Career development is the most essential aspect of human development. According to Donald Super, career development is a life-long process that consist of multiple roles and transitions of career behaviors from birth to death. Moreover, career behaviors occur in different stages. For instance, Super identified factors regarding to career behaviors in adolescents and young adults. These factors include planfulness, exploration, information, decision- making, and reality orientation (Herr, 1997). If I were a career counselor, I would use Super’s Life-Span-Life-Space theory and John Holland’s Personality theory with older adolescent clients. Career development is a vital process that has a significant impact on adolescent’s future well-being
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The purpose of the Adult Career Concerns Inventory is to measure career adaptability from adolescents to adults. There are four stages in the Adult Career Concerns Inventory. The first stage is the exploration stage. The exploration stage includes crystallizing, specializing, and implementing. The exploration stage describes individuals under the age of 25. The second stage in the Adult Career Concerns Inventory is establishment. The establishment stages includes stabilizing, specifying, and advancing. The establishment stage describes individuals ranged from ages 25 to 35. The third stage of the Adult Career Concern Inventory is maintenance. The maintenance stage includes holding one’s own, updating, and innovating. In this stage, the ages are ranged from 35-44. The last stage of the Adult Career Concern Inventory is disengagement. The disengagement stage includes decelerating, retirement, and retirement living. Individuals are 45 and older in this …show more content…
After students complete high school, they can choose college majors or careers that are congruent with their own personality types, interests, and values (Chen & Simpson, 2015). Students who chooses a career or a college major that is similar to their personality are likely to receive on the job success and satisfaction. According to Holland, there are six personality types. The six personality types are Realistic, Investigative, Artistic, Social, Enterprising, and Conventional (RIASEC). Reardon and Bullock (2004) stated that the “six types of personality can be described in terms of degree of differentiation (flat or uneven), consistency (level of similarity of interests or characteristics on RIASEC hexagon for the first two letter of a three letter Holland code), and identity (stability of the type)” (p.112). Furthermore, an individual with the realistic personality type usually avoids being social and likes to participate in hands-on activities. An example of an occupation that matches the realistic personality type is a mechanic. Second, an individual with the investigative personality type is likely to be curious and analytical. An occupation that would match the investigative personality type would be a chemist. Third, an individual with
The purpose of the Adult Career Concerns Inventory is to measure career adaptability from adolescents to adults. There are four stages in the Adult Career Concerns Inventory. The first stage is the exploration stage. The exploration stage includes crystallizing, specializing, and implementing. The exploration stage describes individuals under the age of 25. The second stage in the Adult Career Concerns Inventory is establishment. The establishment stages includes stabilizing, specifying, and advancing. The establishment stage describes individuals ranged from ages 25 to 35. The third stage of the Adult Career Concern Inventory is maintenance. The maintenance stage includes holding one’s own, updating, and innovating. In this stage, the ages are ranged from 35-44. The last stage of the Adult Career Concern Inventory is disengagement. The disengagement stage includes decelerating, retirement, and retirement living. Individuals are 45 and older in this …show more content…
After students complete high school, they can choose college majors or careers that are congruent with their own personality types, interests, and values (Chen & Simpson, 2015). Students who chooses a career or a college major that is similar to their personality are likely to receive on the job success and satisfaction. According to Holland, there are six personality types. The six personality types are Realistic, Investigative, Artistic, Social, Enterprising, and Conventional (RIASEC). Reardon and Bullock (2004) stated that the “six types of personality can be described in terms of degree of differentiation (flat or uneven), consistency (level of similarity of interests or characteristics on RIASEC hexagon for the first two letter of a three letter Holland code), and identity (stability of the type)” (p.112). Furthermore, an individual with the realistic personality type usually avoids being social and likes to participate in hands-on activities. An example of an occupation that matches the realistic personality type is a mechanic. Second, an individual with the investigative personality type is likely to be curious and analytical. An occupation that would match the investigative personality type would be a chemist. Third, an individual with