Designed for use by employment counselors who are involved in employment counseling at the operational level, this learning module consists of printed self-sutdy materials dealing with the assessment component of employment counseling (ACEC). The module emphasizes a combined theory and practice instructional approach. Presented in the text of each of the five chapters are the following specified knowledge or skill components of the ACEC: initiating an ongoing collaborative relationship of mutual respect; relating the purpose of ACEC; eliciting from clients a statement of employment issue or concern; assisting clients in forming and clarifying constraint statements in identifying their strengths and barriers in relation to expressed employment/employability constraints, in clarifying underlying values and assumptions, in judging such values as constructive or self-defeating, and in formulating and committing themselves to more productive values or assumptions; helping clients to formulate, test, and validate contingency statements; and enabling clients to form an acceptable employment counseling goal. (MN)