Abstract
Workers in the 21st century face the challenge of adapting to a dynamic, everchanging, and unpredictable world of work. Career adaptability (Savickas, 2005) represents a key construct in vocational psychology designed to help individuals navigate work transitions and manage their own careers. This chapter concentrates on how to measure and assess career adaptability using the Career Adapt-Abilities Scale (CAAS; Savickas and Porfeli, 2012). A brief overview of career adaptability sets the theoretical foundations for discussing the development and use of the CAAS. Preliminary research findings and psychometric properties supporting the use of the CAAS are detailed. The authors discuss CAAS scoring and interpretative procedures, and provide case studies to assist career practitioners in interpreting CAAS profiles. This chapter concludes by detailing how to gain free access to the CAAS in paper and electronic format via Vocopher: The Career Collaboratory (http://www.vocopher.com).
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Title of host publication | Psychology of Career Counseling |
| Subtitle of host publication | New Challenges for a New Era |
| Publisher | Nova Science Publishers, Inc. |
| Pages | 207-220 |
| Number of pages | 14 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9781628082722 |
| State | Published - 2013 |