Introduction : designing quality career development programs and services / V. Scott H. Solberg and Saba R. Ali -- Career and workforce development policy and evidence based practice -- Career development and its role in maintaining a competitive global economy / V. Scott H. Solberg -- Evidence based practice in career development interventions / Susan C. Whiston, Jérôme Rossier, and Paola M. Hernandez Barón -- The supply and demand for career development programs and services as a social justice issue / James P. Sampson, Jr., Mary-Catherine McClain, Elisabeth Musch, and Robert C. Reardon -- Developing national career development systems and policies with structured international co-operation : structures, processes and activities of the European lifelong guidance policy network / Raimo Vuorinen -- Promising career and workforce development practices -- Promising career and workforce development programs and services in supporting the needs of unemployed populations / David L. Blustein, Alice Connors-Kellgren, Chad Olle, and AJ Diamonti -- Addressing inequities in access to career and workforce development programs and services in college settings / Janet Lenz and Deborah Osborn -- Promising career and workforce development programs and services in middle and high school settings / Sylvia C. Nassar-McMillan, Julia Taylor, and Abigail Holland Conley -- Promising career and workforce development programs and services in elementary school settings / Kimberly A. S. Howard, Eleanor Castine, and Sean Flanagan -- Promising career and workforce development programs and services in supporting the transition needs for youth with disabilities / David W. Test, Lauren K. Bethune, and Karen M. Diegelmann -- Promising career and workforce development programs and services in supporting the needs of diverse populations / Lisa Y. Flores, Feihan Li, and Sarah F. May -- Influencing public policy -- Translating the career and workforce development knowledge base for practitioners and policy makers / Saba Rasheed Ali, Sean Flanagan, Aurora Pham, and Kimberly Howard -- Career and workforce development research, practice, and policy: synthesis and future directions / V. Scott H. Solberg and Saba Rasheed Ali.