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Applying the Chaos Theory of Careers as a Framework for College Career Centers
Author(s) -
Schlesinger Jon,
Daley Lauren Pasquarella
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
journal of employment counseling
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.252
H-Index - 27
eISSN - 2161-1920
pISSN - 0022-0787
DOI - 10.1002/joec.12030
Subject(s) - career development , career counseling , cognitive information processing , psychology , career pathways , career portfolio , process (computing) , pedagogy , medical education , sociology , engineering ethics , computer science , medicine , engineering , operating system
The chaos theory of careers (CTC; Pryor & Bright, [Bright, J. E. H., 2011]) has emerged as a career development theory to describe the reality of career development and account for the changing nature of work in the 21st century. Integrating CTC into a coherent framework accessible to practitioners is an ongoing process. In recent years, CTC has gained traction within some college career centers. Although techniques and interventions have been discussed to address some of the primary issues, no overarching framework has been conceptualized. This article proposes a model to conceptualize CTC in an accessible framework for college career centers, students, and beyond.