Abstract
Issues related to modern and post-modern approaches to career assessment and counseling are evident in the literature, as are ideas on how to build on and combine techniques. Although Holland’s theoretical interventions can appear to conflict with career construction counseling due to their bases in modern and post-modern philosophy, respectively, we examine how aspects of the Self-Directed Search (SDS), based on Holland’s RIASEC theory, can be operationalized in relation to the principal ideas and practices in the career construction interview. We discuss how SDS items can enable clients to tell their career story and practical applications to the life-design paradigm.
Résumé
Utilization du Self-Directed Search de Holland dans l'entretien de construction de carrière Les questions liées aux approches modernes et postmodernes de l'évaluation et de l'orientation professionnelles sont évidentes dans la littérature, tout comme les idées sur la façon de tirer parti et de combiner des techniques. Bien que les interventions théoriques de Holland puissent sembler en conflit avec l'orientation en matière de construction de carrière en raison de leurs bases dans la philosophie moderne et postmoderne, respectivement, nous examinons comment les aspects du Self-Directed Search (SDS), basé sur la théorie RIASEC de Holland, peuvent être opérationnalisés par rapport aux principales idées et pratiques de l'entretien de construction de carrière. Nous examinons comment les éléments du SDS peuvent permettre aux client·e·s de raconter leur histoire professionnelle et leurs applications pratiques au paradigme de la construction de la vie (Life design).
Zusammenfassung
Einsatz des Self-Directed Search im Career Construction Interview Fragen im Zusammenhang mit modernen und postmodernen Ansätzen zur Karrierebeurteilung und -beratung sind in der Literatur gut vertreten, ebenso wie Ideen, wie man auf Techniken aufbauen und sie kombinieren kann. Obwohl Hollands theoretische Interventionen aufgrund ihrer Grundlagen in der modernen bzw. postmodernen Philosophie im Widerspruch zur Career Construction Methode zu stehen scheinen, untersuchen wir, wie Aspekte des Self-Directed Search (SDS), der auf Hollands RIASEC-Theorie basiert, in Bezug auf die wichtigsten Ideen und Praktiken im Career Construction Interview operationalisiert werden können. Wir erörtern, wie die SDS-Items den Klienten in die Lage versetzen können, seine Karrieregeschichte zu erzählen, sowie ihre praktische Anwendungen für das Life Design Paradigma.
Resumen
El uso de la Búsqueda Auto-dirigida en la Entrevista de Construcción de la Carrera Los temas relacionados con los enfoques modernos y postmodernos del diagnósticoy la orientación de la carrera que aparecen en la literatura son constantes, al igual que las ideas sobre cómo desarrollar y combinar técnicas. Aunque las contribuciones teóricas de Holland pueden parecer estar en conflicto con la orientación basada en la construcción de la carrera debido a sus bases en la filosofía moderna y postmoderna, respectivamente, examinamos cómo algunos aspectos de la Búsqueda Autodirigida (Self-Directed Search - SDS), basada en la teoría RIASEC de Holland, pueden operativizarse en relación con las principales ideas y prácticas en la entrevista de construcción de la carrera. Discutimos cómo los elementos de la SDS pueden permitir a los clientes narrar la historia de su carrera así como las aplicaciones prácticas consecuentes al paradigma de life design.
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Bullock-Yowell, E., Reardon, R.C. Using the self-directed search in the career construction interview. Int J Educ Vocat Guidance 22, 157–168 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10775-021-09478-z
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