Career counseling strategies to facilitate the welfare-to-work transition: The case of Jeanetta

Career Development Quarterly

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 326-330

  McDonald, Donna L ^a  

^a Portage Path Behavioral Health   (United States)

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EID: 0039438113     PISSN: 08894019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.2161-0045.2002.tb00579.x     Document Type: Article

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