CAREER DEVELOPMENT Flashcards
Defined as the COMBINATION and SEQUENCE of roles played by a person during the course of a lifetime (Super, 1980)
Career
Give examples of lifelong journeys
education, interests, jobs, occupations
Why do we have to talk about career?
So it can determine a lot of things in your life
Your career can determine a lot of things in your life, like:
the kind of lifestyle, the quality of relationships, and the kind of balance you will be able to keep with your life and your responsibilities
Involves developing the skills and knowledge that enable you to plan and make informed decisions about your education, training and career choices.
Career Development
TRUE OR FALSE: Career Development is an ongoing process of managing your life, learning and work
TRUE
In Making Informed Decisions, there are?
A. Psychological Tests
B. Interview with Adults
C. Career Seminars
D. Trends in the Workplace
Give 5 examples of Internal Factors that influence Career Choices
Personality, Choices, Personal Interests, Biological and genetic factors, gender
Give 5 examples of External Factors that influence Career Choices
Environment (Physical Environment and Culture), Social & Economic Conditions/Opportunities, Media/Available References, Parents/Guardians/Family, Career Counseling
TRUE OR FALSE: In developing your career, you need to start having a life goal. It sets the direction of where you want to go
TRUE
TRUE OR FALSE: Having life goals could NOT empower a person to direct his/her motivation and energy towards finding self-actualization through his/her chosen career
FALSE
TRUE OR FALSE: Although studies on career development do not impose that a person should stick to just one initial choice/decision all throughout his/her lifetime, studies have shown that having a good plan of what a person would want to do in one’s life and associating one’s career choice and preparations to this have been found to lead to a self-fulfilling life in adulthood
TRUE
TRUE OR FALSE: A plan may be as flexible as it can be but what’s important is that it has NO direction.
FALSE
TRUE OR FALSE: Skills and abilities (individual differences) need to fit the demands of a particular career field (occupational profiles)
TRUE
According to this model, it is important to take stock of the skills, knowledge and abilities that you currently possess and those that you still need to develop as these greatly impact what kind of career could be a good match for you
Skills and Abilities
In Interest and Personality Type, _______________________________ is widely used to connect personality types and career fields
John Holland’s Career Typology
This theory establishes a classification system that matches personality characteristics & personal preferences to job characteristics
Interests and Personality Type
How many personality/career types that The Holland Codes help tos describe a wide range of occupations (RIASEC)?
six
In Life Roles, _____________________________ theory directly addresses the fact that we each play multiple roles in our lives and that these roles change over the course of our lives
Donald Super’s Lifespan theory
Stage 1: Growth; Age Range: ______
Stage 2: ________; Age Range: 15-24
Stage 3: _________; Age Range: ______
Stage 4: Maintenance; Age Range: ______
Stage 5: __________; Age Range: 65+
0-14,
Exploration,
Establishment, 25-44,
45-64,
Decline
In what stage: “Trying out” through classes, work experience, hobbies, Tentative choice and skill development
Stage 2: Exploration
In what stage: Continual adjustment process to improve position
Stage 4: Maintenance
In what stage: Reduced output, prepare for retirement
Stage 5: Decline
In what stage: Development of self-concept, attitudes, needs, and general world of work
Stage 1: Growth
In what stage: Entry-level skill building and stabilization through work experience
Stage 3: Establishment
Test or try various types of work through your classes and projects
Exploration Stage (15-24)
On-the-job training and performance tasks provide an opportunity to:
a. Develop a mature perspective of _____
b. Acquire the ability to be _________ and develop ______________, the ability to _____________, and an ability to identify with ____________________ of work behavior
c. Make _________________ as to what you really want to become after you graduate from high school
a. TIME
b. PATIENT, SELF-CONTROL, NEGOTIATE, and APPROPRIATE MODELS
c. TENTATIVE CHOICES
___________________________________________________________________ theories address factors related to our experiences with others and in previous work situations
John Krumboltz’s Social Learning & Planned Happenstance theories
TRUE OR FALSE: Having positive experiences and role models working in specific careers may influence the set of careers we consider as options for ourselves.
TRUE
TRUE OR FALSE: We are likely to consider continuing a particular task if we have had a positive experience doing it. In this way, we focus on areas in which we have had proven success and achieved positive self-esteem
TRUE
TRUE OR FALSE: Racial and ethnic background, as well as the culture of an individual’s regional area, local community, and extended family, may impact career decisions.
TRUE