Overall, I enjoy the Traits and Factors Theory for Olivia. I decided to use this theory in therapy for Olivia so both of us can gain an understanding of her aptitude, achievements, interest, values, and personality for a career. The pros of this theory are the exploration of her interest and values and the emphasis placed on her personality and achievements. In hindsight, the con of this theory in my perspective was the aptitude test. I personally do not think a test can predict the future success in a career. I think success can be determined by prior achievements and the interest the person has in the career. Given Olivia’s prior success, I think her capabilities speak for themselves.
In addition to the Traits and Factors theory, I incorporated the Holland’s Theory of Types into Olivia’s counseling session. I think that he Holland’s model definitely fits in Olivia’s worldview. As you can see, Olivia is care free and outgoing. I think that she would enjoy a career that would match her personality. Upon incorporating this model, we were able to determine that Olivia is the artistic type. This was interesting to me because currently she works in an enterprising environment. According to Sharf (2013), the artistic environment is free and open and encourages creativity and personal expression. This environment’s setting allows people be in a relaxed schedule and work environment (Sharf, 2013). In addition, while using the model, I explored the possibilities of congruence and differentiation in Olivia’s possible career decision. Upon discussing likes and dislikes in a career, Olivia stated that even though she worked in an office for many years, she does not want to work in that type of environment anymore. The differentiation betwee...
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... her to plan events. In addition, people in her church community may also want to use her for weddings and the planning of church events. She has the opportunity to do something she enjoys and spend more time with her family and church community.
Conclusion
In conclusion, throughout this therapy session, Olivia, and I explored a deeper understanding of her values and interest in order to help her make a career decision. We incorporated theories and homework that fit into her worldview. In addition, from these therapy sessions, I was able to make a recommendation of a career based on everything she was searching for in a career. If she chooses to pursue my recommendation, I have no doubt that this career will suit her skills, wants, and needs. She now has the opportunity to be herself, enjoy a career, and above all spend time with her family a spiritual community.
Parents often play a major role in their child’s process of career exploration. Norman E. Amundson and Kurt Penner developed the PICE strategy to help counselors guide students (usually age 14 to 18) in preliminary career exploration with the aid of parents. When used correctly, this strategy can help build a sense of support and cooperation between students and parents. This provides the students with a great resource as they continue exploring their career options. This strategy includes 5 stages and is intended for use in a single counseling session.
Ralph Waldo Emerson (1883) said, “Each man has his own vocation, his talent is his call. There is one direction in which all space is open to him.” (p. 112). He was speaking of the gifts granted us by God to fulfill the plan that He has for our life. Discovering and utilizing those gifts is part of the decision making process in career counseling. Christians advocate the use of spiritual discernment in order to guide the decision making process. Properly interpreting the will of God for one’s life is at the heart of each of our choices including those choices involving vocation.
Application of career theories to my own life allows for analyzing past and future career decisions. Holland’s Theory of Careers states that one’s vocation is an expression of self, personality, and way of life. There is an indisputable and fundamental difference in the quality of life one experiences if they choose a career one truly enjoys, versus choosing a career one detests. A true testament to the validity of Holland’s theory, my job/career choices reflect my interests, as well as the evolution of my personality (internal self). My first job as a fine jewelry specialist and second job as a make-up artist echo my love of the fashion world. As I matured and became less fascinated by presumed “glamour” careers, I became captivated by physical fitness, nutrition, and medicine; I received my national fitness trainer certificate so that I may become a personal trainer. Nevertheless, my career decisions do not fit uniformly into merely one career theory.
After I graduated high school, I was unsure of what career appealed to me most. The summer before my first year of university, I endlessly researched and debated what career called to me. I soon realized that my calling in life was to help people, but I wasn’t sure how exactly I wanted to help them. Eventually I decided on the career of physical therapy, thinking that this was the way that I wanted to impact someone’s life. Sometimes though, things don’t always go the way we plan and my life plan was one of those things.
Placing information in context is benefit when making a decision. It is helpful to review the historical events and available information to create a picture of where to go next. The purpose of this paper is to review the personal information from the career assessments taken in HS 585 Career Counseling at Bellevue University. The review will focus on this author’s personal results. This paper will combine the assessments with the author’s personal history to provide a context for future career goals.
Personality plays a pivotal role in helping individuals find job opportunities that suit them. However, some individuals struggle with finding the right career path and therefore, turn to the aid of personality tests. Personality tests alleviate this confusion by providing a series of questions to help categorize an individual’s personality into a four-letter type. With sixteen possible options, these personality types clarify the most likely successful areas for an individual career. Personally, I have been able to utilize personality tests as well as several programs to help identify a job I am particularly passionate to pursue. After receiving an undergraduate degree in Child Learning and Development from the University of Texas at Dallas,
If I can go back in time to my last year of senior year in high school, I would tell my undecided, scared of moving on, and unsure self to pursue a career in Occupational Therapy. It was a definitely one of those "if only" moment in my life I wish I can re-due again. In High School there was not much information given to me about Occupational Therapy and it seemed it was not as popular as all the other career choices I was being informed or pressured to pursue. As I completed an on-line career assessment test provided by my High School to determine the best career/s based on your skills and interests, I got a list of potential careers that were arranged from primary careers to least careers I should pursue. As I excitedly looked over the results
Counseling and Therapy in Video (Producer) (2006). Presentation: Career Counseling: Skills for Guided Discovery and Career Assessment. Available from http://ctiv.alexanderstreet.com.ezproxy.liberty.edu:2048/View/534812.
I always knew, without a doubt, that I would attend college. From the time I was very young, it was instilled in me by the adults in my life that going to college and furthering my education was my best shot at being successful. Now that I am partaking on this journey, I can only hope that those people were right.
When choosing my career certain tools help solidify my choice to become a nurse. When listening in class and from looking at the textbook the Holland Personality and Career Types table was a huge help. The diagram help me real...
The question is “Does your strengths and interests fit your career?” I think that every single characteristic or interest listed here would be more of a job in social working, counseling, or something along those lines. I feel that my major and future career is something that only maybe one or two interest and strengths would actually fit into my profile. So I’m thinking that I might have to rethink my major to make sure it is a good idea and something that I’m going to willing to be able to do for my future success and goals that I want to achieve.
Holland’s theory of vocational personalities and work environments is the premier structural theory behind modern counseling. His theory structural theory is centered around the basic belief that people will seek out careers that offer environments that are compatible with their interest, likes and dislikes. This basic premise is the foundation for Holland’s globally accepted vocational personality and work environment theory. This structural theory can be explained by four general statements. First, in today’s society, generally most people will fall into one of Holland’s six category types. These types are defined as Realistic, Intellectual, Social, Conventional, Enterprising and Artistic. Secondly, there are six kinds of environments that exists in modern society (Holland, 1966). These environments are also defined as Realistic, Intellectual, Social, Conventional, Enterprising and Artistic. Next people will search for the environment and vocation that allows them to best use there skills and talents, to express their attitudes and values, to take on problems and roles they like and avoid the ones that they dislike (Gottfredson, 1981). Finally a persons behavior is determined by the interaction of his personality pattern and his environment. Holland’s theory allows counseling to define, explain and predict personality types and their compatibility with the work environment. Holland’s theory on the surface may seem simple, but the interest in his theory are useful and can indicate much more than just the types of work a person will enjoy. The many components of abilities and personalities are contained within a persons interest profile.
Choosing a career is one of the most important decisions a person has to make in their life. It is so important because that is what we will have to do to support ourselves throughout life. Imagine being stuck in a dead end job and having to go to work every morning and dreading it. That is no spending oneÕs time and life is too short to work 35 years and be unhappy with it. If a person likes the job they do then it is not work, because finding satisfaction out of a job can bring great happiness. That information has enabled me to make the decision of choosing my area of study and career in the field of Information Technology.
Career counseling over the lifespan has more than an occupational focus, it deals with the person’s entire being with a vision that includes one’s lifespan. Career counseling takes into consideration character development, character skills, life roles, individual life and work history, goals, and obstacles. A career counselor not only assists a client with a career plan, but also with a life plan. This paper focuses on two categories of career counseling. The first focus is the history of career counseling as a field of study with the emphasis on when and why career counseling began (1800s as a study of how the shape of one’s head relates to vocational choice), who and what influenced it (Sizer, Parsons, and Davis), and how it has changed (from an individual/community vocational view to an individual/world lifespan view). The second focus is on the application of career counseling by researching two leaders, John Holland’s and Donald Super’s, contributions to career counseling, their theories and assessments and on the biblical aspects of career counseling and how each theory relates to the Bible.
The characteristics that match the most with my personality are dependable, considerate and committed to people I associate with. Furthermore, when making decisions I always put forth my personal values and how my decision will impact others. When I first joined college, my roommate tried to force me to drink and go to parties knowing I detested those ideas. My parents and my church taught drinking, and attending inappropriate parties wasn 't allowed. Although my decision made me lose my only friend, I was proud of standing up for my values. Some of the characteristics listed with this personality that I don 't agree with are feeling unappreciated, resentful and complain a lot. Although it 's always great to receive praise for helping others, I help for the sake of karma and blessing beyond simple praise. My MBTI career report summarizes my MBTI results which stated my assessment preferences and its clarity. It says that I focus my attention on the inner world, take information using five senses, make decision based on my values and like planned and organized approach to life. The second section shows how my personality type affects my career choice along with my preferences. My preferred tasks related to my personality are providing help to others and devising efficient procedures to meet goals. The best fit work environment for me are where people value loyalty, create a sense of belonging and allow