Constructing careers: actor, agent, and author

Abstract

When individuals seek career counseling, they have stories to tell about their working lives. The aim of career construction theory is to be comprehensive in encouraging employment counselors to listen for a client's career story from the perspectives of actor, agent, and author. Taking multiple perspectives on career stories enables counselors to offer clients a fitting intervention, whether it is vocational guidance for action, career education and coaching for agency, or career counseling to construct meaning.

Career Realization Model: Perspective of Individual Values and Attitudes

“…Teoria konstrukcji kariery Savickasa, stanowiąca rozwinięcie koncepcji Supera, koncentruje się na zagadnieniach osobowości zawodowej definiowanej jako kariera jednostki powiązana z jej możliwościami, potrzebami, wartościami i zainteresowaniami (Savickas 2005) i zdolnością adaptacji do kariery. Każdy człowiek indywidualnie konstruuje swoją karierę, nadając znaczenie zdarzeniom z przeszło-ści, doświadczeniom i aspiracjom (Savickas 2011). Prezentowany model realizacji kariery, ilustrujący przejawiane postawy i zachowania, stanowi próbę pewnego uzupełnienia istniejących teorii, zilustrowania i dostosowania do zmieniających się warunków pracy i przemian kulturowo-społecznych, aby pomimo nieprzewidywalnej przyszłości i braku stabilności, odnaleźć koncepcję, która wyjaśnia zachowania i postawy ludzi na drodze kariery.…”

Examination of the career and work adaptability levels of education faculty students and pedagogical formation education certificate programme students

“…Yani iş ve meslek hayatına uyum olgusu, beraberinde, daha çok kişinin/çalışanın kişisel gelişimi, öz düzenleme yeteneği, kendi mesleki bilgi ve becerilerine olan öz güveni, özerk hareket edebilme kabiliyeti, işbirliğine olan yatkınlığı, ilgisi, merakı ve öz kontrol becerilerine dayalı süreçleri de anlatmaktadır (Duarte, 2004). Bu bağlamda genel itibariyle literatürde çalışanların iş ve meslek hayatına uyum (İMHU) yetenekleri üzerine yürütü-len araştırmaların aşağıda Şekil 1'de verildiği üzere 2012 yılına kadar çoğunlukla kişinin mesleki ilgi, kontrol, merak ve güven (Savickas, et al, 2009;Savickas, 2011) yeteneklerine odaklı çalışmalar temelinde ilerlediği anlaşılmaktadır.…”

“…Şekil 3: Günümüzde iş ve meslek hayatına uyum yetenekleri (Nota, Ginevra & Soresi, 2012;Savickas, 2011).…”

Career calling in emerging adult Christian females : a narrative analysis

“…The participants' narratives of early influences in Theme One reflect the progression of an actor career identity as they enacted their identity through family contexts, developed key guides and role model relationships, and explored career options (McAdams and Olson 2010;Savickas, 2011). Several other studies confirm Theme One's findings and the development of the actor identity as explained through CCT.…”

“…The foundation of CCT is McAdams and Olson's (2010) three perspectives of an actor, agent, and author in a personal narrative, which evolves during the first two decades of life (Savickas, 2011). Individuals begin life as actors who behave in their social roles; they then adapt this role to strive as agents toward their goals and ultimately become authors of their personal story.…”