| Career
Dimensions was founded in 1987 by Dr. Frank J. Minor, (Ph.D., Industrial/Organizational
Psychology). Our executive staff consists of Counseling and Industrial Psychologists,
College Professors, Human Resource Management specialists, and High School Educators,
with Ph.D., M.Ed., and MA degrees and with membership in the American School Counselors
Association (ASCA), National Association of Colleges & Employers (NACE), the National
Career Development Association (NCDA), Association for Computer-Based Systems
for Career Information (ACSCI), the American Psychological Association (APA),
and The Society For Human Resource Management (SHRM). Our
administrative and advising offices are located in Mahwah, NJ, New London, NH,
New Fairfield, CT, Moultonborough, NH, and a Technical Support Center located
in Newton Center, MA. |
| FOCUS is a byproduct
of the IBM Corporation's Education & Career Exploration System (ECES)
for use in high schools, and the IBM Employee Development Planning System
(EDPS) for use by adults in career transition. FOCUS
is one of the most widely used systems in the USA according to a national survey
by the National Association of Colleges and Employers (NACE, Summer 2000 Journal
of Career Planning & Employment, Page 46). A survey by The University
of Michigan and publications by the American Psychological Association
report that FOCUS is the "most preferred system, easiest to use, most affordable
and most liked by users. |
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The development team for the IBM systems consisted of: Professor Donald E. Super,
who was the chief architect of the design of all of our systems. Professor Super
of Columbia University is the career theorist who postulated the "Career Life
Span, Life Space Theory", Professor Roger A. Myers of the Columbia University,
former president of the American Psychological Association Division of Counseling
Psychology, Professor David Campbell, co-developer of the Strong-Campbell Interest
Inventory and the Campbell Interest & Skill Inventory, Professor David Tiedeman,
of Harvard University, career theorist and designer of the Harvard "Career
Information System For Decision Making ", and Dr. Frank Minor, IBM Psychologist
who proposed the IBM career systems and led the development team. |
