Career Guidance for Persons with Disabilities

Soresi, Salvatore; Nota, Laura; Ferrari, Lea; Solberg, V. Scott

doi:10.1007/978-1-4020-6230-8_20

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“…Career-lives should accordingly be redesigned when needs, interests, and life experiences change (Savickas, 1993). Soresi, Nota, Ferrari, and Solberg (2008) argue that the value of career counselling depends on the extent to which it succeeds in producing meaningful changes in people's career-life stories. Pulakos et al (2002) believe that adaptability can be divided into categories such as resolving challenges, coping with unpredictable situations, getting to grips with new assignments, proving the ability to adapt to change, transitioning personal and cultural crossroads, and handling work stress and crisis situations.…”

Section: Life Design Modelsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Research on life design in (South) Africa: a qualitative analysis

Maree

2015

South African Journal of Psychology

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No country, including South Africa, has been left untouched by the global economic meltdown in 2008 and fears that another financial meltdown could be imminent. This article reports on the emergence of career construction and life design in response to changes in the world of work. It explains the essence of career construction and life design and discusses their value in 21st century (South) Africa. It also discusses the re-emergence of adaptability as a pivotal 'survival skill' in the 21st century and its importance in career counselling contexts. The second part of the article covers the analysis of six case studies on career construction and design counselling. Qualitative data analysis was used to identify common themes and subthemes in the case studies. It emerged that life design counselling enabled the participants to understand themselves better and construct new selves, broadened their perspectives on career-life issues, facilitated change in their lives, encouraged action, and imbued new hope in them. However, more research is needed on such counselling, especially in group contexts. Keywords Adaptability, career construction, life design in South Africa, meta' approach to data analysis, thematic data analysis Numerous changes have occurred in the workplace and are fast changing the theory and practice of career counselling worldwide. The changes precipitated by the fourth economic wave and the fifth information wave (Gurri, 2013) in particular have left 21st century youth with no choice but to become more adaptable and employable (instead of merely finding employment) and thereby prepare themselves for the inevitable restructuring and transformation of the workplace (Maree, 2013).Twenty-first century workers' perceptions of work-related issues such as the goals, values, and the meaning they attach to work have changed dramatically as they have attempted to respond to

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Section: Life Design Modelsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Research on life design in (South) Africa: a qualitative analysis

Maree

2015

South African Journal of Psychology

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“…For this reason, we, as career counsellors, should do what is needed to encourage and advance our clients' adaptability. Soresi, Nota, Ferrari, and Solberg (2008) aptly maintain that the usefulness and worth of career counselling depends largely on the extent to which it produces key changes in people's career life stories. Pulakos et al (2002) state that career counsellors should help clients become more adaptable by, for instance, becoming creative problem solvers, dealing with unpredictable and volatile situations in occupational environments, coping with stress and crises in occupational contexts and acquiring new skills on a continual basis.…”

Section: Career Adaptabilitymentioning

confidence: 99%

Assessment of the value of group-based counselling for career construction

Maree

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Fletcher

2017

International Journal of Adolescence and Youth

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This article reports on the change in the career adaptability of participants exposed to an intervention programme characterized by career and selfconstruction principles compared to the change in participants who participated in standard, traditional career counselling lessons. Convenience and purposive sampling were used to select two groups (experimental and comparison of Grade 11 learners). Intervention occurred in both experimental groups. A mixed methods, quasi-experimental, pre-test/posttest comparison group design was used to gather data. Pre-and post-test scores obtained on the Career Adapt-Abilities Scale (CAAS) were analysed. The quantitative results suggested that the intervention programme did not improve participants' career adaptability compared to standard, traditional career counselling lessons as measured by the CAAS. Future research should include the use of measures of self-reflection and meaning-making to test the direct effects of experimental interventions.

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“…Savickas et al (2009) maintain that the usefulness of career counseling can be measured by its ability to effect important changes in the life stories of individuals (Soresi, Nota, Ferrari, & Solberg, 2008). To achieve important changes in the life stories of individuals, adaptability, narratability (the ability to articulate a life story), activity and intentionality (the intention to make meaning in one's life) have to be promoted.…”

Section: Life Design Counselingmentioning

confidence: 99%

Brief Overview of the Advancement of Postmodern Approaches to Career Counseling

Maree

2010

Journal of Psychology in Africa

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Career Guidance for Persons with Disabilities

Cited by 29 publications

References 27 publications

Research on life design in (South) Africa: a qualitative analysis

Research on life design in (South) Africa: a qualitative analysis

Assessment of the value of group-based counselling for career construction

Brief Overview of the Advancement of Postmodern Approaches to Career Counseling

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