Career Counseling Flashcards

Question

Circumscription: Stage 4

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Orientation to Unqiue Self (Ages 14 and up) Supers exploration stage. Know that its not a black and white world. able to understand how occupations different from each other. EX: working with things verses people. Exploration more focused. They can make connects in the world of work. And can conceptualize their needs and wants compared to their career. "How I fit in the world"

Answer 2

Letting go of highly preferred alternatives. Adjust aspirations to accommodate external reality. Things that can rain on your parade: Responsibilities, financial capabilities, skills and abilities, etc. 3 Levels of Compromise: Social Space from previous stage. Low Level Compromise: ask among interest - not to chose one means to sacrifice another. Mid Level Compromise: Cannot pursue they are interested in. But can still have status and prestige in another occupation. High Level Compromise: If I can't do what I'm interested in and I can't do what will give me the status I want. Then I will find something "gender appropriate". People are less likely compromise on because its important to them.

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* Used to be considered unimportant - occupied short period of time * Changes in the past 40-50 years: Women are the majority in workforce; working outside the home * Over 75% women 22 to 44 work

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* Success in one role buffers stress in another. EX: If things aren't going well at work, but good at home. Stress will be offset * Added income reduces stress in family * With job is increased social support. EX: Increase social network; co-workers become friends etc. Extra support decreases stress * Does not hurt marriage

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Women - "Camel" *Family and Work. Woman more likely to leave work to rear children and reenter work force at a later time. Have to start at the bottom again, then work from there. Men - "Dromedary" one hump camel *Supers rainbow. On average - men leave school and engage in work through out their lives until retirement These days, there is a mix among the population. Gender differences aren't as stark. EX: Some men voluntarily leave the work place to take care of their children.

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This really applies to everyone... * Provide Career Information * Explore lifestyle changes: How they manage/balance the changes. EX: if the have kids, where are the kids going to go? * Entry Level Jobs

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* Traditionally female occupations - less pay (below national medium of income) * 90% of preschool teachers, dental hygienists, secretaries are female * Underrepresented in STEM occupations: offer money, job security, status. Other opportunity. * Fewer than 20% Bachelor's degree in physics and engineering are awarded to women. - this has been the glass ceiling level for awhile * Women tend to earn less than men

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* Required for most of the highest paid careers: Women are less inclined to take math electives * Important for technology * Entry level jobs

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Math Anxiety and avoidance * Low self-efficacy and outcome expectations * Null Educational Environment - neither encourages nor discourages

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BIG ISSUE! ***LOOK AT SLIDE***

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* Parents are important: encourage children to pursue their interests * Mentors: Guide/coach can make a big difference in their lives.

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* Roughly 10% of US population * Fear of being fired or not hired because of discrimination. * Stereotyping: Some still believe its a mental illness; that its a sin - stigmatized * Limited Role Models: Who do they look to to help them deal with career issues that arise?

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Belief in the superiority of heterosexuality

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Irrational fear, prejudice, hatred, intolerance

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Two Views of Career... Objective: the what trait history,actuarial methods, scores, diagnose, guidancet Subjective: the how - your life story life pattern theory, thematic methods, stories, create, counseling

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Stems from Adlerian. We all have a unique perspective on our lives. We have to construct ourselves. Who am I? What is this world like? Where do I fit in?

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Before the age of 10. First blue prints on what life is like, and how to deal with it. Stories of the self... Role models serve as templates that individuals use to design their lives. As individuals develop they imitate role models and strive to be like them. Steer clients away from Parents as being role models. They do help guide your life, but they are not freely chosen. Who else was impressionable in their lives? The way the client describes role model is a reflection of how they see themselves. (Ceelo Green Video, Lassie, Atom Ant)

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Collection of traits - adjectives using to describe role model Commonalities shared by models that reveal goals. Get the 3 that stick out in their mind the most. Aspects of models that the client rejects or does not find useful

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Vicariously immersed in an environment ; Topical - focus on specific groups People will choose magazines based of their Holland Model Type (Car magazines, vs National Geographic, vs Rolling Stone vs InTouch vs Fortune vs Consumers Report)

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A life predicament and its solution What are the parallels between the client's life and the story? When someone enjoys a movies or show, there is usually some comparison between the story and their lives.

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Remember Manifest interests? What role are they playing? (e.g. Listeners, Partner, Helper, Loner, Competitor, Sight Seer, Explorer, Doer, Creator?)

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School Subjects Success (grades) Satisfaction (happiness) What activities do they like and do not like as they relate to work?

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A favorite saying or motto articulates the best advice that the client has for herself or himself It is a form of auto-therapy in which clients repeatedly tell the self what they must do to advance their story to a new chapter and in so doing become more complete.

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What's eating at you? What matters most to you? ~ Cues for understanding present behavior. Reveals attitudes that guide their life and how they interact in the world. Ages 3 to 6 or as early as you can remember. What do you recall feeling? What is the most vivid part of the memory? - Helps to understands clients outlook on life (Robert Blake example - negative, threatening outlook on life; angry person)

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Prepare a "headline" that captures the event. Use active voice Use present tense Use short, pithy words Be specific

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The "glue" that holds their story together

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Outsourcing/Offshoring: 1.2 Billion people live on $1/day 245 Million children work (5-17)

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The top 20 occupations in numerical growth account for 1.3 of all new jobs (7.4 Million) Job creation in 14 of the 20 occupations with the largest growth will be below the nation median income (aka low-income positions)

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The fastest growing occupations are in Health Care, Construction, Business and financial operations

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Production, Office and administrative support staff Causes: Technology and changes in business practices

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"High-Wage" occupations accounted for 19% of the jobs lost during the Great Recession and 20% of the jobs gained during the recovery "Mid-Wage" occupations suffered 60% of job losses during the recession but only 22% of the growth during the recovery. "Low-Wage" occupations accounted for 21% of the losses and 58% of the growth

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Economic Recession Rates of technological changes Disasters Alterations in retirement patterns

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* Outsourcing and Downsizing * Mergers and Acquisitions * Decline of Big Business and Growth in Small Business

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* Lifetime employment no longer exists * Employment is "at will" (Can leave/get first at any time for any reason - non-disclosure agreements) * Except multiple job changes over work life * Working beyond retirement * Fewer/no benefits and pensions

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* "Self-Employed" * Employers now customers * Developing & Maintaining Skills * Lifetime Employability

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* Temporary * Contingent * Contract * Casual * Freelance * Self-Employed * External

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* Globalization * Downsizing * Technology World of work is becoming increasingly volatile and uncertain.

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Detailed information about occupations and growth projections - Greatest hits of US occupations

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Knowledge, Skills, Abilities (KSA's), Interests, Work Activities, and Work Contexts

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* Informational Interviews * Job Shadowing * Volunteering

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* Meta Cognition (Thinking about the process of your career decision making) * Generic Information Processing (How people try to arrive at a conclusion) * Self-knowledge (Foundational) * Occupational knowledge (Foundational)

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* Previous performance * Interests, skills, values, personality, etc * The better you know yourself the better you know which occupation is best for you

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Schemas: Mental representations of how we think about the world (i.e. occupational themes about different positions) Building blocks of decisions

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CASVE * Communication * Analysis * Synthesis * Valuing * Execution

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* Internal Cues: Dissatisfaction, Anxiety - something needs to change * External Cues: Financial Distress, Fired, Laid Off, Pressure/Influence others (parents)

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* Examination of self-knowledge | * Learning new occupational information and re-examining old information

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* Elaboration: | * Crystallization:

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* What is the best choice for me? | * How will it affect my future and the people I care about?

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* Developing and implementing a strategy - Planning - Trying Out: Volunteering, Job Shadowing, etc - Applying: How to prepare, and execute?

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Knowing need to make a choice --> Understanding myself and options --> Expanding and narrowing my life of options --> Choosing an occupation program of study of job --> Implementing my choice

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They color * perception of your interests and abilities * whether you think a certain career is a good choice * how you evaluate options * how you make career decisions Negative thoughts trickle down into all other components of career decision making

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* Make career thoughts more negative * Examples: can't, never, always, should, musts * Make it more likely that your carer thoughts are false

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* Decision-making confusion * commitment anxiety * external conflict

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Difficult to begin or continue with career decision making due to 1. negative feelings 2. confusion about decision making: avoidance common

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Difficult to commit to a specific career choice, along with strong worries about decision making

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Difficult balancing the importance of your ideas with the importance of ideas from family members and friends, making a choice more difficult

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1. Catch the negative thoughts when they come. 2. Ask: * Whats the proof for this? * Is there an underlying theme? * How does this thought make me feel? 3. Reframe the thought into something more positive, truthful, and productive. 4. Repeat the process as necessary.

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1. Negative Thought 2. Theme 3. Feeling 4. Reframe

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Data Gathering vs. Data Analysis Spontaneous: on a whim Internal: Think alone, mull over it, don't like to talk about it Systematic: Deliberate, gather all the facts, cautious about commitment, takes time External: talking to others

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Indecision: Inability to select Indecisiveness: Incapable of making a decision

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* Generate occupational alternatives * Rank importance of alternatives from +5 to -5 * compute the value of each alternative by summing positive and negative weights - regrets

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* Identify relevant aspects * rank aspects by importance * identify acceptable range of the most important * eliminate least acceptable * explore remaining alternatives

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* Identify relevant aspects * rank aspects by importance * identify acceptable range of the most important * eliminate least acceptable * explore remaining alternatives

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