Career Value

In today's growing economy, people try to get a career with monetary security and additional benefits. But where there are some of other career opportunities in which people find their pride and work satisfaction more than monetary security. And such career types might rely on higher risk factor such as defense career, mercenary and many others.

“I feel sorry for the person who can't get genuinely excited about his work. Not only will he never be satisfied, but he will never achieve anything worthwhile” (Walter Chrysler). Deciding on what one wants to be in life can prove to be a demanding task. There are so many, yet limited, different opportunities in the world to have an excellent career and make a decent living while doing something one loves. It is limited because there are only a few specific career paths that someone could take to make good money. It is very difficult to make a fulfilling living being a garbage man. There are many different opportunities because, within these specific careers, there are usually various paths to take. Someone who has dreams to be a

In recent discussions of “Is College Worth It?” By John Green, a controversial issue has been whether, people should attend college or get a job after they finish high school. On the one hand, some argue that people can get a monthly income better than if they have a degree. From this perspective, some people they do not want to attend college. On the other hand, however, others insist that people should attend college after they finish high school. In the words of John Green, one of this view’s proponents, “after graduating from college, I actually made $1 per hour less when I started working as an assistant at Booklist Magazine, but the job was better in every way” (video). According to this view, he was working at Stake and Shake and he was getting better salary than what he got after graduate by 1$ less but money is not everything in life. Then he proved to the audiences through his experience that he was more comfortable with working as assistant at Booklist Magazine even he is making less money. Because he got a better job, got the knowledge, and work on something that he like. In sum, then, the issue is whether to attend college or work without a degree. My own view is that attending college is worth it even if it will cost some sacrifices of things that we can get it in the future. After, all, I have chosen to identify as a college student at Winona State University. Though I concede that choosing the university and working to

In the book GiG Americans Talk About Their Jobs, include 100’s of interviews of different people with different jobs that provide personal achievements, and goals that give these individuals the strive to work. These reasonings of why we should work point out much more than money being the outcome. Each individual interviewee has a different reason for why they work, what makes them strive to work, what makes their job’s worth going to each day. From selected interviews “Wal-Mart Greeter”, “Clutter Consultant”, “Lobbyist”, and “Orthopedic Surgeon” each represented different reasons of work;the four that stood out most to me included: Self-worth, appreciation from clients, political belief goals, and mental fulfillment.

In recent discussions of Is College Worth It? By John Green, a controversial issue has been whether, people should attend college or get a job after they finish high school. On the one hand, some argue that people can get a monthly income better than if they have a degree. From this perspective, some people they do not want to attend college. On the other hand, however, others insist that people should attend college after they finish high school. In the words of John Green, one of this view’s proponents, “after graduating from college, I actually made $1 per hour less when I started working as an assistant at Booklist Magazine, but the job was better in every way” (video). According to this view, he was working at Stake and Shake and he was getting better salary than what he got after graduate by 1$ less but money is not everything in life. Then he proved to the audiences through his experience that he was more comfortable with working as assistant at Booklist Magazine even he is making less money. Because he got a better job, got the knowledge, and work on something that he like. In sum, then, the issue is whether to attend college or work without a degree. My own view is that attending college is worth it even if it will cost some sacrifices of things that we can get it in the future. After, all, I have chosen to identify as a college student at Winona State University. Though I concede that choosing the university and working to enroll and pay the

He is quick to point out that intrinsic rewards of a job for some are prime motivators (Murray p. 248). According to Murray a young person in the 95th percentile in spatial and small-motor skills would make a good electrician the evidence suggests (p. 246). Murray is quick to point out that information comes from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (p. 247). This information advances Murray’s belief that a young person would be a better fit as an electrician (p. 246). By this, he is claiming that the electrician will find much joy from working with his hands and “see that his work made a difference in the lives of people whose problems he has solved “ (Murray p. 249). This is Murray’s true definition of intrinsic value. Being good at what you do goes along and leads to joy and happiness which comes directly from intrinsic value (Murray p. 249 ). On the other hand, this student could have taken another route and is not in a high college percentile. Murray argues he will only be average at best and he will know it (p.249). Murray argues he is likely to feel sadness and discontent (Murray p. 249). Sitting behind a desk in a cubicle and being subordinate he will “unlikely produce something tangible” (Murray p. 249). This will lead to further disgust with the position (Murray p. 249). Murray believes there must be an intrinsic reward (p. 249). For many young people, Murray argues “college is too

“The tendency of professional industry to look down on blue collar business greatly limits its potential" (Rashido May 2017). One cannot expect to change the perception of others’ intelligence if that same person looks down on blue-collar workers because of the occupation. Like Joe, many people process the skills needed to complete a job, but lack education. "The values of determination, perseverance, courage, and guts are evident" (Lucas 2004). Such values display how blue-collar workers are often looking out for one another.

“Who are you and what are you doing here?” A question we all have asked ourselves. Also, the name of a speech given by a professor, named Mark Edmunson. Throughout this verbalization he explicates that people don’t genuinely go after what they optate and what makes them ecstatic, but having paramount figures in their lives tell you what you should value. They tell you what is right and wrong, but it’s mostly how they feel predicted off their own tastes, which does not benefit you. Edmunson explains how people have an idea of what they want to be because of the money that occupation makes, but later they ascertain that they want to do something else. But if they wanted to do it they could, they would just have to push through it; in the cessation, it wouldn’t be something they would relish.

Choosing a career is not always based on what someone is most passionate about. It can be about the pay rate, the hours or even the environment. Gordon Marino author of "A Life Beyond Do What You Love", published in 2014 in the New York Times, reasons that people should not only do what they love but perform something that can benefit society or their families. Mariano is a professor of philosophy, a student advisor and a community volunteer. He came to realize that adults who mentor and advise young adults should not only tell them to "Do What they Love."

“You must love your work, and not be always looking over the edge of it…You must have pride in your own work and in learning to do it well,” George Elliot says in his novel Middlemarch. Elliot suggests that passion is what stops the moans and groans of going to work every day and turns work into fun. It is crucial too to learn fully how to do the job so that the outcome of practicing it involves love, pride and satisfaction. However, in this hard economic time, one cannot make decisions based on pure passion and heavenly outcome; other factors such as income are essential too. Also, one needs to consider the time, effort, dedication and service to others one is committing oneself to. When on the brink of choosing a career, it is

In the video, How to find a Job you Love, it talks about how we need to find a job that we would enjoy, even if we screw it up. The video explains that if we are passionate for something, we should might as well make it as our job. In his video, he says, “But you’re doing work that embodies who you are.” In, The Fall, the main character loved his job, but for the wrong reasons. Although it was mostly for fame, he did it so he could get something out of it. “But, seen from the outside, it looked rather like a passion.” He did it for the opposite reasons that most people would. When we choose what to do with the rest of our lives, we should most likely choose something we would genuinely enjoy, not to get something out of

Over the course of the past few months, I believe that I have learned a lot about my values, career choices, and my possible future. Both The Values Survey and the Rokeach Assessment helped me to understand what category my most important values were in. After Completing the Values Survey, I can conclude that some of my most important work values are family, friendship, helping others, creativity, and knowledge and truth. I agree with those values being my top five values. They also relate to the career that I am hoping to pursue. I want to be a special needs teacher, which is a job that revolves around helping, and caring for others.

In the article, "A Life Beyond 'Do What You Love,'" we see Gordon Marino argue the infamous statement "Do what you love." He advocates the concept of doing your duty. The essence of Marino's argument is that, "Sometimes we should do what we hate, or what most needs doing, and do it the best we can." Moreover, Mariono's argument is so full of rhetoric, it could almost even convince the biggest dreamer to pursue a job in accounting simply because they've got a gift for math. Marino uses relatable anecdotes that can easily lead the reader to think of a hard working parent or grandparent in their life.

In 1980, Donald Super introduced a theory that described career development in terms of life stages and life roles. Super was one of the first theorists to discuss the constantly evolving nature of career development, and the importance of finding a balance between career and personal life. Super’s developmental model emphasized how personal experiences interact with occupational preferences in creating one’s self-concept. Super discussed how each of us progress through various life and career development stages, including growth, exploration, establishment, maintenance, and disengagement. He also discussed that each of us take on different roles as we go through life, such as a child, student, leisurite, citizen, worker, parent, and spouse. Each of these roles has an impact on our personal and professional development, and on our work/life balance. Finally, his “archway” of career determinants detailed how both personality characteristics (intelligence, needs, values) and societal characteristics (labor market, school, family) influence our career choices and have a major impact on our career development.

For many people, finding a career that is both fulfilling and practical is a strenuous task. Fortunately, there is a plethora of different interventions, techniques, assessments, and inventories designed to aid those individuals in making the wisest career choices possible. But are any of those routes inherently better than the others? Or are all the differing options separate but equally effective? Donald Super’s Life Span Theory and John Holland’s Theory of Vocational Choice are just two of the many theories used for career counseling. Both methods are distinct in the way they approach career issues, yet despite their differences, there are some resemblances between the two theories as well. Comparing and contrasting these two theories will make it easier to see if one theory is better than the other for career counseling or if they are both equally effective.