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Connecting Theory and Practice: Using Interests in Career and Educational Decision Making
Dr. Janet Wall CEUonestop.com
Goals for Today
• Discuss concept of career development theory • Focus in on one theory – Holland and Interests • • Describe the theory and its components Show applications of the theory
Benefits of Career Development Theories
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Model or framework to help explain things
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Career choice and change
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Predict future events
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Such as job satisfaction
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Can be verified or modified with research and experience
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Serve as guidelines for practice, tools, and techniques
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Selecting education and training
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Identifying career pathways
General Model Person Characteristics Dependable Strengths?
Abilities and Skills Primary Interests Values Styles/Personality Beliefs Environment Characteristics Ability Requirements Interests Satisfied Values Supported Work Styles Barriers
Fit Into Compatible Environment
Nice try!
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Today’s Focus = Interests
John Holland – Vocational Personality Theory
Basic Tenets of Holland’s Theory
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Each individual can be described as a combination of one or more of six “types”
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Environments can be described as a combination of one or more of six “types”
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Individuals seek environments type as theirs which have the same or similar
Kinds of Environments
• • • • • • • • • School Subjects/Courses Friends Majors Career Paths Education and Training Hobbies and Other Out-of-School Activities Decisions Occupations Jobs
Basic Tenets of Holland’s Theory
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Having a match between a person and their environment predicts satisfaction, longevity, and contribution
Realistic Conventional Investigative
RIASEC
Enterprising Artistic Social
Holland’s Six Types Realistic
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Realistic - work with hands, tools, equipment, animals; see tangible results; prefer to work alone
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-5ctuFH9PsE
Holland’s Six Types Investigative
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Investigative - work with science, math, abstract thinking, ideas; prefer to work alone; problem solvers
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rp-xehRQSGQ
Holland’s Six Types Artistic
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Artistic - work with art, music, words to express self creatively; like to entertain; don’t like rules
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z5DWQ3nbJTg
Holland’s Six Types Social
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Social - work face-to-face with people to help, teach, counsel; high value on verbal skills
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JyHcLsLvTTQ
Holland’s Six Types Enterprising
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Enterprising - work face-to-face with people to sell, lead, manage; high value on influencing others; take risks to make money; influence people toward goals
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zRUyjVcDRAY
Holland’s Six Types Conventional
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Conventional - work with data, numbers, records, to keep them orderly; follows rules
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ENngVDNtm6Q https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=To8UOklCooU
Career Video Resources
• http://www.careeronestop.org/Videos/CareerandClusterVideos/career and-cluster-videos.aspx
• • www.jobsmadereal.com
www.youtube.com
What are Your Interest Areas?
Personal Codes
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An individual’s Holland code is usually expressed as a two or three-letter code obtained from an interest inventory
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Ties are possible
Holland’s Hexagon
Three Important Concepts
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Consistency
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Differentiation
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Congruence
Consistency
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Consistency – the relationship of the first two letters of a Holland code as indicated by the hexagon
Differentiation
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Differentiation – the numerical difference among the six scores of a profile; degree of difference of the results Most of us have peaks and valleys.
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Things were are most and least interested in
Differentiated Profile
Undifferentiated High Profile
Undifferentiated Low Profile
Our Job in Education
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Give as many opportunities and experiences as we can.
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Interests often don’t get solidified until high school and young adult.
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One interest inventory is just a snapshot – give every year or two to see if there are changes.
Congruence
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Congruence – the degree of “fit” between a person’s code and an environment
Applications of Holland’s Theory
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learn about the interests of individuals
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understand why people are satisfied or dissatisfied in their work
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assist individuals to choose majors, career pathways, courses of study, school courses, and leisure activities
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organize high school curriculum or college majors
Applications of Holland’s Theory
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organize career information, job shadowing, and career days provide the structure for career guidance services help place individuals in course of study assist individuals to find jobs/careers in which their interests can be used
How to Match with Occupations and Jobs
http://www.onetonline.org
http://www.mynextmove.org/explore/ip
Activities to Help Understand Interests Better
• Art • English • History • Current Events • Cinema • And More……
Ideas from Wall, J. E. (2005). What Do I Like to Do?: 101 Activities to Identify Interests and Plan Careers, Austin, TX: ProEd, Inc.
Oscar Nominees 2014 American Hustle Captain Phillips Dallas Buyers Club Gravity Her Nebraska Philomena 12 Years a Slave The Wolf of Wall Street
Maryland County Hospital You are the HR Supervisor of a new hospital that will be opening in 4 months. It is your job to fully staff this hospital with the people needed to operate and serve its patients on opening day.
List 20 occupations needed and the primary interest code for each.
From: Wall, J. E., What Do I Like to Do: 101 Activities to Identify Interests and Plan Careers. Published by ProEd, Inc. www.proedinc.com
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Whole Person View Abilities Experiences Values/ Attitudes Interests Dependable Strengths Skills Personality