Essays on Career Choice

According to Super’s Developmental Self-concept Theory, I am in the exploration stage since I am in my early 20’s. I have already chosen the career path I would like to pursue in future, which is to become a human resource official of large organization in future. My career choice was driven by my interest while growing up especially when I was 12 to 14 years old. I would always take control of situations at home and in school. My passion and encouragement from my parents to pursue what I wanted to be in life has made me ...

The article illustrates the changing facets of sports over the years as it has been used to spur development. Youth development has been enhanced through incorporation of sports. Sports is not only used for fun and games as was the norm in the past but is being implemented as a tool for positive change. The article indicates the positive outcomes that have emanated from sports as children around the world attach more meaning to sports (Anyangwe 1). This has been enhanced as sports is considered as an alternative career choice and is used to inhibit the growth of vices ...

Counseling involves giving the professional talk to an individual to help in a particular life aspect either by advising or recommending from experience. There are several challenges that individuals encounter in life ranging from professional aspects, social to religious issues and therefore need to share thoughts with an expert or someone who can walk them through the challenges. Considering people are of different personalities and temperaments, an approach that was successful in a counseling session with someone possibly with the same problem may not work out with a current client with regards to professional counselors. There are therefore several ...

Senders Name

Dear Name: My purpose of writing this letter is to offer information that will help provide career guidance to students. The information in this report is based on the following website: http://www.bls.gov/ooh/legal/home.htm of the United States Department of Labor (USDL). The Occupational Outlook Handbook, published online by the USDL offers career guidance on hundreds of occupations ("Legal Occupations: Occupational Outlook Handbook: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics"). It is an excellent source of information on duties, education, salary, outlook and training provided for different occupations. The book has information on 25 major occupational groups, each of which in turn is ...

Reflections on my education

During my time in the program, there has been a lot of new information and knowledge that I was able to learn. The program taught me how to serve the people and understanding these things has improved my critical thinking skills through a meaningful academic practices. There were many aspects of the program that can help me achieve both of my personal and professional goals. As a student, I came to the point where I became more confident that I can accomplish my roles in more professional and skillful manner. Even though I have been in the law enforcement ...

The choice of one's professional occupation is undoubtedly one of the hardest choices to make: the pressure is extremely high and there is always a danger of choosing something one likes at the age of seventeen and will hate at the age of thirty. There is hardly any complete guideline which can advise how to choose a career the way one will not regret this choice in the future. Young people are influenced by different circumstances in this regard: some follow their passion, some rely on their parents' advice, some succumb to the peer pressure. However, regardless of the ...

Interview

Part 1-Reflection 1. Interviewee Name, Position Title, Name of Company/Organization 3 points

Roshni Vora, Marketing Officer, Crown Paints

2. Describe whether you believe your values, interests, personal qualities and skills would be consistent with the career you chose to explore in your information interview. Use examples from your interview to support your answer. My values, interests, personal qualities and skills (VIPS) seem to be consistent with the requirements for this career. After discussing my values, interests, personal qualities, and skills, the interviewee was of the opinion that I was proceeding well and that I was heading the right direction in my preferred career. I have ...

Introduction

The subjected interviewed is Anna, a 32 year old woman in the early adulthood stage of life. She is of medium build, approximately 5 feet tall, and weighs 50 kilograms. The fair-skinned and round-faced Anna is proud of her long auburn tresses. Her brown round eyes sparkle with vitality and happiness, her smile is bright and vivacious, and her gestures and body language as she speaks show that she is an expressive person. Anna hails from a middle-class family that values a disciplined lifestyle and traditions. Studious that she is, Anna has completed her doctoral program in chemistry and ...

Introduction

Many are the times when a person chooses a career without carrying out an conclusive career evaluation to determine whether one fits properly in the career chosen or rather whether the career fits the an individual. As Corey and Corey pinpoint, the process of choosing a career is not a onetime task but rather an ongoing process that only ends when one thinks that he or she has self actualized and has reaches the highest attainable level that he or she was ordained to reach (23). In most cases there exist a number of significant factors that impede effective career evaluation and career ...

When people make their choices in life, they are influenced by the society that surrounds them by changing their social conditions in ways that may at some point encumber or even support their life with family. Interplay exists between an individual’s family and the society, and throughout the adulthood stage, an individual makes choices that are family related. Development is the movement, growth, and transition made by an individual from one state to another in life. This research has been able to state clearly the stages made by people who are developing from one stage to another. This ...