Special issue: Career counseling in the next decade - Introduction

To commemorate the 90th anniversary of the National Career Development Association and to anticipate its centennial, this special issue presents 9 analyses of the career counseling profession's strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats (SWOT). On the basis of SWOT analyses and using the methodology explained in this introductory article, the authors present objectives and strategies for advancing the profession in the next decade. The special issue concludes with an "analysis of the analyses" that reviews and integrates the authors' recommendations and suggestions for constructing the future of the profession.