Classmate Interview & Schlossberg 4S Model

Having a father that with such a prestige occupation could have also influenced her career decision-making. As a result, Catherine probably did not put much thought or did not have the autonomy to choose a major of her interest as an undergraduate. Therefore, she is not happy with her current job. She has reached a crossroad in her career in which she will explore whether she wants to continue with her current job or transition into an entirely new career. The career counseling process can also alleviate any anxiety Catherine has about considering a career change. For example, it will be important to make sure that she does not feel like a failure for considering this change and inform her that the average person changes careers seven times in their lifetime. Additionally, inform her that age should not be used as an excuse to avoid from exploring other career

I chose to pursue this postgraduate degree in Yorkville University because I feel it is a suitable institution which harbours the basic program needs and is very beneficial to my career goals. Yorkville University thoroughly paves a pathway and prepares a student for effective survival to competitively match their fellow graduates in the labour market. It entails and covers a large concentration of foundational and elective courses such as Career & Employment Counselling, Developmental Psychology, Addictive Counselling, Psychopathology for Counsellors,

After graduating from Wright State University, with her Bachelor’s degree in Psychology, her initial plan was to become a Therapist. But over the years, pursuing

She reported that she worked in home health care administration after graduation before relocating with her family to Atlanta, Georgia. She also worked as an administrator for the Georgia Department of Family and Children Services reviewing cases for services for needy families. She then enrolled in a certification program to certify as a career development facilitator before working as a part-time adjunct instructor for a technical college and a state college in the Atlanta, Georgia area until she started her

All of this led her to join the university as a career coach in summer 2008. Today, she supports the postgraduation pursuits of MBA candidates-lending her mentoring style along the way.

The future that children often dream for themselves is not the reality they live out later in life. Professor Kleinpeter saw herself becoming a Veterinarian. When the time came for her to choose a career, she turned away from the field. The amount of time it took to obtain the degree changed her mind. Instead, she looked to a career in education. She earned a Bachelor of Science degree in education along with a certification for Adaptive P.E. Kleinpeter taught Adaptive P.E. for 15 years all over Louisiana and in Houston, Texas. Then she decided, like her husband, she would become a doctor. The prerequisites required to be a medical doctor though was too much for her. So, by the advice of a friend, she decided to pursue a career as a psychologist instead.

Tonya started her social work career as an outpatient therapist. She enjoyed working with her clients, however she did not enjoy working clinically for the entire workday. Soon her supervisor asked her if she could take on some administrative responsibilities. Tonya agreed and from then on her administrative/supervisor responsibilities grew. She would go to community meetings on behalf of the agency, supervise interns, attend speaking engagements, and implement programs. By this point her job was 50% clinical and 50%

Diana realized that career advancement in teaching required education beyond the Bachelor's degree, so she applied for and was accepted at Penn State University's College of Health and Human Development where she earned her Master's degree was in

In her position as case manager/career counselor, Mrs. Bowman relished the opportunity to help individuals move from one point to a better point in their lives.

The decision to pursue my education in social work at Dalhousie University was not an easy one. While I was growing up, my career choice changed all of them time, but I always knew that I wanted to do something fulfilling, in which I could “help” and support people. My mom was a nurse and always loved helping people; I always figured I would follow in her footsteps, however I learned at an early age that sciences do not come easy to me. Unfortunately, my mom lost her battle to breast cancer when I was eight years old, so I hope that by me helping people socially, rather than medically like she did, will continue her legacy.

Transition: Involvement of education and influence are only a step in any direction, the risks involved can be pretty extreme and life altering.

Most individuals struggle at the stage of making career choices and hence they decide to go for career counselling to guide them to the right path by weighing various factors that influence a career like personality. This is where career development theories come into place, these are frameworks that guide the career counsellors in examining and explaining individuals’ career related behaviour. Each career development theory gives a certain unique way to career development and choice. As quoted in Schreuder & Coetzee (2011),” Career counsellors must understand well established and emerging career theories, their strengths and weaknesses and how to apply them to client career development and choice to be able to effectively and

I was in grade 10 when I thought of becoming a social worker. As social worker practitioner the fields that interest me to work in is domestic violence and child abuse because I want to make change to the society. Also Mahatma Gandhi was my major inspiration through this quote “Be the change that you wish to see in the world”. Than an idea came to me, why not involve my contribution to the wide variety of communities. My communication with school counsellors and social workers has impacted my choice of desiring to study social work. I realised that if I have had a chance of seeing a social worker when I was young, things would have been much easier and less stressful. I want to provide opportunities that I did not encounter to other people. This essay will reflect my past experience, motivation and why I want to be a social worker, values, beliefs and theory of practice.

career again, and a significant life event in my life was also when I had a baby in 2014. Although, I have many life events in the past, when I had a baby and became a mother significantly shaped my life because his presence in my life made me more focused on nursing degree. But, I was not comfortable telling this to my husband. I can compare this part of my life to Walter Hansen in the “The Undeclared Major” by Will Weaver. Walter did not know what he wants his major to be, so he was keep changing his major, when he finally decides to be an English Major, he was scared to tell his father ().

One of the crucial moments in my life was the decision I had to take; as to what I was going to do next in life. Having completed my Advanced Level in 2013, I realized that it was not the end of my career as a student. I needed strong academic foundation along with other soft skills to meet the challenges and survive in this commercial world as a successful individual. In view of these thoughts, I was unable to make a firm decision as to what my career direction would be. After a month or so of various discussions with my parents, friends and other learned people I was able to reason out the best choice for me.