Antecedentes históricos de la orientación laboral como área especialización de la disciplina de la orientación en Costa Rica

Abstract

In Costa Rica the counseling discipline began in the 1960s in the educational system, over six decades it achieved an important development, allowing the visualization of areas of specialization such as employment counseling. Based on the need to generate community discussions, among the professionals, regarding this employment counseling discipline, an investigation was carried out from the grounded theory to define its historical in the country background. Among the main conclusions are that: a) is in an initial stage, characterized by an ambiguity in the use of the concepts of professional orientation and employment counseling, b) it is unknown how professional counselors develop the intervention processes and the theoretical approaches that support this action.