COMING SOON: The Career Development Professional’s Survival Guide
COMING SOON: The Career Development Professional’s Survival Guide
Couldn't load pickup availability
Please note that orders containing 'The Career Development Professional's Survival Guide' will not be shipped until publication on the 21st November 2025.
A practical, accessible and informative guide, aimed at both the newly qualified Career Development Professional wandering out into the wilds of the careers sphere, as well as the more experienced practitioner looking to change roles, improve their practice or pick up some top tips to make working life easier.
Expert authors, Jules Benton and Chris Targett, help practitioners navigate the realities of their job, providing practical guidance and offering steady reassurance. Drawing on real world examples from their own extensive experience, the authors equip CDPs with the life hacks they need to excel in any situation, whatever the setting.
This practical handbook offers:
- Real-Life examples: Practical strategies and techniques drawn from real experiences to help CDPs transform their practice.
- Accessible format: An A to Z of career development, including entries as wide-ranging as curiosity, difficult conversations, equality and equity, humour, learning styles, opportunities, play, reflection and visibility.
- User-friendly content: Written in a clear, accessible format and illustrated throughout to support different ways of learning.
With a focus on continuous improvement and reflective practice, The Career Development Professional’s Survival Guide helps practitioners to develop safe, effective and inclusive ways of working to become the outstanding professionals their clients deserve and need.
For more information and updates about this upcoming publication, sign up to the Trotman newsletter here.
Collapsible content
Product info
Paperback
Dimensions and Measurements
Height 240 mm
Width 170 mm
Pages 208
Key Reviews
"The landscape of career development training and professional development has changed radically since I first entered the profession seventeen years ago, but many of the challenges facing careers professionals remain.
This book fills a much-needed gap in the tapestry of support that all new entrants to the profession need, and as such I have no hesitation in recommending it."
Dr Oliver Jenkin PGCE RCDP, NICEC Fellow.
CDI Senior Professional Development and Standards Manager, and Editor of the CDI’s magazine, Career Matters
Sample Chapter
Free Resources
Inspection Requests
Inspection Copy Request
Thinking about using one of our books for your course? You can request an inspection copy through the link below. If it’s your first time requesting from Trotman, we’ll just need to verify your instructor details before processing your request.
Jules Benton
Jules Benton has over 35 years’ experience working as a careers guidance professional, trainer and consultant. She specialises in delivering training on careers education for individuals with impairments, health conditions or special educational needs or disabilities (SEND).
Chris Targett
Chris Targett is well known in the careers education community as a dynamic and innovative careers adviser. He was awarded the prestigious ‘UK Careers Adviser of the Year’ Award by the Career Development Institute (CDI) in 2021.