Career Problem Solving Research Articles

Reaching Further Into a Theory of Career Problem-Solving and Decision-Making

Reaching Further Into a Theory of Career Problem-Solving and Decision-Making

MANAJEMEN BIMBINGAN KARIR PESERTA DIDIK MANAGEMENT OF STUDENT CAREER GUIDANCE

Career guidance is given to the student in planning, developing and career problem solving. Therefore the implementation of career guidance management needed to be formatted as right and true as planning of career guidance program, organizing, implementation and program evaluation has been conducted in order to assist the school to improve graduate students quality in state vocational school in Bogor city. This study aims to describe the function of student career guidance management regarding to planning, organizing, implementation and supervising. The data is collected through observation, interview and documentation. The study used qualitative approach through case study method. The data validation uses in this study credibility test of data triangulation, technical and time. This study have result the representation about the function of student career management in state vocational school 2 Bogor city consisted of : 1) planning of career guidance was conducted in beginning of school year in agency meeting. 2) organizing of guidance career consisted of some personnel and have main duty and various function. 3) implementation of career guidance had run well through some planned program in agency meeting even there was still obstacle. In form of classical and individual. 4) program evaluating was implemented by principle in the end of material of arranging program in the next year

Creating hope: Assisting Veterans with Job Search Strategies using Cognitive Information Processing Theory

Providing effective employment services to today's veterans is essential. Given the high unemployment rate that currently exists for the veteran population, it is essential that career development professionals consider ways to effectively address their needs. This article highlights the complexities veterans experience in the job preparation and job search processes, as well as current efforts addressing the veteran unemployment concern. A clinical case study shows how cognitive information processing theory, a theory of career problem solving and decision making, can be used as a foundation for assisting veterans in the job search process.

The Roles of Negative Career Thinking and Career Problem-Solving Self-Efficacy in Career Exploratory Behavior

Go To DigestThe respective roles of social cognitive career theory (SCCT) and cognitive information processing (CIP) in career exploratory behavior were analyzed. A verified path model shows CIP's negative career thoughts inversely predict SCCT's career problem-solving self-efficacy, which predicts career exploratory behavior. The model suggests an intervention sequence to facilitate career exploration.Case of SueSue, young woman about to graduate from college with degree in finance came to the university career center seeking career assistance in finding employment. Given some uncertainty about her interests and goals, she completed an interest inventory that produced summary code (Holland, 1997) of IAS indicating interests in the investigative, artistic, and social areas. However, when occupational alternatives were identified for exploration following the assessment, she slumped in her chair and indicated that she was unable to concentrate on careers or the future and was unsure about the benefits of career counseling. At this point, the counselor invited her to complete the Career Thoughts Inventory (Sampson, Peterson, Lenz, Reardon, & Saunders, 1996) and the results revealed considerable negative career thinking across several domains. Further exploration in counseling revealed that music teacher in high school had advised her to abandon her dreams of music career because of poor audition performance. She immediately decided to major in business finance without resolving the apparent loss of her future in music, or undertaking careful contemplation regarding viable career options.This hypothetical case (although not an uncommon one) suggests that Sue was not ready to engage in job campaign because she was mired in an emotional state that precluded her focusing on herself (goals, interests) or potential career options. In terms of cognitive information processing theory (CIP; Sampson, Reardon, Peterson, & Lenz, 2004), she lacked readiness (Sampson, Peterson, Reardon, & Lenz, 2000) to engage in career decision-making. She was unable to pursue the process of analyzing alternatives related to self and option knowledge because longstanding emotional aftereffects associated with grieving the loss of an anticipated career in music performance. In effect, she was not emotionally available to engage effectively in the career problem-solving and decision-making process. This study examines how negative emotional state, coupled with lack of career decision self-efficacy, interferes with environmental and self-exploration precursors to the formulation of viable career options.The CIP approach differentiates between career-related problem-solving and decision- making. Sampson, Reardon, Peterson, and Lenz (2004) defined problem-solving as a series of thought processes in which information about problem is used to arrive at of action necessary to remove the gap between an existing and desired state of affairs (p. 5). Sampson et al. state that decision making includes problems solving, along with the cognitive and affective processes needed to develop for implementing the solution and taking the risks involved in following through to the complete the plan (p. 5). Difficulties in career decision making (as in Sue's case) may stem from variety of factors, including emotional distress, lack of confidence in ability to perform certain tasks, lack of experience in varied life roles, lack of self-insight, negative expectations associated with particular pursuit, fear of failure and conflicts with important people. Some career decision-making theories emphasize the use of self-knowledge (e.g., values, interests, and skills) and options knowledge (e.g., what jobs or majors of study are available), but they have less to offer regarding how beliefs, stress and affect associated with these two areas can impede progress in career decision-making. Cognitive information processing theory (CIP; Sampson et al. …

Career Assessment in a Time of Changing Roles, Relationships, and Contexts

Given emerging roles, relationships, and contexts for career service delivery, we speculate that career assessment will increasingly focus on determining readiness for career problem solving and decision making. These changes will enable career shoppers (persons previewing career materials or services before committing to them) and career helpers (persons with varied training and skills providing career assistance) to make collaborative decisions about self-help, brief staff-assisted, or individual case-managed career services. Both individual capability and situational complexity will be assessed in determining readiness, and career theories will be used to review and structure the variables involved in readiness assessment. Career helpers working directly and indirectly with career shoppers in new service delivery contexts will play varied roles in mediating the career assessment process. The Internet will enable career shoppers to directly participate in comprehensive career assessment. Implications for the nature of career assessments, costs, requisite skills and licenses for administration, and ethical guidelines for use of career assessments are discussed.

A Cognitive Information Processing Approach to Employment Problem Solving and Decision Making

This article applies a cognitive information processing approach to career problem solving and decision making to the specific process of employment problem solving and decision making. Definitions and accompanying employment examples are followed by an exploration of the nature of employment problems. Content and process dimensions are described by applying information processing concepts to employment problem solving and decision making. Examples of positive and negative cognitions that have an impact on the effectiveness of employment problem solving and decision making are also provided.

Applying the Cognitive Information Processing Approach to Career Problem Solving and Decision Making to Women's Career Development

An expanded framework of the Cognitive Information Processing (CIP) approach to career problem solving and decision making is outlined for career counseling with women. The modified framework addresses structural and individual barriers in women's career development and provides practical suggestions for applying and evaluating the CIP approach in career counseling.

CAREER SELF‐MANAGEMENT: A QUASI‐EXPERIMENTAL ASSESSMENT OF THE EFFECTS OF A TRAINING INTERVENTION

A growing trend is to encourage employees to become actively involved in the management of their own careers. Career self‐management, the degree to which one regularly gathers information and plans for career problem solving and decision making, includes two main behaviors: developmental feedback seeking and job mobility preparedness. Although career self‐management training is a commonly used employer intervention to re‐socialize individuals to increase their own career management activity, it is rarely rigorously evaluated. Relying on an expectancy theory framework, the goal of this study was to evaluate the general effects of career self‐management training using a quasi‐experimental design. Based on data from several hundred professionals at a major U.S. employer, the results showed formal training efforts were generally not successful in resocializing people to engage in career self‐management activities, and when done as an isolated human resource strategy, decreased trainees' likelihood of engaging in career self‐management behaviors. To the extent that Time 2 expectancy perceptions got worse, the results showed that an individual's attitudes toward feedback seeking mediated the relationship between the training intervention and the level of preparation for job mobility conducted 6‐8 months following the training.

Participant's Perception of Change Mechanisms in Career Counseling Groups: The Role of Emotional Components in Career Problem Solving

Participant's Perception of Change Mechanisms in Career Counseling Groups: The Role of Emotional Components in Career Problem Solving

Participant's perception of change mechanisms in career counseling groups: The role of emotional components in career problem solving

Participant's perception of change mechanisms in career counseling groups: The role of emotional components in career problem solving

Career Choice and Development.

Preface. About the Authors. Part One: Introduction and Cases. 1. Introduction to Theories of Career Development and Choice: Origins, Evolution, and Current Efforts (Duane Brown). 2. Case Studies (Duane Brown). Part Two: Sociological Perspective. 3. Career Choice and Development from a Sociological Perspective (Monica Kirkpatrick Johnson, Jeylan T. Mortimer). Part Three: Developmental and Postmodern Theories. 4. Gottfredson s Theory of Circumscription, Compromise, and Self Creation (Linda S. Gottfredson). 5. Career Construction: A Developmental Theory of Vocational Behavior (Mark L. Savickas). 6. A Contextualist Explanation of Career (Richard A. Young, Ladislav Valach, Audrey Collin). Part Four: Career Development Theories Anchored in Learning Theory. 7. Social Cognitive Career Theory (Robert W. Lent, Steven D. Brown, Gail Hackett). 8. A Cognitive Information Processing Approach to Career Problem Solving and Decision Making (Gary W. Peterson, James P. Sampson Jr., Janet G. Lenz, Robert C. Reardon). Part Five: Trait Factor Theories and Summation. 9. Holland s Theory of Personalities in Work Environments (Arnold R. Spokane, Erik J. Luchetta, Matthew H. Richwine). 10. Person Environment Correspondence Theory (Rene V. Dawis). 11. The Role of Work Values and Cultural Values in Occupational Choice, Satisfaction, and Success: A Theoretical Statement (Duane Brown). 12. Status of Theories of Career Choice and Development (Duane Brown). Name Index. Subject Index.