15 Questions
What is a career from an individual's perspective?
A sequence of work-related positions that satisfy individual needs
What is the primary focus of organization-centered career planning?
Constructing career paths within an organization
What is a key difference between organization-centered and individual-centered career planning?
The prioritization of organizational versus individual needs
How do people typically choose careers?
Based on their interests and self-image
Why do people choose specific organizations?
Personal characteristics and climate of the organization
What is the relationship between career and self-image?
A career is an extension of a person's self-image
What is the typical career pattern in today's era?
Many different positions, transitions, and organizations with high mobility
What is the primary focus of young adults according to adult development theorists?
Achievement, competence, and acquisition of capabilities
What is included in an individual's personality in the context of career choice?
Personal orientation and personal needs
What is a potential career path within an organization?
From sales counselor to account director to sales manager
What is the shift in focus for mature adults according to theorists?
From competence to integrity and values
What characteristic affects how people make career choices?
Interests, self-image, personality, and personal needs
What is the nature of careers and lives according to adult development theorists?
Cyclical with periods of high stability and transition
What do theorists suggest is the primary source of happiness for young adults?
Achievement and acquisition of capabilities
What is the impact of career-ending concerns on an individual's perspective?
Shift from competence to integrity and values
Study Notes
Careers
- A career is the sequence of work-related positions a person occupies throughout life.
- People pursue careers to satisfy deeply individual needs.
Organization-Centered vs. Individual-Centered Career Planning
- Career planning can be organization-centered, individual-centered, or both.
- Organization-centered career planning focuses on jobs and constructing career paths within an organization.
- Individual-centered career planning focuses on individuals' careers, considering their goals and skills, and analyzing situations both inside and outside the organization.
Factors Affecting Career Choices
- Four individual characteristics affect how people make career choices:
- Interests: People pursue careers that match their interests.
- Self-image: A career is an extension of a person's self-image.
- Personality: Includes personal orientation (e.g. realistic, enterprising, artistic) and personal needs (e.g. affiliation, power, achievement).
- Social backgrounds: Socioeconomic status, educational and occupation level of parents.
General Career Progression
- The typical career today will include many different positions, transitions, and organizations.
- The first half of life is characterized by a quest for competence and making a mark in the world, with happiness sought through achievement and acquisition.
- The second half of life is marked by a shift towards integrity, values, and well-being, with internal values taking precedence over external scorecards.
- Careers and lives are not predictably linear but cyclical, with periods of high stability followed by transition, less stability, and inevitable discoveries, disappointments, and triumphs.
Understand the concept of a career and the approaches to career planning, including organization-centered and individual-centered career planning.
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