Career Transition of Immigrant Young People: Narratives of Success

2021 ◽  
Vol 55 (1) ◽  
pp. 158-182
Author(s):  
William Borgen ◽  
Marla Buchanan ◽  
Deepak Mathew ◽  
Ria Nishikawara
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Young People ◽  
Theory Development ◽  
Career Decision ◽  
Peer Influences ◽  
Career Counselling ◽  
Practice Research ◽  
Family Influences ◽  
Career Decision Making ◽  
Workplace Challenges

While a high unemployment rate is documented among immigrant young people, research also suggests that they experience success with career decision-making despite challenging circumstances (Hofferth & Moon, 2016). This study explored the career decision-making narratives of nine young people between the ages of 25 and 35 who had come to Canada when they were between the ages of 13 and 17 and who self-define as doing well in their career decision-making. Using a narrative research design, individual narrative accounts were constructed and analyzed using a thematic analysis (Braun & Clarke, 2006). The six themes that emerged from participant responses were (a) parental and family influences, (b) networking, making connections, and mentorship, (c) personal and workplace challenges, (d) peer influences, (e) the value of education, internships, and volunteering, and (f) the importance of rewarding, fulfilling work and pursuing one’s passion. Implications for career counselling practice, research, and career theory development are discussed.

scholarly journals Students’ Career Understanding and Career Decision Making Self-Efficacy in Junior High School

2021 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 12-20
Author(s):  
Khayatun Nufus Akhsania ◽  
Tentrem Basuki ◽  
DYP Sugiharto ◽  
Muhammad Japar
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Decision Making ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Data Analysis ◽  
Junior High School ◽  
Self Efficacy ◽  
Junior High ◽  
Career Decision ◽  
Career Counselling ◽  
Career Decision Making

This study aimed to determine students’ career understanding on the career decision making self-efficacy of Junior High School students in Central Java Province. The study used qualitative method, comparative test for data analysis, and self-efficacy scale to collect the career decision making data of students who have and have not gained career understanding. In this way, Bandura’s theory of self-efficacy was used as a framework theory, while cluster random sampling was employed to collect the study sample (N = 311). The data collection was done through a direct survey using 25 questions regarding career decision making self-efficacy (CDSE-SF) and career understanding questionnaire. Based on the data analysis, the researchers found significant differences in CDSE-SF results of students who have gained career understanding and not, including (1) Understanding of various alternative jobs (t(311) = 4.911, p < .000), (2) Information on the world of work requirements (t(311) = 4.602, p <.000), (3) Information on job vacancies (t(311) = 4.111, p < .000), and (4) Understanding of job qualifications (t(311) = 3.460, p < .001). These findings recommend the students to improve their career decision making using career guidance and counseling strategies in form of various alternative services, such as career counselling services, group guidance, classroom service, and even support from other parties.

scholarly journals Working on Stories to Enhance Career Decision Makings Self-Efficacy

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 63
Author(s):  
K. Argyro Charokopaki
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Career Counseling ◽  
Self Efficacy ◽  
Career Decision ◽  
Structured Interview ◽  
Theory And Practice ◽  
Career Counselling ◽  
Career Decision Making ◽  
Story Telling ◽  
Narrative Approaches

This article considers the potential complementarity of traditional career assessment and more recent narrative approaches -in particular narrative career counseling and story telling approach- to career counseling in terms of theory and practice. It describes an Integrated Qualitative Structured Interview to construct stories about the four sources of career decision making self-efficacy information: mastery experiences, vicarious learning, social persuasion and emotions regulations techniques. The model facilitates and enables narrative exploration to supplement clients&rsquo; knowledge and understanding of the role of past and present influences concerning career decision making self-efficacy. The Narrative career counselling and the story telling approach and Social Cognitive Career Theory are the foundation of the qualitative structured interview based on story crafting questions.

Cross-Cultural Career Counselling

1996 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 19-22 ◽  
Author(s):  
Linda Rainey
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Ethnic Minorities ◽  
Career Decision ◽  
Cross Cultural ◽  
Career Counselling ◽  
Decision Making Process ◽  
Career Decision Making ◽  
Knowledge And Skills ◽  
Australian Context

When conducting a search of the literature concerning the career decision-making process undertaken by Vietnamese Australian tertiary students, various papers concerning career counselling with ethnic minorities and cross-cultural career counselling have been consulted. This paper presents the main points in the literature because of their relevance to the Australian context. The knowledge and skills required of career counsellors who work with such clients, as described in these texts, highlight the challenges facing these professionals.

scholarly journals Decision-making styles as predictors of career decision difficulties in secondary school students with regard to gender

2019 ◽  
Vol 28 (3) ◽  
pp. 601-620
Author(s):  
Sonja Pečjak ◽  
Anja Podlesek ◽  
Tina Pirc
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Career Decision ◽  
Career Counselling ◽  
Career Decision Making ◽  
Dysfunctional Beliefs ◽  
School Students ◽  
Internal Conflicts ◽  
Lack Of Information ◽  
Decision Making Styles ◽  
Decision Styles

The study aimed to examine whether students' different career decision styles predict their difficulties in deciding about their future education. We measured students' adaptive self-confident and three maladaptive decision-making styles: avoidant, panic, and impulsive, and examined how these styles are related to students' difficulties in career decision-making: internal and external conflicts, lack of information, and dysfunctional beliefs. Our sample comprised 792 final-year students from 26 Slovenian secondary schools. We used the Career Decision Difficulties Questionnaire (CDDQ) and Adolescent Decision Making Questionnaire (ADMQ), which we adapted to the Slovenian language. The results showed that boys use self-confident and impulsive decision-making styles more often and panic decision-making style less often than girls do. Boys reported less internal conflicts, lack of information and dysfunctional beliefs. Among CDDQ scales, we found a strong correlation between Internal Conflicts and Lack of Information scale scores and moderate correlations of these two scales with External Conflicts. Correlations between ADMQ scales were low to moderate: Self-Confident Style scale score correlated negatively with scores on scales of all three maladaptive styles. The Lack of Information score was best predicted by the Panic Decision-Making Style score, the External Conflicts score by the Panic and Impulsive Decision-Making Style scores, and the strongest predictors of Dysfunctional Beliefs score was the Panic Decision-Making Style score. Having more pronounced panic style and being a girl turned out to be related to more difficulties in all domains of career decision-making. Some practical career counselling implications of these findings are discussed.

Occupational Information at a Critical Time of Decision Making

1993 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 31-36 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ruth Chapman
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Career Education ◽  
Critical Time ◽  
Career Decision ◽  
The United States ◽  
Career Counselling ◽  
Tertiary Level ◽  
Career Decision Making ◽  
Occupational Information

This article reviews the current literature relating to occupational Information. It examines the various types of occupational information, the role of occupational information in career education and career counselling, perceptions of end-users and practitioners and the influence of occupational information on career outcomes. The immense amount of literature covers studies in the United States, Australia and United Kingdom, and in the main the studies are concerned with the effect of occupational information on, and its relationship with, tertiary level students. The review forms part of a study which examined the extent to which occupational information met the needs of users at a critical time of career decision making, that is, when Victorian school leavers were considering changing their preferences for tertiary level courses after receiving their final Year 12 results.

Examining the Context of Adolescent Career Decision Making

1992 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 13-18 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mary L. McMahon
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Career Education ◽  
School Personnel ◽  
Career Decision ◽  
Career Counselling ◽  
Career Decision Making ◽  
Contextual Elements ◽  
Insufficient Time ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Reductionist Approach

Adolescents are involved in career decision making at various times during their secondary education. Career education programs provided to assist with this process tend to be school specific and vary in content and depth according to the time allocated and the expertise and training of school personnel. Insufficient time or insufficient training can cause career education to be oversimplified. However, to underestimate the complexity of career decision making and treat it simplistically using a reductionist approach is to disadvantage both adolescents and school personnel. It is essential to consider career decision making in context — not to disregard the reductionist approach but to place it in a contextual frame where the impact of contextual elements on career decision making can be examined. Thus career education and career counselling can be challenging and satisfying for both adolescents and school personnel as they explore the complex issues related to career decision making.

scholarly journals Building a solution-focused career counselling strategy for career indecision

2019 ◽  
Vol 28 (1) ◽  
pp. 73-79
Author(s):  
Elvan Y Akyol ◽  
Feride Bacanlı
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Relevant Literature ◽  
Career Decision ◽  
Career Indecision ◽  
Career Counselling ◽  
Difficulty Level ◽  
Career Decision Making ◽  
Post Test ◽  
Counselling Process ◽  
Solution Focused

The literature contains quite a few theoretical and case study articles with respect to the development and use of solution-focused brief therapy. However, very few of these studies focus on the effects of using solution-focused therapy principles and techniques in career counselling. This study is aimed to examine the effect of a five-session solution-focused brief career counselling on reducing a university student’s career indecision. A university student who had a career indecision problem participated in the research. The career counselling process was assessed by using pre- to post-test result changes of the counselee. In order to measure the career indecision level of the counselee, Career Decision-Making Difficulties Questionnaire was used. The Career Decision-Making Difficulties Questionnaire was administrated before the beginning of the first session and after the termination session as a pre- and post-test. At the end of the five-session solution-focused brief career counselling process, the results demonstrated that the client’s career decision-making difficulty level was reduced. The findings of the study were discussed based on the results of the research in the relevant literature.

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