CAREER CAPITAL THEORY

hodkison and sparkes's CAREER CAPITAL THEORY

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Career choices are not solely based on individual decisions but are heavily influenced by the cultural, social and economic resources available to individuals.

CAREER CAPITAL THEORY & SCHOOL CHOICES

OBJECTIVE

LOOKS AT...

APPLICATION IN CAREER COUNSELING

the work of the French sociologist Pierre Bourdieu

THEORY

THE ROLE OF RATIONAL DECISION MAKING

Hodkinson and Sparkes state 3 premises that are the basis of their theory of career decision making.

Hodkinson and Sparkes developed a theory related to career decision-making known as "Careership Theory." This theory focuses on how individuals make career choices and how these decisions are influenced by their social and cultural capital.

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Rational decision making is a structured and systematic approach to making choices. It involves a clear, logical, and objective process to evaluate options and make decisions. Here are the key steps typically involved in rational decision making:

• Define the Problem
• Identify Decision Criteria
• Weight the Criteria
• Generate Alternatives
• Evaluate Alternatives
• the Best Alternative
• Implement the Decision
• Monitor and Evaluate the Decision

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These are some theoretical tools. They provide a range of methods to tackle different aspects of decision making, ensuring that decisions are well-founded and objective.

Decision Matrix (Weighted Scoring Model)

Game Theory

Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis (MCDA)

Decision Trees

Sensitivity Analysis

SWOT Analysis

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APPLICATION IN CAREER COUNSELING: an example

Internship and co-op (cooperative education) programs

Internship and co-op (cooperative education) programs are valuable components of educational curricula, providing students with real-world experience that complements their academic studies. These programs offer numerous benefits for students, educational institutions, and employers. Below is an in-depth look at internship and co-op programs, including their definitions, benefits, implementation strategies, and best practices.

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Think of the ‘ship’ in careership and imagine a ship sailing the sea and you not being able to see beyond the horizon (horizon for action). Then imagine your ‘habit is’ to sail within view of land. You don’t dare sail beyond what you can see / you don’t know where you can sail to because the horizon limits your view."

(Careership Theory, Phil Hodkinson and Andrew C. Sparkes, 1997)

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The rational decision making is tempered by the individual's habitus and the capital at his disposal. This leads to a set of that are particularly useful for exploring disadvantage and inequality from a career development perspective.

theoretical tools

Pierre Bourdieu

He was a French sociologist primarily interested in how power dynamics shaped the reproduction of social life. He is most famous for introducing us to concepts such as social capital, habitus, camp, and symbolic violence.

the basis of career decision making

1. Pragmatically rational decision-making, located in the habitus of the person making the decision.
2. Interactions with others in the field, linked to the unequal resources that the different "actors" possess.
3. The placement of decisions within the partially unpredictable pattern of turning points and routines that make up the life course.

Application in career counseling

• Method of thinking and guidance;
• Makes counseling realistic (horizons for action;
• Career-related learning (Pragmatic and technical rationality);
• Encourages to work in synergy with some other significant influences.

Students opportunities and aspiration are shaped by their experiences and the context in which they live. Career counselors should understand and consider these resources and limitations when working with students.

OBJECTIVE:

To orient a path between sociological conceptions of career that have tended to emphasize social determinants and political discourse that tends to assume that individuals who make career decisions are free agents.