Career construction as a way of resolving career indecision

Abstract

This article reports on the value of career construction counselling for a woman who was undecided about the career she should follow. The participant was purposefully selected from a number of people taking part in a career construction counselling course. An intrinsic, single case study design was adopted on the basis of a qualitative, interpretive paradigm. The Career Construction Interview (CCI) was used to collect qualitative data, and Savickas's eight-step strategy was followed to complete the participant's life portrait. The results suggest that the intervention helped the participant clarify and resolve her career indecision. Future research should focus on the use of this intervention in different contexts and on its longer term impact.

Satisfaction Evaluation of the Effectiveness of the Two Models of Specialty-Oriented Career Planning Course

“…Students also mentioned in their feedback that, after finishing the semester-long course, the passion of alumni and teachers encourages the students to start seriously thinking about their future and to make tentative choices. The findings in this study support the ideas proposed by multiple research papers: (1) Career counseling courses/activities are helpful with making career choices (Lam, 2016;Maree, 2016;Shelby, 2010); (2) Role modeling is helpful in college students' career decidedness (Perrone et al, 2002). Comparison results of the two models are also supported: specialty role modeling is helpful with making career choices and having satisfaction with the choices.…”

“…The qualitative findings gave some support to Ginevra, Pallini, Vecchio, and Nota (2016) emphasize that future orientation and attitudes predict career adaptability which is like subjects' sharing the career planning course gave their strength of persistence and cultivate self-confidence. The findings also put emphasis on that career education assist students' career decisions, which confirmed Fearon, Nachmias, McLaughlin, and Jackson's (2016) study and Maree's (2016) study. Therefore, in higher education offering programs (i.e., the specialty-oriented career planning course or the specialty-oriented career counseling) to increase the college students' specialty career decision making deserves research attention.…”

“…In "Career construction as a way of resolving career indecision", written by Maree (2016), the Career Construction Interview (CCI) was used to collect qualitative data, and Savickas's eight-step strategy was used to complete the participant's life portrait. The results suggest that the interventions helped the participants clarify and resolve career indecision.…”

Enhancing the sense of self of a mid-career woman through career construction counselling

“…A person’s sense of self refers to the developing awareness of who a person believes he/she is (Maree & Molepo, 2016 ): a picture of the self that is socially created, shaped by culture, and narrated by language (Savickas, 2006 ). According to Maree ( 2016a , 2016b ), the sense of self refers to personal and social identity, which includes the preservation and furtherance of the person’s life script. Maree and Molepo ( 2016 ) describe the sense of self as a person’s awareness of who she believes she is.…”

“…Outcomes of career construction counselling have been documented in the literature. For example, Maree ( 2016a , 2016b ) found the use of career construction counselling to be effective in working with a woman in her mid-twenties, specifically finding that reflecting on career choices and life history resulted in decreased career indecision and increased insight into herself and her career. Santilli et al ( 2019 ) conducted a group career construction intervention with 108 participants and described the results as indicating increased career adaptability and increased future orientation.…”