The first of a series of collections of papers, this volume consists of seven articles. Included in the volume are the following articles: "New Directions for Employment Counselling," by Andre Paquin; "Decision-Counselling Research and Practice: A New Start," by R. V. Peavy; "Pragmatic Counselling: Working with Clients and Situations as They Actually Are," by R. V. Peavy; "Career Development Processes and Interventions: A Prescription for the Guidance Machine," by David V. Tiedeman; "Towards a Model of Career Adaptation: A Review of the Literature on Adult Development and Its Implications for Career Adaptation," by Heather Hopwood; "The Identification of the Importance of Work," by M. Catherine Casserly; and "Changing Global Scene and Its Implications for Planning Personal Futures," by Fred G. Thompson. (MN)