Theories of career counseling
Vocational development is the process of developing and implementing a self-concept. As the self-concept becomes more realistic and stable, so does vocational choice and behavior. People choose occupations that permit them to express their self-concepts(Whiston&Rahardja, 2008). Work satisfaction is related to the degree that they’ve been able to implement their self-concepts.
Career Maturity:
Similarity between one’s actual vocational behavior and what is expected for that stage of development. Career maturity includes readiness to cope with developmental tasks at a given stage. It is both affective and cognitive(Campbell &Raiff, 2002).
Most career education programs have been affected by Super’s ideas. They provide gradual exposure to self-concepts and work concepts in curriculum that represents Super’s ideas of career development/vocational maturity. (National Career Development Guideline Standards)
Implications of Super’s Theory for Career Counseling
Supers developmental view of career development in the context of the self allows for changes over time. This is very appropriate in the 21st Century workplace(Busacca, 2007).
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Career Maturity:
Similarity between one’s actual vocational behavior and what is expected for that stage of development. Career maturity includes readiness to cope with developmental tasks at a given stage. It is both affective and cognitive(Campbell &Raiff, 2002).
Most career education programs have been affected by Super’s ideas. They provide gradual exposure to self-concepts and work concepts in curriculum that represents Super’s ideas of career development/vocational maturity. (National Career Development Guideline Standards)
Implications of Super’s Theory for Career Counseling
- Identify the career development stage and set goals for mastery of the tasks unique to each stage.
- Help student clarify self-concept because any task that enhances self-knowledge will increase vocational maturity. Then help them relate their self-knowledge to occupational information.
- Expose students to a wider range of careers because occupational options narrow over time. Consider lifestyle implications and consider the vocational and avocational relevance of subjects studied in school.
- Direct work experiences are vital. Try on roles in real worlds of work.
Supers developmental view of career development in the context of the self allows for changes over time. This is very appropriate in the 21st Century workplace(Busacca, 2007).
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