Adding Career Biographies and Career Narratives to Career Interest Inventories |
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| Authors: | Stephanie T. Burns Gayle L. Garcia Danielle M. Smith Stephanie R. Goodman |
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| Affiliation: | Department of Counselor Education and Counseling PsychologyWestern Michigan University. |
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| Abstract: | 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. |
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| Keywords: | narrative career interest assessment biography postmodern |
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