My career chapter and the career systems interview
Edited book (chapter)
Chapter Title | My career chapter and the career systems interview |
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Book Chapter Category | Edited book (chapter) |
ERA Publisher ID | 3228 |
Book Title | Career assessment: qualitative approaches |
Authors | |
Author | McIlveen, Peter |
Editors | McMahon, Mary and Watson, Mark |
Volume | 7 |
Page Range | 123-128 |
Series | Career Development Series |
Chapter Number | 14 |
Number of Pages | 6 |
Year | 2015 |
Publisher | Sense Publishers |
Place of Publication | Rotterdam, The Netherlands |
ISBN | 9789463000321 |
9789463000345 | |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6300-034-5_14 |
Web Address (URL) | http://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-94-6300-034-5 |
Abstract | Writing an autobiography is not an easy task and the process does not come naturally for all clients. In my career counselling practice I have found that some clients do not know how to start or what to write about. It seems ironic that the one person who knows the most about himself/herself finds it challenging to write a personal life story. Thus, this chapter provides an introduction to the qualitative career assessment and counselling procedure My Career Chapter (MCC; McIlveen, 2006). MCC is a semi-structured procedure that entails the client writing a brief autobiographical narrative—a chapter—of his/her life. This chapter also provides an overview of the semi-structured interview that accompanies MCC, the Career Systems Interview (CSI; McIlveen, 2003)1. Both CSI and MCC operationalise the systems theory framework for career development (STF; Patton & McMahon, 2014). Furthermore, or the purposes of MCC’s conceptual principles and administration, the key elements of narrative career counselling are taken to be: subjectivity and meaning; facilitated self-reflection; elaboration of self-concepts; collaborative process; and, open-ended story (McIlveen & Patton, 2007). When using MCC, the counsellor should aim to operationalise all of these elements of narrative career counselling. |
Keywords | career counselling, career development, career assessment, My Career Chapter |
ANZSRC Field of Research 2020 | 390404. Educational counselling |
Public Notes | File reproduced in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher/author. |
Byline Affiliations | School of Linguistics, Adult and Specialist Education |
Institution of Origin | University of Southern Queensland |
https://research.usq.edu.au/item/q3014/my-career-chapter-and-the-career-systems-interview
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