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Career Construction Interview Essay

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I am more drawn to qualitative research than I am to quantitative research, so having the opportunity to write in this way and assess a client in these terms is a preference for me. In support of the Career Construction Interview over the O*Net profiler from a counselor perspective is the ability to understand a client on a much deeper level and obtain a significant amount of information, which merely matching interests to careers cannot accomplish. By extracting life experiences, favored role models and preferred book/movie characters, a counselor is able to gain insight (perhaps unrealized by the client) into what may motivate a client to succeed in a career, their underlying values, with whom he/she may like to work with and what sort of environment may bring out the very best in what he/she has to offer. …show more content…

A further positive aspect of an informal assessment is the ability for a client to express him/herself in full sentences and evoke memories and aspects of his/her experiences that have mattered to him/her. In this way, he/she may experience the exercise as more meaningful and memorable. Finally, the Career Construction Interview may enable clients who have “undifferentiated profiles of interest,” that is, a set of interests that are not clearly defined, to gain some clarity through a deeper introspection into their preferences in a way that is less formal and anxiety provoking and more engaging (Niles & Bowlsbey, 2017, p. 143). By telling stories and gaining some insight into their passions, clients may find their interests become clear and well defined, and link to potential work environments they may not have considered

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