CPE5500 CAREER

DEVELOPMENT
Introduction
What?
• From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
• In organizational development (or OD), the
study of career development looks at:
• how individuals manage their careers
within and between organizations
• and how organizations structure the career
progress of their members, it can also be
tied into succession planning within some
organizations.
What?
• In personal development, career
development is:
• " ... the total constellation of psychological,
sociological, educational, physical, economic,
and chance factors that combine to influence
the nature and significance of work in the
total lifespan of any given individual."
– Career Development: A Policy Statement of the
National Career Development Association Board
of Directors (Adopted March 16, 1993; revised
2003)
What?
• In personal development, career development is:
• "... the lifelong psychological and behavioral
processes as well as contextual influences shaping
one’s career over the life span. As such, career
development involves the person’s creation of a
career pattern, decision-making style, integration
of life roles, values expression, and life-role self
concepts."

– Herr, E.L., & Cramer, S. H. (1996). Career guidance and

counseling through the lifespan: Systematic
approaches. New York: HarperCollins) (Niles, S. G. &
Harris-Bowlsbey, J (2002) Career Development
Interventions in the 21st Century. Columbus, OH: Merrill
Prentice Hall., p7
What?
• Career development is an ongoing
process of gaining knowledge and
improving skills that will help an
individual to establish a career plan.
What?
 Video Clip (Youtube)

 Jennifer Frazee is a career and testing

services counselor.
Why?
 At USA according to Brown & Minor,
1989, 1992; Hoyt & Lester, 1995; NCDA,
1999
 1 in 10 adult need assistance each year
either in selecting, changing or acquiring a
new job
 81% of workers are at least minimally
satisfied with their jobs
Why?
 7 in 10 would get more information about
jobs if they were starting over.
 4 in 10 adults have careers as a result of a
conscious plan.
 30% of adults used no sources of
information in their quest for employment.
Why?
 Social?
 Economic?
 Technology ?
 Training/skills?
 Unemployment?
 etc
Why?
 People need assistance with career…
Counselors Task
 To find effective ways to deliver career
information and to improve career
choice making in ways that significantly
increase the number of people who
enter careers as a result of making a
conscious, informed choice.