performance workplaces. They were derived primarily from the work of the U.S. Department of Labor's (1991). Secretary's Commision on Achieving Necessary Skills (SCANS). They may be printed free for nonprofit use with permission from the publishing, The Oryx Press.
Career Decision Profile, a four-page measure of career decision status, 1988 (also in Portuguese, Spanish, and Afrikaans).
Jones, L. K., & Lohmann, R. C. (1998). The Career Decision Profile: Using a measure of career decision status in counseling. Journal of Career Assessment, 6, 209-230.
Jones, L. K. (1996). Job skills for the 21st Century: A Guide for Students. Phoenix: The Oryx Press.
Jones, L. K. (1996). A harsh and challenging world of work: Implications for counselors. Journal of Counseling and Development, 74, 453-459.
Jones, L. K. (1994). Frank Parson's contribution to career counseling. Journal of Career Development, 20, 287-294.
Jones, L. K. (Ed.) (1992). Encyclopedia of career change and work issues. Phoenix: The Oryx Press. Selected by the American Library Association as one of the outstanding reference books of 1993.
Jones, L. K. (1993). Two career guidance instruments: Their helpfulness to students and effect on students' career exploration. The School Counselor, 40, 191-200.
Jones, L. K. (1990). The Career Key: An investigation of the reliability and validity of its scales and its helpfulness to students. Measurement and Evaluation in Counseling and Development, 23, 67-76.
Jones, L. K. (1989). Measuring a three-dimensional construct of career indecision among college students: A revision of the Vocational Decision Scale -- The Career Decision Profile. Journal of Counseling Psychology, 36, 477-486.
Jones, L. K., Gorman, S., & Schroeder, C. G. (1989). A comparison between the SDS and the Career Key among career undecided college students. Career Development Quarterly, 37, 334-343.
Jones, L. K. (1987). Adapting to the first semester of college: A test of Heath's model. Journal of College Student Personnel, 28, 205-211.
