www.careerinfo.org.ukLorraine Johnson (Careers Consultant)

Checking I’m being useful?

• About me• Understanding the context of careers counselling• Career theory today• Keeping in touch

Difference between career theory and career counselling

• Career theories are concerned with how individuals experience their career, make career decisions and the environment in which careers are made.

• Career counselling theories focus on how to intervene to assist individuals in their career development: they provide a basis for action

Kidd, J.M. (2006) “Understanding Career Counselling, Theory, Research and Practice”. Sage Publications Ltd

What’s a career?

Economy/Paradigm/Interventions

1. Rogers (1952) Environment Fit

2. Super (1950’s) Developmental Model

3. Rogers (1960) Client Centred

4. Bandura (1986) self belief/efficacy

5. 1990’s NLP/Happenstance

6. 2000 Career Narrative (Egan/Savickas)

7. 2013 Career Adaptiveness/Learning

Living in the UK

LABOUR MARKET (recovery/quality)

self employment part-time and temporary

contracts zero hour contracts No Guaranteed Minimum Hour

(NGMH) contracts Low pay

POLICY

(activist)

Egan’s Skilled Helper Model

Stage 1Exploration

1a - The story (What’s going on?)

1b- Blind spots (What’s really going on?)

1c- Leverage (focusing and prioritizing)

Stage 2New Understanding

2a - Possibilities (Ideally what do I want instead?)

2b- Change Agenda (SMART goals)

2c- Commitment (Check goals are right)

Stage 3Action

3a - Possible action (How many ways are there?)

3b - Best fit strategies (What will work for me?)

3c- Plan (What next and when?)Story 1 Story 2

Stage 1 – exploration

• The problem is…

• Could/should/always…

• Self minimizing statements…

• Awfulizing

Stage 2 – new understanding

• Emotional readiness• Defaulting• Quality of creative thinking• Barriers – class/race/disability/gender and so on

• Decision making trapsConfirming evidence trap Frame as a gain or loss trapEstimating and forecasting trapOverconfidence trapPrudence trap

Stage 3 – implementing

• Wishful thinking

• Playing it safe • Striking a balance

• Inertia/fear

• In whose interest?