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The document discusses career development and several theories that aim to explain why individuals choose certain career paths. It outlines Holland's six personality types, Bandura's theory on self-efficacy, and Super's view that career preferences develop over time through life experiences. Understanding career development theories is important for choosing a fulfilling long-term career path aligned with one's interests and goals.

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Career Development

The document discusses career development and several theories that aim to explain why individuals choose certain career paths. It outlines Holland's six personality types, Bandura's theory on self-efficacy, and Super's view that career preferences develop over time through life experiences. Understanding career development theories is important for choosing a fulfilling long-term career path aligned with one's interests and goals.

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Career Development

Professional Development and Competencies Assignment #2

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We all go to school so that we can learn a particular skill or have knowledge on hands given
a particular field. The field that we specialize in and understand how it operates becomes our
career path and it is a long-life process. Career development has been studied by various scholars
that come up with models to help shade light on why an individual may choose a certain career
over another with reference to their personality type. Theories by Holland, Bandura, and Super
are career development models theories that look to explain and understand the logic behind
choosing one career path over another.

Holland given his theory concentrated on six ideal personality types. According to him,
these six personality types will help people make informed choices with career decisions. The six
ideal personality types are: realistic, investigative, artistic, social, enterprising and conventional
(Patton & McMahon, 2014). Holland’s model argues that people are actually drawn to work
environments where they can present an interest given their personalities. Therefore, with the
model, an individual that does not know what they like can use it to find out the environment that
they best fit in.

Bandura’s theory explained in detail individual’s conceptions to show how it leads to career
development. According to Bandura, people’s ability to learn and perform tasks confidently is a
reflection of what they know and how they act (Lent, 2020). Thus, this model comes down to
self-efficacy and built on people’s belief in their capability to accomplish things. Further, their
belief helps determine how they will perform depending on the actions and decisions they make.
Thus, the theory is based on observation and according to Bandura, where people watch what
others do, they can be influenced to take up a certain career path that is shaped by the human
thought processes.

Super’s theory to career development offers insight that the life stages of growth and
exploration are deeply-rooted to the process of acquiring knowledge. Thus, Super’s theory is
bent on the belief that how one perceives themselves changes over time and develops as a result
of experience (Wehmeyer et al., 2019). Thus, the beauty of having the self-concept ability is that
individuals are able to understand their interests and abilities that consequently align with the
requirements of occupations. Therefore, with time and experience, occupational preferences are
shaped to the liking of an individual’s life situations.
Career development understanding plays an integral part in shaping one’s future and
determining where they are headed in terms of their career. Career choices through various
theories have been shown to be complemented by personality traits, education as well as
personal goals. Therefore, having on hand ability to comprehend what one would want to do is
important so as not to end up in a career that one’s personality and personal goals do not match.
Further, career is a long-life process and it would be a shame to end up in one that one pushes
themselves every morning to go to work. The theories offer a framework for individuals to know
what their interests are and a question like, “twenty years from now, would I still be excited to go
to the office and work?” Such a question asked by oneself early in advance will avoid taking a
career path just because others are taking it up.

In conclusion, career development is a long-life process. Various models of career


development including, theories by Holland, Bandura and Super have been used to understand
the framework of career path given different individuals. Understanding the career development
is crucial since it helps one understand the career path that they will feel more comfortable with
even after years of being in the field. Career life makes most part of our lives, being in a career
path that is fulfilling will lead to fulfillment even in the older years.
References

Lent, R. W. (2020). Career development and counseling: A social cognitive framework. Career
development and counseling: Putting theory and research to work, 129.

Patton, W., & McMahon, M. (2014). Career development and systems theory: Connecting theory
and practice (Vol. 2). Springer.

Wehmeyer, M. L., Nota, L., Soresi, S., Shogren, K. A., Morningstar, M. E., Ferrari, L., ... &
DiMaggio, I. (2019). A crisis in career development: Life designing and implications for
transition. Career Development and Transition for Exceptional Individuals, 42(3), 179-187.

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