Frank Parsons had a vision of a better world, and he devoted himself tirelessly to its realization. Through his work, in the brief span of time from 1906 to 1908, he founded the vocational guidance movement. This movement was based on his development of the (a) organization known as the Vocation Bureau of Boston, and (b) principles and methods of vocational counseling that guided the counselors in their work. In this article we will consider his vision and how its implementation contributed to career counseling as we know it today.
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