Career Counseling

Question 1

Operating definition of Career Counseling

Answer 1

A process by which individuals are afforded opportunities to explore self-in-environment variables relative to career pursuits.

Question 2

Career counseling attempts to assess clients across which dimensions? (4 things)

Answer 2

1) aptitude
2) personality
3) interests
4) skills

Question 3

Career counselors work with….

Answer 3

Adolescents, college students, adults making career changes and transitions.

Question 4

Career change and career transitions can be _______ and ________.

Answer 4

Expected and unexpected

Question 5

All career changes involve:

Answer 5

Varying degrees of personal (e.g. emotional, behavioral, and cognitive) and other-focused people, circumstantial and situational adjustments.

Question 6

Career counseling is NOT: (5 things)

Answer 6

1) A standard clinical interview
2) An assessment of psychopathology
3) a forensic assessment
4) a measure of intelligence
5) a market analysis or a forecast of job trends

Question 7

(What is assessed?) Aptitude:

Answer 7

Capabilities; innate or acquired abilities; readiness or quickness for learning; special fitness or stability; a natural tendency.

Question 8

(What is assessed?) Personality:

Answer 8

The sum total of physical, mental, emotional, attitudinal and social characteristics of an individual; the essential character of a person.

Question 9

(What is assessed?)

Interests:

Answer 9

A state of curiosity: an evoked awareness to church an individual especially resonates; wanting to know or learn about something or someone; an excited curiosity expressed by individuals or groups.

Question 10

(What is assessed?)

Skills: (definition)

Answer 10

Learned capacities; ability to do something well; proficiency with an activity.

Question 11

Skills can be classified as ______ or ________.

Answer 11

General or specific.

Question 12

Types of skills (18 types)

Answer 12

1) reading
2) writing
3) computational
4) communication
5) listening
6) problem-solving
7) creative thinking
8) teamwork
9) leadership
10) organizational
11) time management
12) influencing
13) intra-personal
14) relationship
15) teaching
16) clinical
17) consultation

Question 13

Skills can be applied as _________ and as _________.

Answer 13

“Well-intentioned” and as “malice-intentioned” (e.g. lying, manipulation, cheating)

Question 14

Frank Parsons

Answer 14

1854-1908

Question 15

John Holland (3 things)

Answer 15

• (1919-2008)
• People work best in environments that match their preferences and personalities
• developed the Holland Codes

Question 16

Holland Hexagon

Answer 16

Realistic, investigative, artistic, social, enterprising, conventional

Question 17

Donald E. Super

Answer 17

• (1910-1994)
• People change over time and seek career satisfaction through work roles in which they can express themselves and implement and maintain their self-concept.

Question 18

Life and Career Stages (6 total)

Answer 18

Crystallization (ages 14-18)
Specification (ages 18-21)
Implementation (ages 21-24)
Stabilization (ages 24-35)
Consolidation (ages 35-55)
Readiness for retirement (ages 55-)

Question 19

John Krumboltz

Answer 19

Developed a theory of career decision-making based on principles of social learning, environmental conditions, genetics, and learning experiences; specifically focused on decision-making relative to unexpected events.

Question 20

Planned Happenstance: counselors should facilitate client: (4 things)

Answer 20

1) curiosity to explore opportunities
2) develop perspectives to deal with obstacles
3) flexibility to deal with variety
4) optimism to maximize benefits

Question 21

Types of career theories (2)

Answer 21

1) structural

2) developmental

Question 22

Structural definition (career theory)

Answer 22

Focus on individual characteristics and occupational tasks *Frank Parsons * John Holland

Question 23

Developmental definition (career theory)

Answer 23

Focus on human development across the life span *Donald Super * John Krumboltz

Question 24

Five-Factor Model (definition)

Answer 24

shared factors, across theories, relative to understanding the relationship between personality and work demands

Question 25

Five-Factor Model (5 characteristics)

Answer 25

1) Openness
2) Conscientiousness
3) Extraversion
4) Agreeableness
5) Neuroticism