Career Counseling Interviews

I am now going to look at five types of interview and approaches that can be taken for different reasons;

During the interview, Stashia presented issues of career changed frequently as she diverted from majoring in one career path to another. She divulged in the interview that she had once listened to others and not decided on her own path. She reported changing her major, considered doing things differently if she could, and not having taken any vocational assessments that would have helped her. The writer will conceptualize interviewees barriers with theories of career counseling.

The interviewee selected for this assignment is a middle aged Caucasian male, Mr. Bippes. Mr. Bippes presented as social, energetic, and appeared as charming during the interview. Mr. Bippes shared his personal and professional interests, preferences, personality, skills, and values. Mr. Bippes shared that his personal interests included expanding his development in technology both in his professional and personal life. “Expanding my knowledge of Access and Excel database functionality is important to my career, but also helps me in some everyday tasks. Increasing my knowledge by taking as much training and expansions classes that I can and networking with my peers helps me to create a more cohesive working experience” stated Mr. Bippes. Mr. Bippes presented as social and a lover of all aspects of life. Working on structural issues, using tools, building, making repairs, and playing tennis were of the several things that Mr. Bippes reported that he enjoys.

Behrend, T. S., Thompson. L. F., Meade, A. W., Grayson, M. S., & Newton, D. A. (2007, April). Gender differences in career choice influences. Paper presented at the 22nd Annual Meeting of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, New York.

I interviewed Mrs. Regina Bowman, a semi-retired case manager/career counselor for the city Workforce Program, Job Link (personal communication, March 18, 2014). Mrs. Bowman spent 35 years with the city, 20 of those years at Job link and 15 years with the police department. The purpose of the interview was to discover how Mrs. Bowman selected career counseling as her profession or life’s purpose.

One of the overall goals of the career counseling process is for the counselor to assist the client to transition from a stage of exploration of themselves and their abilities, interests and values to that of making career decisions. By identifying this in Ruby helped me guide her throughout our sessions and formulate an action plan to overcome her obstacles and challenges at work. As a counselor I must informed Ruby of the many phrases that we may go through during the career counseling process as well as to discuss the goals of each phase. This process is called “Exploring Phase” then “Decision-Making Phase” (Andersen and Vandehey, 2006, p.179).

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I interviewed Officer Greenlee, who is a close friend. She works as a Correctional Officer for the Peoria County Jail, I interviewed her while we were on duty on Saturday, April 16th.

Prior to data collection, Hurley (2014) conducted a pilot study to gain experience conducting the interview and to evaluate the appropriateness of the interview structure. Since the pilot study was conducted successfully, Hurley (2014) proceeded with data collection for his study. Overall, findings indicated that the participants perceived their career-ending

In this paper, I will focus on the case examples of Maria and Richard to demonstrate ways that gender expectations and family life can influence the process of career counseling.

There are two career development theories which is quite coinciding with my career development. The first one is the vocational choice theory of Holland (1997), it teaches me how to choose a career at the very beginning. Holland’s theory is based on the assumptions that the individuals always make vocational choices based on their personalities and interest inventories is essentially the same as personality inventories. Holland supposes the psychological relevant stereotypical view will influence the occupational choices individuals make. What’s more, he believes that individuals can identify vocational goals by clarifying their personality and they can only be successful and content if they choose their jobs congruent with their personalities. Thus Holland classifies six pure personality types and six working environments which are realistic, investigative, artistic, social, enterprising and conventional. Actually Holland’s theory help me a lot in my career development, especially when I was confused about my future. Holland provides an instrument showing occupational titles and activities which are suitable for the six

While it is certainly true that any individual from any population can face questions, dilemmas, or circumstances regarding their career or occupation, this is an especially pertinent topic when working with those recovering from substance use disorders. Graham (2006) noted the importance surrounding the self-concept of these individuals as a primary factor for not only recovery but future career planning. Darrell Luzzo (2007) noted two different forms of career assessments, and described counselors’ roles in working with individuals’ understandings of their contextual position within occupation investigation. Luzzo defined the utilization of assessments for this purpose as career

In my short career search, I interviewed two people: Vernon Hilbert and Ryan Christ. Vernon Hilbert is a retired professor and Ryan Christ is a PhD student at Oxford studying Population Genetics.

The biography and career plan laid out in this paper provide me with a useful guide as I evaluate my professional life and establish goals for myself. I am able to apply the insights and advice I received from my interviewee to my desired career direction and map out a course of action.

Their clients' career issues are complicated by family responsibilities and work and life experiences that color their attitudes, values, and decisions. Some may already have made the decision to change, have a great deal of self-knowledge, and need information or assistance in coping with the new context of job search. Others may have drifted into their jobs with little planning or guidance, have difficulty making decisions, and lack awareness of their skills, abilities, and interests. Some may be self-directed learners who just need to be pointed in the right direction; others may want to be given the answer to their career conundrum in a structured way.