Donald Super's Theory Analysis

Samuel Seium. The theory that best fits my career development is Donald Super’s life span, life-space theory. I believe that my career development followed Super’s theory as I developed values about work, explored different jobs that would help me understand the different job possibilities for me in the future, and establishing a career with a focus on advancing (Niles & Harris-Bowlsbey, 2013). In the growth stage, I gained values and the concept of work from my parents. They taught me to work hard in school to get a good job that would pay well so that I would be stable. I would fantasize about being a detective or a lawyer when I watched movies that portrayed those roles. In the exploration stage, I tried several counseling jobs with different populations from the detention center, mental illness, and intellectual disabilities. It became clear to me that one thing remained consistent, I enjoyed being a counselor. However, I stayed in the exploration stage longer than the age of twenty-five …show more content…
My results were introversion, sensing, thinking, and judging (ISTJ). I believe that I am an introversion because I like to sit in my own thoughts rather than be around a lot of people. However, I believe that this has hurt me with networking in my career. Sensing was correct, I do focus on facts and what is practical. That is why I left working at the detention center when I realized that they were not hiring anyone for a full-time position. I agree with the label thinking, I tend to make all my decisions rather than my feelings because I do not want to make emotional decisions and leave with regrets. I agree with judging because I am extremely structured and organized in my life. I feel that the MBTI was correct with labeling me with ISTJ and I do not have any disagreements with the