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Work and life are inseparable; the interrelationship touches every…
Work and life are inseparable; the interrelationship touches every aspect of a person’s day-to-day existence. It is vital that an individual plan for not only career entry, but also career development across all stages of one’s work life. According to Wolfe and Kolb (1980):
What career development involves one’s whole life, not just occupation? As such, it concerns the whole person … More than that, it concerns him or her in the ever-changing contexts of his or her life.
The environmental pressures and constraints, the bonds that tie him or her to significant others, responsibilities to children and aging parents, the total structure of one’s circumstances are also factors that must be understood and reckoned with. In these terms, career development and personal development converge. Self and circumstances evolving, changing, unfolding in mutual interaction constitutes the focus and the drama of career development.
What would be a great format about the theory you feel you have applied or would like to apply to your career development? (1) Discuss why you resonate with this theory, (2) why you selected this particular theory over the others presented in the readings, (3) how you will apply what you have learned about career development theory to your career going forward, and (4) what theory you likely followed in the past (prior to taking this course).
Next, in Publisher or another Microsoft application, what would be a great flyer of (1) a map of your past and future employment options, (2) a “before” and “after” comparison of how you conducted your job searches, or (3) the trajectory of your past and future careers.
References:
Krumboltz, J. D. (2009). The happenstance learning theory. Journal of Career Assessment, 17(2), 135-154. Available in the Trident Online Library.
Krumboltz, J. D. (2011). Capitalizing on happenstance. Journal of Employment Counseling, 48(4), 156-158. doi:10.1002/j.2161-1920.2011.tb01101.x. Retrieved from the Trident Online Library.
Leung, S. A. (2008). The big five career theories. In J. Athanasou, & R. Van Esbroeck, International Handbook of Career Guidance (pp. 115-131). Berlin, DE: Springer Science+Business Media B.V. Retrieved from https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-6230-8_6.
Mitchell, K. E., Levin, A. S., & Krumboltz, J. D. (1999, Spring). Planned happenstance: Constructing unexpected career opportunities. Journal of Counseling and Development, 77(2), pp. 115-124. Available in the Trident Online Library.
Videos:
Botchen, A. (2017, February 15). Gottfredson’s theory of career circumscription and compromise [Video]. Retrieved from https://youtu.be/jpwYMCeTDQ0. Standard YouTube License.
Crabtree, J. (2017, February 6). Holland’s career choice theory [Video]. Retrieved from https://youtu.be/aSZSW5qPpO8. Standard YouTube License.
Finch, J. (2016, October 2). Happenstance learning theory [Video]. Retrieved from https://youtu.be/2vYZqXks9OE. Standard YouTube License.
Syafawati, N. (2018, April 27). Five life and career stages by Donald Super [Video]. Retrieved from https://youtu.be/F1gPTpl5X4g. Standard YouTube License.
Tranz, J. (2013, June 27). Theory of work adjustment [Video]. Retrieved from https://youtu.be/BNuD1AAH4PA. Standard YouTube License.
