A Crisis in Career Development: Life Designing and Implications for Transition

Abstract

The field of transition—and the Division on Career Development and Transition (DCDT)—was built upon a foundation established by theories of career development that emerged in the 1950s and 1960s and paved the way for the work/study movement of the 1960s and the vocational and career education for students with disabilities movement that dominated the 1970s and, eventually, the transition services movement. Today’s leaders in vocational psychology and career guidance suggest that market and global economic forces associated with a postmodern world have created a crisis in career development models and methods. This article discusses the evolution of how career development has been understood, and the potential importance of a life design framework and its emphasis on career construction, rather than career development, for the future of transition services.

Parental Influence on Career Choice of Their Children: Literature Review.

“…7 This multidimensional definition of career and how we understood description of career development is assumed differentially in current scenario.Abovementioned comprehensive definitions of -Career‖ lure attention to the concept of career development which is being described as a lifelong process of getting ready to choose among many occupations available in our society. 8,9 Numerous researchers have studied factors affecting career development process, including role of parenting style as an active agent in identity and career development process of their children, 10 as well as their significant impact on their career choices.…”

Characteristics of Generations X and Y Educational Career-related Choices

“…In the field of management the research is mostly focused on the process of career decision making (Germay, Verschueren, 2007;Lent et al, 2016) and its continuity throughout the life (Jarvis, 2003). While in Characteristics of Generations X and Y Educational Career-related Choices 39 education the educational opportunities for the ability to make career decisions (Augustinienė, 2007), empowering environment for career decision-making (Surgėlienė, 2014;Garcia et al, 2015), career determinants (Urbonavičiūtė, 2010;Cordeiro, 2015;Wehmeyer et al, 2018), career assumptions (Augustinienė, Stanišauskienė, 2013) and the dynamics of career decisions are analysed (Stanišauskienė, 2015).…”

The Career Human Agency Theory

“…A crisis has been identified within the field of career counseling and vocational psychology due to dramatic changes in workforce structure (Savickas et al, 2009; Wehmeyer et al, 2019). Most existing career development theories and models are becoming increasingly outdated because of their tendency to conceptualize career as stage‐based and age‐linked developmental processes predicated in the work context of the past (Blustein, 2001; Maree, 2010; McMahon & Patton, 2002; Savickas et al, 2009; Wehmeyer et al, 2019). As Savickas (1993) observed, “Yesterday’s solutions are today’s problems” (p. 207).…”