Session 6:The Career Decision-Making Process

7th Edition

Take Hold of Your Future

JoAnn Harris-Bowlsbey, Ed.D.

At the end of this session, students will be able to:• Describe their personal Career Archway.• Describe and give examples of different kinds of

decisions.• Name and describe eight methods of making

decisions.• List and describe the steps of the Planful Decision-

Making Model.• Apply the Planful Model to personal career decisions.

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Objectives

From Career Choice and Development: Applying Contemporary Theories to Practice (2nd. Ed.).Duane Brown, Linda Brooks, and Associates (Eds.), Copyright 1990, Jossey-Bass, Inc.

Reprinted with permission of John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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The Archway of Career Determinants

• Decisions under certainty (outcomes of alternatives known).

• Decisions under risk (objective or subjective probability of each outcome known).

• Decisions under total uncertainty.

Kinds of Decisions

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• Agonizing.• Impulsive.• Intuitive.• Delaying.• Fatalistic.• Compliant.• Paralytic.

Common Decision-Making Strategies

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The Planful Decision-Making Process

• What was the problem or goal?• How many alternatives did you have?• Which strategy did you use?• What information did you need?• Which life roles were affected?• What outcome(s) did you experience?• On a scale of 1-10, how good was this decision?

Recent Decisions

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