How Skill And Education Mismatch Influences Job Satisfaction

“The American definition of a successful professional is someone who can climb the ladder the furthest in the shortest time, generally peaking between ages 45 and 55”(Slaughter). Because life expectancy has increased, couples marry and have kids later, people retire earlier, and have multiple jobs and careers, climbing the “ladder” furthest in the shortest amount of time is not the best way to achieve success. In Slaughters eyes the path to success is not a “straight upward slope,” it is a combination of “irregular stair steps with periodic

Career and technical schools are educational facilities that allow students to explore a specific career or field that they are interested in. They offer approximately sixteen different career and technical choices and over 70 different sub-careers ranging from Education and Training, Government and Public Administration, Manufacturing, Information Technology, Finance, Science Technology, Engineering and Mathematics to Transportation, Distribution and Logistics plus other career fields of interest that appeal to the students. The Career and Technical Education Schools are able to fulfill the needs of employers who are looking for specific criteria when hiring a new employee to fill an available position within their company. () Since the students

Many different jobs and careers can be treated as replacement goods in a market, meaning that the pursuit of one will take away from the opportunity to become qualified for another. In this way, many jobs, such as those that require technical degrees as opposed to bachelor degrees, may find themselves with more available jobs than applicants, as many who would have pursued technical degrees instead take advantage of the opportunity for free continued education. Due to this imbalance of skills and needs in the economy, many of these technically-demanding jobs may be performed with less expertise and skill because there is not enough competition to drive the work quality of the employees up. Also due to this lowered supply of technical workers the equilibrium price to hire the technical workers will increase, which may harm and ultimately end the existence of smaller companies that were formerly able to pay less for their

For example, the student needs to “ensure their career choice uses their talents and passions, and they should also work towards a career that they are passionate about” (KCSE). Also, if a student wants to be a neurosurgeon for example, they “need to consider the job demand now and for the future.”(KCSE) They also need to “research the career for the starting salary, and see how many graduates got employed into that field after graduating”

In the articles Experts Zero In on Nonacademic Skills Needed for Success and The Myth of the Tech-Savvy Student the authors both have a different view on how college and career readiness is defined. In Experts Zero In on Nonacademic Skills Needed for Success, the author Sarah D Sparks defines college readiness as not the educational value but the work ethic, teamwork, and perseverance when things get tough. In the article The Myth of the Tech-Savvy Student, the author Loyola University Maryland defines career readiness as knowledge about the online cultures that will be central in their lives. Different traits and knowledge have a handing in shaping someone for college and their careers.

Choosing the right career in life can open a life of happiness and joy. In life, “if you don’t know where you’re going, you’ll be lost when you get there.” A good college career can make the difference between living to work and going to work for a living (Binder). In order to obtain the tools needed to work at your dream job, someone must teach them at a higher educational level. Education emphasizes freedom and experimentation as tools for students to develop meaningful ways of working after graduation (Roth). It is only through an education that you can find the tools to express and master the craft of your career and

A brief background overview on a few career development theories will help direct this literature review and give a foundation to current theories in career development. Career development is a complex, lifelong process that is influenced by a variety of factors. Niles and Harris-Bowlsbey (2005) defined career development as “the lifelong psychological and behavioral processes as well as contextual influences shaping one’s career over the life span” (p. 12). Although there are many career development theories, this literature review will focus on just a few. Donald Super’s Life-Span, Life-Space Career Theory highlights the “complex and multifaceted nature of career development” (Niles & Hutchinson, 2009, p. 69). Super’s theory builds upon 14 assumptions and supports three key aspects of career development: life-span, life-space, and self-concept (Niles & Hutchinson, 2009). Life-span focuses on the development over one’s life through growth, exploration, establishment, maintenance, and

In the beginning, career counseling was strictly developed to help with job placement, but it became so much more than that after the career development was further researched by a group of theorist that focused on career process. What is it that drives us to choose a specific career path? According to Zunker (2012), different theorists such as Parsons, Holland, Krumboltz, Bandura, Super, and Gottfredson all developed theories on career development and their perspective on the importance of occupational process. Throughout this paper one will discuss the John Holland’s Typology and the significance of this particular career theory. Some of the points that will be covered in this paper include: history of theory, strengths and weaknesses, assessments used, population best fit for this theory, and diversity and

and the Edgar Scheine's notion of career anchors and how both theories fit within the modern career paths.

This article is about theories of career development. By applying the theories to my career developments, evaluating the strength and weakness of those theories, then I took my parents’ working experience as examples, finally came up with my theory that should be used when making a vocational choice.

Career ambitions and competence help define an individual’s professional goals. When evaluating oneself for the planning process of resumes, identifying the most important and strongest interest is necessary. This will help convey clear and compelling points for the employer when one’s resume is

Gysbers (2013) defines what career readiness is and what the qualities of a career ready student is. Students today are required an education that provides them with the academic, career and technical, and guidance to be career ready upon graduating from high school. When a student is career ready they know how to participate in numerous current and potential life roles which include learning and working. Gysbers and Lapan in 2009 (cited by Gysbers, 2013) defined a career ready student as “a proactive, resilient, and adaptive style of interacting in the in the present and use that style to assertively move toward self-defined career futures that add meaning, purpose, and satisfaction to their lives.” Once a student meets the definition they

According to economic theory, an individual’s occupation attainment is a function of the employer’s willingness to hire person and the individual’s desire to work in a particular position, i.e. labor demand vs. labor supply. Labor demand is examined by the individual’s endowment, such as level of education. Labor supply is acquired from a utility maximization model

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.

Correlations were performed (refer to appendix 1 and 2) and it was found that income and education were significantly correlated as the countrywide data had a significance value of .003, r = .637, p < .005 and the statewide data had a remarkable significance value of .000, r = .770, p < .005. Despite these very strong correlations, no significant results were found for any of the other variables and more importantly that support the predicted relationship between job engagement, education and job satisfaction. However, no relationship was predicted between income and job satisfaction so this prediction is supported by the data.