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Super's Career Development Assessment and Counselling Model (C-DAC)represents an excellent translation of career development theory intopractice. After decades of developing the various segments of his theory(i.e., developmental stages and tasks, life span, self-concept) toexplain career development, Super focused on using these theory segmentsto help individuals resolve their career concerns. This uniqueassessment-based intervention model is the result of a multinationalresearch effort directed toward understanding the individual'ssubjective and objective career development experience. This paperprovides a brief overview of the C-DAC model and then discusses how theC-DAC model is useful for addressing career concerns in the post-modernera.
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Niles, S.G. Using Super's Career Development Assessment and Counselling (C-DAC) Model to Link Theory to Practice. International Journal for Educational and Vocational Guidance 1, 131–139 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1016981000319
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