Career Counseling Flashcards
Occupational Outlook Handbook (OOH)
- info about 300 broad occupations grouped into - 25 occupational categories
- state specific job market info
Occupational Information Network (O*NET)
Replaced the Dictionary of Occupational Titles
- Organised using Standard Occupational (SOC) System
Guide for Occupational Exploration (GOE), or New Guide for OE
Info baout compesenation, growth fathe, education/training/ect.
-includes 900 occupations
-classified using 16 US Dept. of Ed Clusters
Computer Assisted Career Guidance Systems (CACG)
helps through basic steps of vocational decison-making.
-DISCOVER, SIGI, PLUS, Choices
Informational Interviewing
Role Overload
expectations exceed time and energy
Role Conflict
multiple roles conflict (incompatible)
Role Spillover
Carryover of demands into another role.
Negative and Positive Consequences
4 Traits of Career Adaptability (Savikas)
- Concern for future work life
- curiousioty for exploring
- Confidence to pursue goals
List Trait and Factor Career Theories
- Trait and Factor Theory
- Theory of Work Adjustment
- Holland’s Theory of Types
- Meyers-Briggs Type Theory
Trait and Factor Theory Founders
Parsons and Williamson
Basic Assumptions of Trait and Factor Theory
- everyone has unit set of traits
- occupations require specific traits to be successful
- choice of occupation involve matching them
Steps of Trait and Factory Theory
- Gain Self-Understanding
- Acquire Knowledge about work
- integrate the info
Theory of Work Adjustment Founder
and Basic Assumptions
Dawis and Lofquist
concerned with actual performance
satisfaction and satisfactoriness
Holland’s Theory of Types Basic Assumptions
Individual and Work environments are dominated by two or three different types.
Satisfaction = job congruent with personality
Holland’s Theory RIASEC Acronym
Realistic
Investigative
Artistic
Social
Enterprising
Conventional
Myers-Briggs Type Theory Contributors
Mother and daughter; influenced by Carl Jung
4 dimensions, 16 types
Myers-Briggs 4 Dimensions
- Intro vs. Extroversion
- Sensing vs. Intuition
- Thinking vs. Feeling
- Judging vs. Perceiving
Brown’s Holistic Values-Based Theory of Life Choice Satisfaction
Assumptions and Contributors
Brown and Crace; influenced by Rokeach
Assumes high-functioning people have crystallized and prioritized set of values
According to Brown, people will benefit from career counseling when….
- fail to develop strongly crystallized values
- experiencing conflicting values