MODULE 12: Persons and Careers Flashcards
The combination and sequence of roles played by a person during the course of a lifetime
Career
A position an individual holds doing specific duties
Job
The similar work for which people have similar responsibilities and for which they develop a common set of skills and knowledge.
Occupation
INFLUENCE FACTORS
What needs to fit the demands of a particular career fields?
Skills and Abilities
INFLUENCE FACTORS
Considering these and how they may fit a particular occupation comes out of one of the earliest career development fields, Trait-Factor theories, and is still used today. These theories recommend creating occupational profiles for specific jobs as well as identifying individual differences, matching individuals to occupations based on these differences.
Skills and Abilities
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This theory establishes a classification system that matches personality characteristics and personal preferences to job characteristics. The Holland Codes are six personality/career types that help describe a wide range of occupations.
Interest and Personality Type
It is widely used to connect personality types and career fields.
Holland’s Career Typology
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It directly addresses the fact that we each play multiple roles in our lives and that these roles change over the course of our lives. How we think about ourselves in these roles, their requirements of them, and the external forces that affect them, may influence how we look at careers in general and how we make choices for ourselves.
[Life Roles] Super’s Lifespan theory
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Racial and ethnic background, as well as the culture of an individual’s regional area, local community, and extended family, may impact career decisions
Culture
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Having positive experiences and role models working in specific careers may influence the set of careers we consider as options for ourselves. One aspect of Social Cognitive Career Theory addresses the fact that 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.
Previous Experiences
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Both men and women have experienced career-related stereotypes. How we view ourselves as individuals may influence both the opportunities and barriers we perceive as we make career decisions.
Gender
INFLUENCE FACTORS
Events that take place in our lives may affect the choices available to us and even dictate our choices to a certain degree. Changes in the economy and resulting job market may also affect how our careers develop
Social and Economic Conditions
INFLUENCE FACTORS
“What do you want to be when you grow-up?” Ginzberg proposed a theory that describes three life stages related to career development. The first stage, fantasy, where early ideas about careers are formed, takes place up to age 11
Childhood Fantasies
What age range is the Exploration stage in Super’s Career Development Theory?
15-24
This is the stage in Super’s Career Development Theory wherein we develop self-concept, attitudes, needs, and the general world of work.
Growth
