What Involved in the Career Choice of Students
What's Involved in Career Choice[1]
A pyramid can be used to show what's involved in making a career choice (see Figure 1):
Knowing About Myself, such as My values Example: security My interests Example: working with people My skills Example: using a computer to plan a budget
Knowing About My Options Understanding specific occupations, programs of study, and jobs Examples: What are typical work tasks for a real estate appraiser? How much math is required for a major in Finance? What is the average starting salary for a retail salesperson? What type of training is required to be a physical therapist? Understanding how occupations and programs of study can be organized Example: Realistic Investigative Artistic Social Enterprising Conventional Understanding how job settings can be organized Example: Business/Industry Government Education Non-Profit Professions Private Enterprise
Knowing How I Make Decisions How do I usually make important decisions?
Thinking About My Decision Making Self-talk Example: "I'll never be able to make a good career choice." Self-awareness Example: "I'm getting very scared about this." Being aware of and controlling my self-talk Example: "I can't really predict the future and imagining failure is not going to help me find a good job."
Figure 1
What's Involved in Career Choice
Reprinted from The Career Development Quarterly, 41, 1992, p. 70, copyrighted NCDA. Reprinted with permission of the National Career Development Association. Used with permission.
A Guide to Good Decision Making[2]
A cycle can be used to show the steps in making a career choice (see Figure 2):
Knowing I Need to Make a
A pyramid can be used to show what's involved in making a career choice (see Figure 1):
Knowing About Myself, such as My values Example: security My interests Example: working with people My skills Example: using a computer to plan a budget
Knowing About My Options Understanding specific occupations, programs of study, and jobs Examples: What are typical work tasks for a real estate appraiser? How much math is required for a major in Finance? What is the average starting salary for a retail salesperson? What type of training is required to be a physical therapist? Understanding how occupations and programs of study can be organized Example: Realistic Investigative Artistic Social Enterprising Conventional Understanding how job settings can be organized Example: Business/Industry Government Education Non-Profit Professions Private Enterprise
Knowing How I Make Decisions How do I usually make important decisions?
Thinking About My Decision Making Self-talk Example: "I'll never be able to make a good career choice." Self-awareness Example: "I'm getting very scared about this." Being aware of and controlling my self-talk Example: "I can't really predict the future and imagining failure is not going to help me find a good job."
Figure 1
What's Involved in Career Choice
Reprinted from The Career Development Quarterly, 41, 1992, p. 70, copyrighted NCDA. Reprinted with permission of the National Career Development Association. Used with permission.
A Guide to Good Decision Making[2]
A cycle can be used to show the steps in making a career choice (see Figure 2):
Knowing I Need to Make a