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Family Messages and Your Career

Family Messages and Your Career. Amy Hume #28 Tuesday, Oct. 12. Niles, S., Editor (2002). Adult Career Development: Concepts, Issues and Practices , Third Edition, National Career Development Association.

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Family Messages and Your Career

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  1. Family Messages and Your Career Amy Hume #28 Tuesday, Oct. 12 Niles, S., Editor (2002). Adult Career Development: Concepts, Issues and Practices, Third Edition, National Career Development Association. Goldenberg, I. and Goldenberg, H. (2000). Family Therapy: An Overview, Fifth Edition, Brooks/Cole. Gysbers, N., Heppner, M. and Johnston, J. (1998). Career Counseling: Process, Issues and Techniques, Allyn and Bacon.

  2. Goals for today • Learn how family can influence your career, both directly and indirectly • Illustrate family messages • Food for thought

  3. What do you know for certain you CAN do for a career?

  4. What do you know for certain that you CAN’T do for a career?

  5. Career Genogram • Map of your family • Specific to work and career • Purpose is to provide insights into the dynamics of your family and issues around career, work, gender, and cultural socialization • Symbols

  6. Deceased Male Divorced, with 2 sons Career Genogram Symbols Male Female Married, with adopted daughter

  7. Career Genogram Instructions • Draw a picture of your family of origin • Begin with your mother and father (place their symbols 2/3 of way down the page) • Put birth years above symbols; if someone is deceased, use an “X” • Add yourself and any siblings, with birth years and names • Add grandparents, aunts, and uncles from both sides of the family • Add occupations for all • Key: Add career “bumper sticker” messages

  8. Questions to consider Dagley (1984) • What are the dominant values in your family of origin? • Vocationally, are certain “missions” valued? • Are there myths or misconceptions that transcend generations? • Are there any psychological pressures or expectations from “unfinished business” of the family? • How does the family address learning, working, and playing? Are there any imbalances? • What vocational patterns emerge?

  9. Career Genogram • What was it like to create one? • Additional step: interview family members • Gain insight into why they act and think a certain way

  10. Why does this matter? • Social Cognitive Career Theory • Achievements are determined (in part) by our goals • Goals are determined (in part) by • Self-efficacy beliefs • Outcome expectations • Family can influence your self-efficacy beliefs and your outcome expectations

  11. How family influences us • Direct learning • Indirect learning

  12. Tying it together • Name and date • State one of your career goals • State at least two of the family messages you’ve uncovered • Explain how those family messages influenced your career goal(s)

  13. The POINT • The more you understand about yourself and the reasons behind your thoughts and actions, the more clarity you will have as you craft your career in the future. • The more you know, the more likely you are to achieve career satisfaction.

  14. Evaluation Questions Use: • Strongly agree • Agree • Disagree • Strongly disagree • Don’t know • I found the presentation of material easy to understand. • This Advantage session increased my knowledge on the subject presented. • I will be able to use some of the information from this Advantage session in the future. • The presenter was well prepared for this Advantage session. • This presentation should be repeated in future semesters. #28 Tuesday, Oct. 12

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