scholarly journals Kindness in career development interventions

2019 ◽  
Vol 28 (1) ◽  
pp. 14-20
Author(s):  
Lila Pulsford
Keyword(s):  
Career Development ◽  
Rhetorical Question ◽  
Development Interventions ◽  
Career Practice ◽  
Career Competencies

Philosopher Jean-Jacques Rousseau once asked: what wisdom can you find that is greater than kindness? This article explores whether career practitioners might need to ask themselves the same rhetorical question in relation to career practice. Career development consultations that explicitly aim to focus on offering kindness might be a welcome change for practitioners well versed in extolling the oft-cited career competencies of developing resilience and remaining open to opportunities. This study indicates a need for increased focus on the provision of kindness in career development and suggests practical interventions that career practitioners can utilise.

Career Development and Human Capital Theory: Preaching the “Education Gospel”

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tristram Hooley
Keyword(s):  
Human Capital ◽  
Career Development ◽  
Education System ◽  
Historical Development ◽  
Human Capital Theory ◽  
Development Education ◽  
Capital Theory ◽  
Development Interventions ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Alternative Relationships

This chapter analyses the relationship between career development, education, and human capital theory. It argues that education lies at the heart of our understanding of how individuals develop their careers and how purposeful career development interventions can support them in this endeavour. Career development services are most evident and accessible in the education system. This relationship is not accidental but is rooted in both the historical development of the field and in the importance of human capital theory to the ideology of both education and career development. The chapter finishes by critiquing the dependence of policymakers and advocates for the field on human capital theory and by considering alternative relationships that could be built between education and career development.

Ignatian Spirituality and Career Development: New Evidence for Age-Old Practices

2020 ◽  
pp. 089484532095708
Author(s):  
Scott C. Campanario ◽  
Lynette H. Bikos ◽  
Dana L. Kendall
Keyword(s):  
Career Development ◽  
Self Concept ◽  
Education Students ◽  
Ignatian Spirituality ◽  
Mediation Analyses ◽  
Sense Of Purpose ◽  
Development Interventions ◽  
Spiritual Discernment ◽  
Development Approach ◽  
New Evidence

Given the importance of career discernment in emerging adulthood, we evaluated an understudied career development approach for higher education students. Specifically, we tested the relationship between spiritual discernment exercises and sense of purpose and calling through the indirect effects of self-concept clarity, career decision self-efficacy, and knowledge of occupational information. Participants ( N = 127) were randomly assigned to one of the three conditions and were surveyed at a 10-week interval. Results indicated significantly higher posttest scores for purpose ( B = .169, p = .026) and calling ( B = .134, p = .013) in the spiritual discernment condition compared to the general adjustment (i.e., control) and traditional career development conditions. Mediation analyses also revealed a significant indirect effect of self-concept clarity on sense of purpose ( B ab = .059, p = .033). These findings suggest that spiritual discernment practices can significantly enhance the effectiveness of career development interventions for discerning purpose and calling.

Identity construction and career development interventions with emerging adults

2012 ◽  
Vol 81 (1) ◽  
pp. 52-58 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jean Guichard ◽  
Jacques Pouyaud ◽  
Cécile de Calan ◽  
Bernadette Dumora
Keyword(s):  
Career Development ◽  
Emerging Adults ◽  
Identity Construction ◽  
Development Interventions

scholarly journals Academic Career Development: A Review and Research Agenda

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hannes Zacher ◽  
Cort Rudolph ◽  
Tara Todorovic ◽  
Daniel Ammann
Keyword(s):  
Career Development ◽  
Social Cognitive ◽  
Academic Career ◽  
Individual Characteristics ◽  
Career Stages ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Administrative Roles ◽  
Work Related ◽  
Development Interventions ◽  
Methodological Considerations

Academic career development refers to the process by which employers as well as scholarsworking in research, teaching, and/or administrative roles in academic and higher education contexts manage various tasks, behaviors, and experiences within and across jobs and organizations over time, with implications for scholars’ work-related identity. In this review article, we address the question: to what extent has conceptual and empirical research on academic career development captured central constructs and processes outlined by two important and comprehensive career development theories? Using social cognitive career theory and life-span, life-space theory as guiding frameworks, we categorized relevant articles published in academic journals into five thematic clusters: (a) individual characteristics, (b) contextual factors, (c) active regulation of behavior, (d) career stages, and (e) work and nonwork roles. Within these thematic clusters, major topics in the existing literature on academic career development include gender differences and women’s experiences, mentoring and other career development interventions, and career development in the field of medicine. In contrast, social and cognitive processes, action regulation, later career stages, and the work-nonwork interface have been neglected in the literature on academic career development. We conclude by outlining an agenda for future research, including theoretical and methodological considerations.

Labour Market Information for Career Development: Pivotal or Peripheral?

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jenny Bimrose
Keyword(s):  
Career Development ◽  
Labour Market ◽  
Information And Communications Technology ◽  
Positive Outcomes ◽  
Market Information ◽  
Core Component ◽  
Career Theory ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Career Interventions ◽  
Development Interventions

Labour market information (LMI) represents a core component of the knowledge required for career development interventions. It distinguishes the work of career development practitioners from other kinds of helping. Yet practitioners often find it challenging to keep this knowledge current and mediate it effectively to different audiences. Career theory helps identify a variety of possible assumptions that might underpin the use of LMI in practice. Although information and communications technology plays an increasingly important role in accessing and disseminating reliable and robust LMI, research indicates that face-to-face interventions with career professionals continue to have the greatest impact with clients. Consequently, referring clients to LMI online seems unlikely to maximize positive outcomes because expert mediation by professionals of the meaning of the information for their own particular situation is frequently necessary. Indeed, professionalism, a concept with which most career development practitioners identify, demands that minimum standards are maintained, including practice based on expert, current LMI. In this chapter, ways of enhancing the effectiveness of LMI as an integral part of overall career interventions are discussed.

Sex-Affirmative Career Development Interventions in Higher Education

1978 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 133-144 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. E. Mc.Loughlin ◽  
E. A. Wyman ◽  
C. Patton-Crowder ◽  
P. G. Ball
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Career Development ◽  
Development Interventions
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