Multicultural Career Counseling

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Multicultural Career Counseling

• Global society
• Culture and society
• Shared values, attitudes, beliefs and behaviors
• Different for each generation
• Language, family, environment and tradition
• Acculturation
• Culture is learned

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Major Cultural Groups

• African American
• Largest minority at this time
• Asian American
• Multiplicity of groups
• Latina/os American
• Multiplicity of groups
• Native American
• Multiplicity of tribes

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African American

• Many generalizations available
• Women more achieving than males
• Low representation in sciences
• High representation in self-employment
• High representation in service industry

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Asian Americans

• Education key to upward mobility
• Little availability of bilingual materials
• Reluctant to participate in group, inexpressive,
  little appreciation for counseling, non-assertive
• Unwilling participants in counseling
• Low unemployment

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Latina/as Americans

• To become the largest minority
• Generational clashes existant
• Cultural differences abound
• Family values, extension great
• Acculturation activities

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Native Americans

• 318 recognized tribes 200 Alaskan Native tribes
• Cultural heritage stages
• Traditional, transitional, marginal, assimilated
  and bicultural stages
• Interventions
• Trust, recognize cultures and families, degree of
  acculturation
• Tribal differences
• Aware Native Americans least served by Mental
  Health

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Worldview

• Individual
• European
• Individual accomplishments
• Collective
• Africa, Asia and Latin America
• Group takes precedence
• Sharing and cooperation

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Cultural awareness

• Time
• Polychronic and monochronic
• Human nature
• Good or bad (individualistic cultures)
• Trusted usually (cooperative cultures)
• Personal space
• Masculinity
• Long way to go!