[DOWNLOAD] ~ Adaptable Careers: Maximizing Less and Exploring More (Articles) ~ by Career Development Quarterly ~ Book PDF Kindle ePub Free
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- Title: Adaptable Careers: Maximizing Less and Exploring More (Articles)
- Author : Career Development Quarterly
- Release Date : January 01, 2009
- Genre: Business & Personal Finance,Books,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 270 KB
Description
Today, young adults are expected to decide between educational, vocational, and job options and to make the best choice possible. Career literatures emphasize the importance of young adults' career decision making but also acknowledge the problems related to making these decisions. The authors argue that career counselors could support clients' intuitive processing of career information and help their clients to develop a positive and flexible view of the self and the environment while diminishing concerns about accountability for and irreversibility of career decisions. The authors argue that career adaptability rather than decision making should become the focal concept of career theory and practice. Most people struggle with making career decisions, for example, when they have to choose between available educational, vocational, and job options. Especially young people who face the transition from school to work may experience indecision, often feeling unable to decide what career they wish to pursue. Career indecision is prevalent among college students and is frequently experienced as a burden and associated with feelings of anxiety and lowered self-esteem (Betz & Serling, 1993). Generally, humans find it difficult to use rational strategies when making decisions (e.g., Anderson, 2003). Moreover, they are sometimes unhappy with their decisions once they are finally made. Yet, many career theories emphasize conscious decision making as a necessity for healthy career development. This pressure on career decision making as reflected in daily practices together with the difficulties that young people experience with making career decisions may cause them to feel insecure and unhappy.