Taking Charge of Your Career Direction Career Planning Guide, Book 1

by Lock, Robert D.

• ISBN13: 9780534574260
• ISBN10: 0534574262
• Edition: 5th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2004-07-27
• Publisher: Cengage Learning

Summary

Take charge of your own career! Long described as the most complete, motivating, and logical career-planning book on the market, TAKING CHARGE OF YOUR CAREER DIRECTION provides you with the information you need to evaluate various opportunities in the world of work. With numerous personal inventories, core exercises, and real-life examples, this activity-oriented text helps you take stock of which career is right for you!

Table of Contents

Introduction to Career Planning	1	(37)
Getting Started	3	(2)
Choice and Freedom	5	(1)
The Career Decision-Making Process	6	(3)
Theories of Occupational Choice and Career Development	9	(13)
Roe's Theory of Occupational Choice	10	(2)
Holland's Theory of Careers	12	(1)
Theories of Career Development: Ginzberg and Super	13	(4)
Krumboltz's Social Learning Theory	17	(2)
Cognitive Theories of Career Development	19	(1)
Personal Construct Theory (PCT)	20	(1)
Integrative Life Planning	21	(1)
Chapter 1 Exercises	22	(13)
Ideal Job Description	22	(9)
Autobiography	31	(3)
Life Line	34	(1)
Summary	35	(1)
References	36	(2)
The Changing World of Work	38	(47)
Occupational Trends	40	(3)
General Economic Forces and Labor Trends	43	(21)
Demographic Trends	43	(3)
Labor Trends	46	(4)
New (or Re-Emphasized) Work Values	50	(1)
Alternative Work Styles: Free-Agent Independent Workers and Nonstandard Workers	51	(3)
Education and Job Training Trends	54	(2)
Economic Forces	56	(3)
Location and Time Trends	59	(2)
Unemployment, Underemployment, and Turnover Rates	61	(1)
Miscellaneous Trends	62	(2)
New and Emerging Occupations: Difficulties and Benefits	64	(2)
Growing and Declining Occupations and Industries	66	(5)
Trends in Specific Occupations within Occupational Groups	71	(9)
Factory Shutdown Exercise	78	(2)
Summary	80	(1)
References	81	(4)
Your Preferences in the World of Work	85	(35)
Occupational Interests	86	(2)
Using Inventories	88	(1)
The Six Holland Personality/Environment Types	88	(5)
Personality Types	89	(1)
Work Environments	90	(2)
Relationships among the Six Holland Types	92	(1)
Generating Occupational Prospects with the Holland Codes	93	(3)
Holland Personality Pattern Word List	96	(1)
The Strong Interest Inventory (SII) and the Career Assessment Inventory (CAI)	96	(3)
Basic Interest Scales	97	(1)
Specific Occupational Scales	97	(2)
Personal Style Scales	99	(1)
The Myers-Briggs Type Indicator	99	(6)
Other Inventories	105	(3)
The Harrington/O'Shea Career Decision-Making (CDM) System---Level 2	105	(1)
The Career Occupational Preference System (COPS)	106	(1)
Brief Descriptions of Six More Inventories	107	(1)
Exercises for Generating Occupational Prospects	108	(9)
Remembering	108	(1)
Asking	108	(2)
Occupational Daydreaming	110	(1)
Wishing	110	(1)
Browsing	110	(1)
What Needs to Be Done?	111	(1)
Career Kits and Games	112	(1)
Card Sorts	113	(1)
Computer-Based Career Guidance Systems	113	(1)
Local or State Career Systems	114	(1)
Special Family	114	(1)
Fantasizing	114	(1)
Family Tree	115	(1)
Interest Inventories and Coding Systems	116	(1)
Occupational Classification Systems	117	(1)
Summary	117	(1)
References	118	(2)
Gathering Information about Your Occupational Prospects	120	(56)
Occupational Information	122	(15)
The Range of Occupational Information	122	(1)
Government Sources of Occupational Information	123	(1)
Other Printed Sources of Occupational Information	124	(1)
Talking to People about Their Jobs	125	(1)
Computer-Assisted Career Guidance Systems	126	(4)
Occupational Information Using the Internet and the World Wide Web	130	(3)
Using Literature and the Media as Sources of Occupational Information	133	(1)
Information on Local Employment Opportunities	134	(1)
Visiting a Career Resource Center	135	(1)
Evaluating Occupational Information	136	(1)
Making Sense of the World of Work: Classifying Occupations into Groups	137	(37)
Classification of Occupations in the Occupational Outlook Handbook	137	(3)
OOH Occupational Cluster Checklist	140	(2)
Occupational Group Arrangement in the DOT, the O*Net, and the Canadian NOC	142	(1)
The Dictionary of Occupational Titles (DOT)	142	(4)
Survey of Two-Digit DOT Divisions	146	(3)
The Occupational Information Network---The O*Net	149	(2)
O*Net Search for Occupations	151	(6)
Arrangement of Occupations in the Guide for Occupational Exploration	157	(2)
GOE Work Group Checklist	159	(3)
Roe Classification of Occupations	162	(2)
Selecting Occupational Prospects to Research	164	(7)
An Occupational Search Requires Occupational Research	171	(3)
Summary	174	(1)
References	174	(2)
Motivation and Achievement	176	(34)
Goals, Motives, and Needs	177	(4)
Goals	178	(1)
Motives	178	(1)
Needs	178	(3)
Setting Goals	181	(3)
Short-Term Goal-Setting Exercise	183	(1)
An Example of an Experience with the Short-Term Goal-Setting Exercise	184	(1)
Achievement Motivation	184	(13)
Exercises in Imagination	186	(3)
Mental Imagery in Athletics and in Life	189	(1)
Write More Achievement Stories to Strengthen Your Achievement Motivation	190	(2)
One Person's Real-Life Achievement Story	192	(3)
High-Achiever Strategies	195	(1)
Concluding Thoughts about Achievement Motivation	196	(1)
Identifying Your Achievements	197	(8)
Remembering Past Achievements	198	(4)
Achievement Checklist	202	(3)
Keep a Record of Your Achievements in a Portfolio	205	(3)
List the Contents of Your Portfolio	207	(1)
Summary	208	(1)
References	208	(2)
Abilities: Skills and Aptitudes	210	(41)
Introduction to the Study of Abilities	211	(2)
Functional, Content, and Adaptive Skills	213	(22)
Functional/Transferable Skills	214	(1)
Functional/Transferable Skills	214	(1)
Work Content or Special-Knowledge Skills	214	(3)
List Your Content or Knowledge Skills	217	(3)
Adaptive or Self-Management Skills	220	(1)
Adaptive or Self-Management Skills	221	(1)
Skill Language Has Many Uses	222	(1)
Connecting Types of Skills	223	(1)
Connecting Functional, Content, and Adaptive Skills	224	(1)
Achievement Experiences	225	(7)
Skills Inventory	232	(3)
Aptitudes	235	(11)
Aptitudes Measured by the Differential Aptitude Tests (DAT)	237	(2)
Aptitudes Measured by the Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery (ASVAB)	239	(1)
Aptitudes Measured by the Career Ability Placement Survey (CAPS)	239	(1)
Aptitudes Measured by the O*Net Ability Profiler (AP)	240	(3)
Estimating Aptitude Levels	243	(3)
Prioritize Your Work Abilities	246	(3)
Prioritizing Matrix for Ranking Work Abilities	247	(2)
My Prioritized, Documented List of Work Abilities	249	(1)
Summary	249	(1)
References	250	(1)
Cultural, Personal, and Work Values	251	(43)
Values	253	(1)
Cultural Diversity and Cultural Values	254	(11)
Identifying the Values of Your Culture and Subculture	261	(2)
Conflicting Values in the Culture	263	(1)
Occupational Prestige Exercise	264	(1)
Personal Values	265	(4)
Incomplete Value Sentences	266	(1)
Rank Ordering of 21 Personal Values	267	(2)
Work Values	269	(19)
Work Values Auction	270	(1)
Evaluating a List of Work Values	271	(5)
The Work Values Inventory	276	(1)
The Values Scale	277	(1)
Review of Work Values Inventory	278	(8)
Experiences with Work Values	286	(2)
Prioritize Your Work Values	288	(3)
Prioritizing Matrix for Ranking Work Values	288	(2)
My Prioritized List of Work Values	290	(1)
Summary	291	(1)
References	292	(2)
Focusing on Your Career Decision	294	(13)
The Nature of Decision Making	295	(3)
The Career Decision-Making Process Revisited	296	(1)
Types of Career Decision Makers According to Degrees of Decidedness	297	(1)
Expansion and Contraction of Occupational Prospects	298	(2)
Methods of Challenging Current Occupational Prospects	300	(5)
Challenge Your Occupational Prospects with Your Ideal Job Description	300	(1)
Challenge Occupational Prospects Generated Only Once or Twice	301	(1)
Challenge Occupational Prospects on the Basis of Your Work Abilities	302	(1)
Challenge Occupational Prospects on the Basis of Your Work Values	303	(1)
Challenge Occupational Prospects by Length, Cost, and Location of Education	304	(1)
Summary	305	(1)
References	306	(1)
Making Career Decisions: Putting It All Together	307	(26)
Coping with the Risks and Stress of Decision Making	309	(5)
Coping Patterns in Decision Making	309	(3)
The Quality of Your Decisions	312	(1)
Strategies and Risks in Decision Making	312	(2)
A Practice Decision-Making Exercise: Choosing a College	314	(6)
Intuitive Decision Making	314	(1)
A Rational, Systematic Approach to Decision Making	314	(3)
Procedures in Using the Decision-Making Matrix	317	(3)
Choosing a College	320	(1)
Discussion	320	(1)
The Career Decision	320	(11)
Summary List of Occupational Prospects, Work Values, and Work Abilities	322	(3)
Career Decision-Making Exercise	325	(5)
Final, Prioritized List of Occupational Prospects	330	(1)
Summary	331	(1)
References	331	(2)
Reality-Testing Your Career Choice	333	(46)
Educational Decisions	334	(31)
Colleges and Occupations	336	(5)
Community Colleges and Occupations	341	(4)
Apprenticeship and Occupations	345	(3)
Other Educational Alternatives	348	(10)
Educational Programs Arranged by the Holland Categories	358	(1)
Educational Costs and Financial Aid	358	(3)
Work and Time Management While Attending College	361	(1)
Educational Planning Exercise	362	(3)
Reality-Testing Your Career Decision	365	(10)
Basic Career Plans	365	(2)
Occupational Reality-Testing Exercise	367	(2)
Force Field Analysis	369	(3)
The ``Hot Seat''---A Group Exercise	372	(1)
Write Your Own Achievement Story	373	(2)
A Final Word about Negative Feedback and Changing Occupations	375	(1)
Summary	376	(1)
References	376	(3)
Appendix A Implementing Your Career Decision---The Job Search	379	(10)
Appendix B Occupational Cluster Survey (Detailed) for the Occupational Outlook Handbook	389	(6)
Appendix C The National Occupational Classification (NOC) of Canada	395	(12)
Appendix D Dictionary of Occupational Titles (DOT)	407	(11)
Appendix E O*Net Search for Occupations (Exercise 4-3 in Chapter 4)	418	(21)
Appendix F GOE Group Checklist	439	(5)
Appendix G Origami: An Achievement Motivation Game	444	(3)
Appendix H O*Net Skills, Abilities, and Knowledges	447	(8)
Appendix I Worksheets for Occupational Information	455	(10)
Index	465