PERSONS AND

CAREERS
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WHAT IS A CAREER?
o According to Kinance (2004), is the sum total of an individual’s vocation or job, or
work which an individual has interest in and finds himself qualify to do in his
lifetime. In other words, the chance of career is an art of interest where one has a
focus on.
o  It concerns an individuals progression through a series of jobs over his or her
lifetime and includes that person's education and unpaid work experiences, such as
internships and volunteer opportunities. 
o An occupation, trade, profession, or vocation. This definition refers to what a
person does to earn a living. There are thousands of careers. They range from those
that require extensive education and training to others for which you need any hardly
preparation.
MOTIVATIONAL FACTORS

MOTIVATIONAL FACTORS CAN BE INTERNAL OR

EXTERNAL

Internal Factors – includes the person’s characteristics,

intellectual and psychological factors, individual exposure
to the world of works and gender stereotypes.
INTERNAL FACTORS

Physical Characteristics
- an individual’s health is a factor that matters in career choices.
How a healthy person is, physically and mentally will determine
the career or job he goes for. Furthermore, some occupations
require a display of strengths in the recruitment into the police,
army and paramilitary occupation.
INTERNAL FACTORS
Intellectual Factors
- intelligence which refers to the mental ability of an individual is
also very important. A person’s intelligent quotient is considerable
in career choice. There are more professional courses like
medicine, law and engineering with cut-off points that are so high
and takes only the bright ones to enter into the occupation of their
dreams.
INTERNAL FACTORS

Aptitude
- refers to the special ability within a person that helps him
perform well in a given area of study. In a nutshell, the individual
has to consider his fitness and readiness to do a job before making
career choices.
INTERNAL FACTORS
Interest
- an individual ‘s preference in a particular occupation as against the
others is the vocation interest
- men in particular occupation have different characteristics, set of
likes and dislikes which differentiate them from men in other
occupation
- interests change before adulthood, they become more stable as an
individual matures in age, so it is essential for a young person to
discover early what his preferences are so they can work towards them.
INTERNAL FACTORS
Need and Values
- the worth an individual attaches to something refers to as values
(worth includes respect, money and statues)
- people are committed to some occupations because they lack
something which as o present will help them gain job satisfaction,
this something lacked may be influenced by someone who quest
for power and influence will choose a political career to meet his
need.
INTERNAL FACTORS
Self-concept
- refers to the way an individual perceives of himself, how he
evaluates himself and how he feels others evaluate him.
- individuals selects careers that they perceive as falling in line
with their self-concept.
- young people who have low self-concept have high preferences
for occupation such as farming, fishing etc., while those who have
high self-concept tend to choose professional carreers
INTERNAL FACTORS
Personality Factors
-People choose vocations to reflect their personality traits
- introverts usually find themselves choosing careers that are not
people-oriented while extroverts select careers that enable them to
work with other people
 THE 16 PERSONALITY TYPES
- created by Isabel Briggs Myers with the help
of her mother, Katharine Briggs, and with the
theories of the psychologist Carl Jung.
THE MYERS-BRIGGS TYPE
INDICATOR