...Once done with A’ levels, every student is faced with the impossible task of choosing a career that will decide the path of their life’s from now onwards. Students rarely pay much attention towards career when in high school, and once out of high school they face an endless sea of possibilities, pressure from parents and peers and very little time to make the right choice. Rather than having a panic attack, one needs to consider where their interests and abilities lie. Choosing a career that is only based on the consideration of ‘how much money will I earn in future through this career’ can lead to a student choosing a career that although offers money but rather leads to dissatisfaction in the long term. This does not imply that money is not to be considered at all. It simply means that a student choosing between different options should keep a balance between both interest and earning capability when selecting a career. It would be rather foolish of someone to choose a career that is although based on interest, has little or no market value at all. That interest can then be pursued as a hobby but not as a career. What is rather an important consideration in choosing the right career is whether enough finance is available to undertake that degree. Although lack of finance could be a detrimental factor to a student, nowadays different scholarships are available that one can avail. Taking into account all these different elements a student can then make a list of available...
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...FACTORS OF CAREER CHOICES AS DETERMINED BY EXTERNAL MILIEUS A Micro Research Paper Arabia, Lord Mark Anthony M. Villones, Wilson C. ED 4 Educational Research and Evaluation Masilang, Judy Marcia M. 22 March 2012 THE RESEARCH PROBLEM Career choice is an ongoing process, needs in-depth study, and requires much thought as it a decision that affects your future. As you learn new things you get an understanding of what you are interested in, what you would enjoy doing and what will be one of the best paying options. Career planning is a never-ending process as you gain experiences, grow, and improve. You need to give it a thought (Koonar, 2009). And there would always be a time that students will definitely begin to discern their future career. When the students reached this point, they now start to solicit ideas of what course to be selected as an embodiment of their future career. However, though most of them solicit ideas from the people who are learned in a particular discerning situation, they usually end up selecting their own choices (Polistico, 2009). When they fail to choose what their hearts desire, then would most likely shift course and end up the college level doubling the time intended for the particular course. The purpose of the study is to determine if career choice is really determined by the external milieus to which the students used to live. Furthermore, it seeks primarily to explore the extent of how these external factors could predict students’...
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...Career Choices By Shelby Kutzke What I will be covering in this paper is the differences between two career websites comparing the services and resources that are provided. Compile a list of three career goals post-graduation and then finally draft a job posting that will fit one of the three career goals including duties, job responsibilities, experience required for the position and as well as salary. With so many different career websites to choose through I narrowed down my search to the websites Indeed.com and Careerbuilder.com. Throughout my research on both websites I found the CareerBuilder was more resourceful than Indeed. You have the option to post your resume for employers to search through when hiring. Indeed only lets an employee just simply search for a job. Another resource CareerBuilder has is the advanced search option is much more detailed and allows more than just a few search options to be chosen including salary, education level, years of experience and what the type of position the employee is most qualified for (Entry Level, Manager, etc.) plus many more. In the next few sections I will discuss my future post-graduation career goals. My first goal after I graduate would be to research company’s I would potentially want to work for. My research would include location of the job, benefits provided and as well as the pay scale. I would seek a company which would offer me a continuing education on my field. Once I have narrowed down my search to a...
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...Abstract When making a career choice there are many variables students have to consider before making their final decision. Fortunately, students have support from teachers, counselors, parents and other stakeholders to assist them with their choices. Career counselors play a pivotal role in aiding students with this important step, by implementing the tools to guide them in discovering their interests and abilities and matching them with jobs that most appropriately fit their personality styles. A Career Counseling Assessment Programme allows the counselor the opportunity to scrutinise the range of career choices with the student after which the best choice is made in the student’s interest. This requires the counselor to be an objective thinker who is not easily influenced by emotion. This programme gives students the life skills needed to improve their self-concepts, become sentient of educational awareness, economic awareness, develop their skill competence, problem solving abilities and be generally prepared for the world of work. Introduction At some point in the life of students, whilst in the process of choosing a career, they encounter situations when they could benefit from honest advice. Career counselors provide this much needed guidance to students so that they can triumph over this overwhelming process. In the school system career counseling is a student-centered support service where students are guided through the career planning process by...
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...Case Incident 1 What Should Wilma and Frank do? 1. According to Edgar Schein, what career anchors are driving Wilma’s and Frank’s careers at this point? Career Anchors include talents, motives, values and attitudes which give stability and direction to a person’s career – it is the ‘motivator’ or ‘driver’ of that person. A career anchor is the one element in your self-concept that you will not give up, even in the face of difficult choices The Career anchor that identifies with Wilma is Pure Challenge, Wilma has decided to relocate and pursue a job as an associate professor of business at a university in Nunavut. She has been given an opportunity to embrace a career position she has been working towards for the last five years through her doctorate, and accepts the challenge to move away from her husband and embark on a new chapter. She strives to be successful. The Career anchor identified with Frank is Service/ Dedication to the job. Frank did not feel compelled to move to Nunavut with Wilma. The job search fell short of his expected values. 2. If Wilma wishes to stay in her new job, how could her employer assist her with this dilemma? The employer could recommend a job search service. Frank could possibly meet with a representative who can assist him with building his qualifications, revise his resume and prepare him for interviews. Wilma’s employer could help network Frank. Contact friends, relatives, and acquaintances one by one and ask them if they know of any...
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...Career Choices | May 16 2013 | Careersite.com was the first website that I discovered when beginning this assignment. While browsing this website I noticed that it gives you a variety of ways to search for jobs. I also found that you can select a long description or a short description for the job you are researching. You have the option once you have found jobs to sort them again if needed. The second website that I used was usajobs.com. I search this site often. This site gives you so many options and so much information about the job that you are seeking. There a huge differences between the two sites. This website gives you the salary range, how long the job will be open, the name of the person you can speak with concerning the job, benefits, and if they will pay a relocation fee if the job is not in your area. There is also a dock station that gives you a drop down that shows all sections that you can search about the job. Usa.gov is a more professional website and it has more information about the job. This is the best website that I have seen by far. I have found several jobs that are interesting in my desired field of study. I have narrowed it down to four possible careers. The three career choices that I have chosen to discuss are: HR Director, HR Manager and Administrative Assistant. An HR Director guides and manages the overall provision of Human Resources services, policies, and programs for the entire company. An HR Manager guides and manages the overall...
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...hope reading this will not confuse anyone. Thanks for your patients. Define: Find out where the problem came from, Present state/ desired state: Duncker diagram, Statement–restatement, K.T. problem analysis (is/is not ) Generate: Blockbusting: Free association, Vertical thinking, Lateral thinking Decide: Priority analysis, KT analysis: Situation (timing, trend, impact) Decision (musts/wants) Potential problem Implementation: State the problem, generate analogies, Solve analogies, Transfer analogies Gantt chart Deployment chart Budge Evaluate: Evaluation check list, ethical consideration, safety consideration Defining the problems: present state/ desired state. Career objectives for the future lead me to redefine my current vocation. I am an over the road truck driver with limited career choices. My job requires me to be away from home at least 4 to 6 weeks at a time. This is hard on my family and me. My pay is not that good and no retirement benefits. Health benefits are from Medicare/Medicaid as I am receiving some social security benefits. My current age is 60 years old and gives me some doubt as to my ability to compete in the job market. I would like to go back to school but have no saving to pay for schooling. I would like to have a better job with better pay, more time at home, a better health care package with dental care and a retirement plan that I can live off of. Going back to school is something that I would like to do, to receive a degree. This will...
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...Sample Report A Formal Report Sample Reports A FORMAL REPORT THE EFFECTS OF STRESS ON BUSINESS EMPLOYEES AND PROGRAMS OFFERED BY EMPLOYERS TO MANAGE EMPLOYEE STRESS Prepared for Dr. Robert J. Olney Southwest Texas State University Prepared by Charles Dishinger Nancy Howard Bill Kiagler Sherry Seabrooke Donna Tucker November 29, 20-- S-29 Copyright © Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. Sample Reports ii TABLE OF CONTENTS Page LIST OF TABLES……………………………………………………………………… ………. LIST OF FIGURES……………………………………………………………………… ……… ABSTRACT…………………………………………………………………… ………………... SECTION I INTRODUCTION TO THE STUDY………………………………………………….. Introduction…………………………………………………… ……………... Statement of the Problem…………………………………………………….. Significance of the Study…………………………………………………….. Scope of the Study…………………………………………………………… Review of Related Literature………………………………………………… Methods of the Study………………………………………………………… Source of Data…………………………………………………… …. l iii iv v 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 3 3 4 4 4 6 6 6 6 7 8 9 10 11 S-30 Copyright © Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. Sample Reports iii LIST OF TABLES Table 1. Programs Offered by Employers to Manage Stress ........…………………………………… Page 8 S-31 Copyright © Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. Sample Reports iv LIST OF FIGURES Figure 1. Age Distribution of Respondents .......................……………………………………………. 2. Negative Effects of Stress on Work Performance...
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...A software developer is a person with every aspect of software design; in other words they dive into every facet of the software development process. This very reason is why being a software developer is a passion of mine, because in the words of most people in this chosen career “developers make software for the world to use” (Hardiman). Although most interview processes concerning software developing can be tedious as well as challenging, especially over the phone, ultimately becoming a software designer is worth the suffering and sweat. It also helps that a software developer's average salary is higher than most other occupations in the technology field. So, why choose a career in software development; well, it will allow me to pursue my passion for developing software in phones, it’s challenging, and it pays extremely well. Until recently, the iPhone iOS dominated the mobile market, but Google Android has now demonstrably overtaken iPhone in terms of market share, due partly to the power of the Google brand and partly to the platform's openness (Mobile Technology). Moments like this, Google developing something equally great, if not better than, the top developer in the country is why I have such a passion for software design in mobile technology. To create something that reaches all around the globe, knowing it’s the best out there at the moment, would be indescribable. It’s not only the knowledge that I created something great, but also the fact that I fixed something that...
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...Personality and Career Choice Personality profiles are used by organizations as a method of evaluating an employee’s personal attributes, skills, and values. The results of the personality profiles are also used by management to evaluate an employee’s work performance. It is important to know how to analyze a personality test, and to know how to interpret the results. The purpose of this paper is to offer insight regarding the relationship between personalities and organizational behaviors, to provide some insight regarding the correlation between personality types and leadership styles, and to identify behavioral approaches within leadership roles. Personality and Career Choice Personality can be defined as a mixture of distinctive traits of an individual, and manner in which that individual interacts with and responds to others. According to the text, “Personality is an important individual characteristic to understand. It helps us identify predictable interplays between people’s individual differences and their tendencies to behave in certain ways.” (Schermerhorn, J. R., 2012, p. 29). Personality traits are characteristics that define a person’s behavior or attitudes towards something or someone. Personality profiles assist managers in evaluating whether or not an applicant has the desired personal attributes, skills, and values that the company is seeking for a leadership position. According to researcher Yukl, G., (2012), “To be highly useful for...
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...UNIVERSITY OF EDUCATION, WINNEBA DEPARTMENT OF PSYCHOLOGY AND EDUCATION FACTORS INFLUENCING CAREER CHOICE AMONG THE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS IN THE SOUTH TONGU DISTRICT OF VOLTA REGION, GHANA DANIEL KWASI GAMELI AVUGLA JULY, 2011 UNIVERSITY OF EDUCATION, WINNEBA DEPARTMENT OF PSYCHOLOGY AND EDUCATION FACTORS INFLUENCING CAREER CHOICE AMONG THE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS IN THE SOUTH TONGU DISTRICT OF VOLTA REGION, GHANA DANIEL KWASI GAMELI AVUGLA (B.ED BUSINESS EDUCATION, ACCOUNTING OPTION) A Thesis in the Department of Psychology and Education, Faculty of EDUCATIONAL STUDIES Submitted to the School of Graduate Studies, University of Education, Winneba, in partial fulfilment of the requirements for award of the Master of Philosophy (M. Phil Guidance & Counselling) degree JULY, 2011 DECLARATION STUDENT’S DECLARATION I, DANIEL KWASI GAMELI AVUGLA declare that this Thesis, with the exception of quotations and references contained in published works which have all being identified and duly acknowledged, is entirely my own original work, and it has not been submitted, either in part or whole for another degree elsewhere SIGNATURE: ............................................................................. DATE: ......................................................................................... SUPERVISOR’S DECLARATION I hereby declare that the preparation and presentation of this work...
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...EVALUATING CAREER CHOICES : HUMANITIES/HUM114 Evaluating Career Choices Marlon Grant Hum/114 08/13/13 Wendy Hamilton The argument for a business degree was compelling until I started doing the research. Having a business degree can take you so far, for instance in the hotel, restaurant and tourism field. Which for me is not the direction I want or see myself in but I did the research just to prove that I was willing to see what it was about. The next argument is a degree in information technology. Now the IT is a good field to get into because you can do so much more with it. You can go into the security, programing software, and development of new technologies. There was some validity of truth with both arguments. For instance having a business degree will not have infinite options, whereas an IT degree is the future of the world. “You should consider a career in IT because it has very promising career field of the future”. 1 Either/or Thinking: when a person believes that there are only two possibilities. 2 Avoiding the Issues: when you attack the person making the argument instead of the argument. 3 Overgeneralization: when you take a valid idea to ridiculous extremes. 4 Oversimplifying: when you take a complicated issue and try to reduce to a more understandable level. 5 Double Standard: when you are critical of something in one context, but not in another. 6 Shifting the Burden of Proof: making...
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...Before deciding on my career choice, I have had a lot of time determining if it was really the career for me. My career choice is a clinical social worker. There are many aspects that goes into being a clinical social worker and I have to thoroughly research it before I planned for it to be my future career. As asked in the General orientation toward the future self -assessment, values that are very important to me is reliability, open-mindedness, honesty, and dependability. I feel that everyone in the world deserves to have people in their life that hold these values so I aim to at least help as many people as I can with those values that I instill into myself. The personal satisfaction that I receive from helping others would be for the...
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...Five years ago, I began the journey of becoming an LPN (License practical nurse). Even though there where many obstacles. I was able to complete the program and become the great LPN that I am today. Unfortunately, as the years have passed, I once again have decided to continue my education and finish what I started 5 years ago and become an RN (Register Nurse). Not only do I want to become an RN because, I love taking care and providing for others, but I want to be able to be more financially stable to provide for my family. There are also better opportunities as far as work places and duties. My skills will no longer be limited and the benefits will be more gratifying. In total, becoming an RN seems to have more pros than cons. Not only do I want to become an RN because, I love taking care and providing for others, but I want to be able to be more financially stable to provide for my family. It will be fewer hours for better monetary outcome. It will endow me the time needed to spend with my family. As an RN, there will be doors that will open to provide better opportunities and flexibility. Upon completion of graduation, registered nurses are able to work on staff at hospitals, nursing homes, teaching positions at colleges, hospitals, and universities. They can also specialize in certain nursing fields, such as: neonatal nursing, patient educator, oncology, and clinical nurse manager. The need for nurses also gives you some flexibility for your schedules, various shifts...
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...OTHER FACTORS INFLUENCING CAREER CHOICES Interests Career choice will also be influenced by your interests. Most students tell us that they would like an ‘interesting’ job. Interests are of course, very personal, and two people may be interested in the same activity for quite different reasons. A chess player might relish the company, the intellectual challenge, the competition, the elements of psychological warfare. So what do you mean by ‘interesting’? Think of a couple of activities - work, study or leisure that you have enjoyed. 1 2 What interested you? · Mental stimulation? · Using your abilities? · Sense of achievement? · Excitement? · What else? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Which of your activities give you the most enjoyment? By choice, to which do you want to give most time? Is there an overall pattern? If so can you use it to take the following from 1 (most) to 6 (least) preferred? SCIENTIFIC/TECHNICAL (Experimenting, researching, design, analysis) PEOPLE(CARING) (assisting, caring, advising) PEOPLE (INFLUENCING) (organising, controlling, communicating) CREATIVE (art, craft, music, design) INFORMATION/DATA (numbers, analysing, classifying) PRACTICAL (making...
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