Career Success According to New Graduates: Implications for Counseling and Management

Abstract

Resumo Qualitative research on career success has been encouraged across different category of workers. This qualitative research sought to explore how do new graduates define career success and also highlight some implications for career counseling and Human Resources management. Sample included nine new graduates from two different regions of Brazil, divided in two focus groups. Discourse analysis based on interpretative repertoire approach was used for the data analyses. The graduates’ definitions emphasized both subjective (confidence in the future, career planning, professional identity construction, work adjustment, and satisfaction with the career path) and objective (work in the area of graduation with a good salary, financial independence, social recognition) career outcomes. The meanings identified in this study reinforced the multidimensional nature of the construct and also could help career counselors and human resources managers better plan their interventions contributing to new graduates’ career success during university-to-work transition.

Professional identity and experience of undergraduate students: an analysis of semantic networks

“…In this sense, professional identity has a social component, as people do not construct this identity with subjective elements only, but also with the various social and contextual inputs they receive. In this logic, the self would be responsible for establishing the self-concept in professional terms, which is constituted in the subjective perspective and evokes the meanings of each person’s values, interests, and capabilities (Alfonso et al, 2020 ; Guichard, 2009 ; Oliveira, Melo-Silva, Taveira, & Postigo, 2019 ).…”

“…Applying that theory to the construction of professional identity among undergraduate students, it would be assumed that this process of acquisition of knowledge, attitudes, and competencies would be continuous throughout training (Mourão et al, 2020 ). Having the possibility of articulating theory with practice allows these individuals to identify themselves more as professionals than as students and increases their identification with a certain workgroup (Oliveira et al, 2019 ).…”

Expectativas de carreira em acadêmicos do mestrado profissional em Administração: Estudo em uma instituição comunitária de ensino superior

“…Por meio de tais crenças, vinculadas a determinados valores pessoais, cada profissional define o que é importante para si. Ressalta-se que o sucesso na carreira, caracterizado como uma avaliação positiva dos resultados psicológicos e materiais derivados da relação do indivíduo com o trabalho, envolve uma dimensão objetiva, externamente verificada, e uma dimensão subjetiva, internamente percebida (OLIVEIRA et al, 2019). A primeira dimensão compreende características extrínsecas, como renda, estabilidade profissional, promoções de carreira e status profissional.…”

“…Expectativas de carreira em acadêmicos do mestrado profissional em administração: estudo em uma instituição comunitária de ensino superior empíricos de e Oliveira et al (2019) com recém-formados no processo de transição universidade-trabalho. Tanto os indicadores subjetivos relacionados à confiança no futuro, à elaboração de planos de carreira, à construção da identidade profissional, à adaptação ao trabalho e à satisfação com a trajetória de carreira; quanto indicadores objetivos, representados por resultados tangíveis, como conseguir trabalho na área de formação, independência financeira e reconhecimento social, estiveram envolvidos na percepção de sucesso de carreira.…”

Paidéia: Management Report - 2019

“…Paidéia has also been featured in the SciELO in Perspective: Humanities (blog) where posts on recently published articles are continuously available. In 2019, the following articles were highlighted: (a) Public Conversations Group as Resource Against LGBT Violence (Souza, Moscheta, & Scorsolini-Comin, 2019) (Silva, Abbad, & Montezano, 2019), (e) Career Success According to New Graduates: Implications for Counseling and Management (Oliveira et al, 2019) (Neves & Coimbra, 2019).…”