In what year was the National Vocational Guidance Association formed?

• A. 1908
• B. 1913
• C. 1917
• D. 1927

Answer: (B)

The key idea here is how vocational guidance shifted from scattered efforts to an organized profession. In the early 1900s, there was growing recognition that people needed structured help to choose careers, building on Frank Parsons’ influential work that framed guidance as a professional, systematic practice. In 1913, local and regional guidance groups came together to form a national body—the National Vocational Guidance Association. This established a centralized platform for training, standards, and advocacy, marking the moment when vocational guidance truly became a formal profession with nationwide coordination. That formation year is the milestone that shows the formal birth of the field at the national level.