Career development Flashcards
Defined as the combination and sequence of roles played by a
person during the course of a lifetime
Career
Lifelong journey that includes your education, interests, jobs,
occupations, recreational activities and volunteer work.
Career
Ongoing process of managing your life, learning and work
Career Development
Involves developing the skills and knowledge that enable you to
plan and make informed decisions about your education,
training and career choices
Career Development
Identity formation
You need to find yourself and know yourself when picking a career.
Four statuses of Identity
Diffusion, foreclosure, moratorium, achievement
Identity Diffusion
Absence of crisis and commitment
Identity foreclosure
Absence of crisis and presence of commitment
Identity moratorium
Presence of crisis and absence of commitment
Identity achievement
Presence off crisis and commitment
Low commitment, high exploration
Identity moratorium
Low commitment, low exploration
Identity diffusion
High commitment, high exploration
Identity achievement
High commitment, low exploration
Identity foreclosure
Why do we have to talk about
career?
Your career can determine a lot of things in your life
What precedes career development?
personal development
What should we use in
considering career decisions?
- psychological tests
- interview with adults
- career seminars
- trends in the workplace
- misconceptions about careers
In developing your career, you need to start having a _____. It
sets the direction of where you want to go.
life goal
What do you want to have/ to be/ to attain in life?
life goal
What is the means that you will employ to employ the life goal.
career goal
Factors the Influence Career Choices
Internal and External Factors
Internal Factors that influence career choices
- personality
- values
- personal interests
- biological and genetic factors
- gender
- learning experiences
- outcome expectations
External Factors that influence career choices
- environment
- social & economic
- conditions/opportunities
media/available references - parents/guardians/family
- career counseling
- peers
- other emerging factors or trends that affect career choices (religion, gender roles)
Skills and Abilities
Skills and abilities (individual differences) need to fit the demands of a particular career field (occupational profiles)
Interests and Personality Type
John Holland’s Career Typology is widely used to connect personality types and career fields.
Holland Codes (RIASEC)
- Realistic
- Investigative
- Artistic
- Social
- Enterprising
- Conventional
Donald Super’s Lifespan 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.
Life Roles
Donald Super’s Five Life and Career Development Stages
- Growth
- Exploration
- Establishment
- Maintenance
- Decline
Growth
Development of self-
concept, attitudes, needs,
and general world of work
Ages 0-14
Growth
Exploration
“Trying out” through
classes, work experience,
hobbies
Ages 15-24
Exploration
Establishment
Entry-level skill building and
stabilization through work
experience
Ages 25-44
Establishment
Maintenance
Continual adjustment
process to improve position
Ages 45-64
Maintenance
Decline
Reduced output, prepare for
retirement
Ages 65+
Decline
John Krumboltz’s Social Learning & Planned Happenstance
theories address factors related to our experiences with others
and in previous work situations
Previous Experiences
Culture
Racial and ethnic background, as well as the culture of an
individual’s regional area, local community, and extended family,
may impact career decisions
Both men and women have experienced career-related
stereotypes.
Gender
Social and Economic Conditions
All of our career choices take place within the context of society
and the economy
“What do you want to be when you grow-up?”
Childhood Fantasies
Following your passions can cause you to be to narrow-minded in your search for work because you can only be passionate about activities you’ve already tried. T or F
True
Following your passion is good advise. T or F
False
Factors which make us satisfied with our work
- Engaging in meaningful work
- Getting on with colleagues
- Personal Fit
- Hygiene Factors
Engaging in meaningful work
the extent to which you have variety, autonomy, a sense of completion, feedback, and work you feel makes a difference
Getting on with your colleagues
the extent to which you get help
from, like and form meaningful relationships with your colleagues
Personal Fit
the extent to which you’re good at your job
Hygiene Factors
having reasonable work hours, job security, a short commute from and to your workplace, and sufficient pay
Human Ecological Theory / Bioecological System Theory
A person’s development is affected by everything in their surrounding environment. Whatever happens in one level can affect the rest of the system.
5 levels of the Human Ecological Theory
- Microsystem
- Mesosystem
- Exosystem
- Macrosystem
- Chronosystem
Microsystem
the individual’s immediate environments (family, school,
peer group, neighborhood, and childcare environments);
most influential leve
Mesosystem
Direct connections between immediate environments (i.e., a
child’s home and school)
Exosystem
Refers to a setting that does not involve the person as an
active participant, but still affects them. (such as parent’s workplace)
Macrosystem
Encompasses the cultural environment in which the person
lives and all other systems that affect them
Chronosystem
Includes the transitions and shifts in one’s lifespan and the
socio-historical contexts that may influence a person (Great Depression)
