Career Development & Planning Flashcards
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A client is stuck in a comfortable but unfulfilling role for 8 years. Which career development concept best describes their situation?
Answer: Career plateau
A career plateau occurs when an individual remains at the same level for an extended period, experiencing little growth or advancement.
Which Holland RIASEC type is most aligned with careers in engineering and computer programming?
Answer: Investigative
The Investigative type prefers analytical, intellectual, and problem-solving activities, which aligns with engineering and programming careers.
A career strategist uses the 'informational interview' technique primarily to help clients:
Answer: Gather insider knowledge about a target role or industry
Informational interviews allow clients to learn firsthand about a field or role from professionals currently working in it.
Super's concept of 'crystallization' in career development refers to:
Answer: Forming a tentative vocational preference and planning to test it
Crystallization is the first sub-stage of Super's Exploration stage, where an individual develops a tentative career preference and plans to explore it.
When a client transitions from individual contributor to manager, which developmental task is most critical?
Answer: Shifting identity from doing the work to enabling others to do it
The transition to management requires a fundamental identity shift from personal achievement to enabling and developing a team.
Which approach best reflects a 'planned happenstance' strategy for career development?
Answer: Actively cultivating curiosity and openness to unexpected opportunities
Planned happenstance theory, developed by Krumboltz, emphasizes generating and embracing unplanned events as career opportunities through active exploration.
A client asks whether to pursue a lateral move versus a promotion. Which factor is LEAST relevant to this career decision?
Answer: The hiring manager's personal hobbies
A hiring manager's personal hobbies are irrelevant to a strategic career decision about role type and trajectory.