12/12/12
It was definitely interesting reading about the trends and
predictions in career information, job searching, career development and
development programming, although I have to agree with Amanda that not many of
the trends Brown (2012) mentioned were very surprising or new material; it all
made sense based on what we had learned and discussed throughout the semester.
One aspect of this chapter that I did enjoy was at the end
of each “trends” section there was a broad issue stated in the form of a
question; as I was reading through the chapter I kept finding myself returning
to a few of those issues in my thoughts, so I’ll focus the rest of this blog
post on a few of those questions.
Will
online job-hunts and other strategies such as virtual job interviews replace
traditional search techniques for most jobs? In my opinion, online
job-hunts have already taken over as one of the primary ways to search for a
job; as I’ve been searching for internships, I’ve been searching for everything
online as the primary search mode, complemented by minor networking attempts.
In terms of virtual job interviews, I think that there is definitely the
potential for that sort of process to become increasingly popular, but I think
it also depends on what type of job you’re interviewing for.
Will
the three-sessions-and-a-cloud-of-dust approach to career counseling (Crites,
1981) that has characterized much of career counseling give way in the future
to a more holistic approach, as has been suggested by Super and others for
several decades? As we’ve discussed in class on numerous occasions, I think
that career counseling should be a process that starts well before high school
graduation, and should occur continuously over the years. Three whirlwind
sessions hardly seems like enough time to really dig deep enough into the
causes and patterns of one’s career decisions.
Brown, D. (2012). Career information, career
counseling, and career development (10th ed.). New York, NY: Pearson
Education, Inc.
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