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Career Dimensions was founded in 1987 by Dr. Frank J.
Minor, (Ph.D., Industrial/Organizational Psychology). Our executive staff
consists of Counseling and Industrial Psychologists, College Professors,
Human Resource Management specialists, and High School Educators, with
Ph.D., M.Ed., and MA degrees and with membership in the American School
Counselors Association (ASCA), National Association of Colleges & Employers
(NACE), the National Career Development Association (NCDA), Association
for Computer-Based Systems for Career Information (ACSCI), the American
Psychological Association (APA), and The Society For Human Resource Management
(SHRM).
Our administrative and advising offices are located in
Mahwah, NJ, Brewster, NY, New Fairfield, CT, Moultonborough, NH, and a
Technical Support Center located in Newton Center, MA.
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| MY GOLDEN CAREER is
a byproduct of the IBM Corporation's Education & Career Exploration
System (ECES) for use in high schools, the IBM Employee Development
Planning System (EDPS) for use by adults in career transition, the
FOCUS Career & Education Planning System©, for use in colleges
and universities, and MCP, for use in High Schools. FOCUS
is one of the most widely used systems in the USA according to a national
survey by the National Association of Colleges and Employers (NACE,
Summer 2000 Journal of Career Planning & Employment, Page 46). A survey
by The University of Michigan and publications by the American
Psychological Association report that FOCUS is the "most preferred
system, easiest to use, most affordable and most liked by users. |
| The development team
for the IBM systems consisted of: Professor Donald E. Super, who was the
chief architect of the design of all of our systems. Professor Super of
Columbia University is the career theorist who postulated the "Career
Life Span, Life Space Theory", Professor Roger A. Myers of the Columbia
University, former president of the American Psychological Association Division
of Counseling Psychology, Professor David Campbell, co-developer of the
Strong-Campbell Interest Inventory and the Campbell Interest & Skill Inventory,
Professor David Tiedeman, of Harvard University, career theorist and designer
of the Harvard "Career Information System For Decision Making ",
and Dr. Frank Minor, IBM Psychologist who proposed the IBM career systems
and led the development team. |
