This study investigated the effects of different methods of delivering career counseling to college students. Three groups of community college students (N=148) undecided about their major received three levels of career development intervention: a life/career planning course, career testing with counselor interpretation, or no formal intervention. Both the life/career planning class and the completion of a career test battery assisted students in becoming more decisive about their career choice. Students in life/career planning classes were found to change more significantly in relation to career development than students who completed the career choice battery. This difference was attributed to three factors: (1) life/career planning counselors focused on personal growth as well as career development, while counselors who interpreted the career choice battery stressed the career decision making process; (2) the Career Decision Scale primarily measured one facet of career development, career decision making, while the Career Development Measure attempted to measure the entire career development process; and (3) career maturity is a function of personal development, an area that can only be explored in depth in an on- going class or counseling relationship. Although this study suggested that a life/career planning class provided more opportunity for career development, counselor interpretation of a career choice battery would be an acceptable alternative when departments are faced with money, time, and personal constraints. (LLL)