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Adding Career Biographies and Career Narratives to Career Interest Inventories
Author(s) -
Burns Stephanie T.,
Garcia Gayle L.,
Smith Danielle M.,
Goodman Stephanie R.
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.12032
Subject(s) - narrative , meaning (existential) , career counseling , psychology , context (archaeology) , career development , cognitive information processing , narrative inquiry , career portfolio , social psychology , pedagogy , linguistics , history , philosophy , archaeology , psychotherapist
This study with 20 adults explored adding career biographies and career narrative writing to the career interest assessment report process. Participants reported that biographies and narratives helped them identify themes to consider how their career plans fit their personal lifestyle, meaning making, and values. This study offers 1 way to incorporate narratives and story to explore the self and self‐in‐context to activate meaning‐making processes in career interest assessment reports. Until career interest assessment reports include career biographies and a process for writing career narratives, only career counselors can offer this type of service to clients.