Career Devlopment Flashcards
Lifestyle and career development have been emphasized
Since the beginning of the counseling in guidance movement and are still major areas of concern
One trend is that women are moving into careers that in the past for populated by males. Women workers are often impacted by the glass ceiling phenomenon. Assuming that a counselors behavior is influenced by the phenomenon, which statement would he most likely make when conducting a career counseling session with a female client who wants to advance to a higher position?
“Let’s be rational: a woman can only advance so far. You really have very little if any chance of becoming a corporate executive. I’m here to help you cope with this reality.”
Most research in the area of career development and its relationship to students indicates that
A very high proportion of students in high school and at the junior high and middle school level wanted guidance in planning a career. Career interest or more stable after college
A dual career family is one in which both partners have jobs to which they are committed to on a somewhat continuous basis. Which statement is true of dual career families
Tool career families have higher incomes than the so-called traditional family in which only one partner is working
In the dual clearer family, partners seem to be more self-sufficient then in the traditional family. In a dual career household, the woman
It’s typically secure in her career before she has children
Studies indicate that
Students want more vocational guidance then they receive
Statistics reveal that
On average, a worker with a bachelors degree earns over $10,000 a year more than a worker with a high school diploma
When professional career counselors use the term leisure they technically mean
The time the client has away from work which is not being utilized for obligations
In terms of leisure time in dual career family/couples
Dual career families/couples have a less leisure time
A client who says, “I feel I cannot really become an administrator in our agency because I am a woman” is showing an example of
Gender bias
One major category of career theory is known as the trait factor also called the trait and factor approach. It has also been dubbed the actuarial or matching approach. This approach
Attempts to match the worker and the work environment. The approach thus makes the assumption that there’s one best or single career for the person
The trait and factor career counseling, actuarial, or matching approach (which matches clients with a job) is associated with
Parsons and Williamson
The trait and factor or actuarial approach asserts that
B & C (testing is an important part of the counseling process AND a counselor can match the correct person with the appropriate job)
In 1909 the landmark book entitled choosing a vocation was released. The book was written by Frank Parsons. Parsons has been called
The father of vocational guidance
Which statement is not true of the trait and factor approach to career counseling
The approach is developmental in this focuses on career maturity
Edmond Griffith Williamson’s work (is the so/called Minnesota Viewpoint) purports to be scientific and didactic, utilizing test data from instruments such as the
Minnesota occupational rating skills
The trait and factor approach fails to take _______ into account
Individual change throughout the lifespan
Anne Roe suggested a personality approach to career choice
Based on the premise that a job satisfies an unconscious need
Roe Was the first career specialist to utilize a two dimensional system of occupational classification utilizing
Fields and levels
All of the following are examples of Anne Roe’s “fields” except:
Unskilled
