LIFE-DESIGNING WHY DO WE NEED A NEW PARADIGM ? SAVICKAS Mark NEOUCOM (USA) NOTA Laura, University of Padova (I) ROSSIER Jérôme University of Lausanne (CH) DAUWALDER Jean-Pierre University of Lausanne (CH) DUARTE Maria Eduarda University of Lisbon (P) GUICHARD Jean CNAM-INETOP (F) SORESI Salvatore University of Padova (I) VAN ESBROECK Raoul Vrije Universiteit of Brussels (B) VAN VIANEN Annelies University of Amsterdam (NL)
CO - EVOLUTION ECONOMICAL CONTEXT VOCATIONAL COUNSELING METHODS AND TOOLS 1950 -1970 UNLIMITED GROWTH PERSON – ENVIRONMENT FIT TESTING AND INFORMATION 1970 - 1985 SERVICES AND IT-TECHNOLOGIES EDUCATION AND GUIDANCE PROBLEM SOLVING AND CHOICE DOWNSIZING AND UNEMPLOYMENT CAREER DEVELOPMENT EMPLOYABILITY AND SKILLS 1985 - 1995 GLOBALIZATION AND PERMANENT CHANGE LIFE-LONG AND LIFE-WIDE LEARNING INTRAPRENEURSHIP AND COACHING 1995 - 2005
SOME MYTHS TO OVERCOME … STABILITY NEITHER PEOPLE, NOR PROFESSIONS … CAREER PERMANENT SELF-CONSTRUCTION ( i.e. work-life balance / identity ) CLIENT’S CHOICE TRANSITIONS AND COMPLEX DYNAMICS ( i.e. globalization / eco-systems) INSTRUMENTS MULTIPLE REALITIES / NORMATIVE TRUTH EFFICACY LIMITED PREDICTIONS /INFERRED CAUSALITIES … BY A DIFFERENT PARADIGM
PEOPLE IN CONTEXT LIFE-LONG PROCESS NON-LINEAR DYNAMICS … AND SOME PARADOXES TO AVOID FIND PERSON-ENVIRONMENT-FIT, WHILE ELIMINATING CONTEXTUAL INFORMATION PRESCRIBE CAREERS, WHILE CLIENTS CHANGE JOBS PEOPLE IN CONTEXT LIFE-LONG PROCESS BELIEVE IN LINEAR CAUSALITIES, WHICH DAILY EXPERIENCE DOES NOT VALIDATE TRY TO UNDERSTAND CLIENTS, USING TERMS THAT DO NOT BELONG TO CLIENT’S VOCABULARY NON-LINEAR DYNAMICS NARRATIVE REALITIES DESIGNING INDIVIDUAL PROJECTS, USING STATISTICS MODELIZATION … BY A DIFFERENT APPROACH
LIFE - DESIGNING ( GUICHARD, 2008 )
OUTLOOK ANTICIPATE EVOLUTION ELIMINATE OLD MYTHS ADD THE PERSPECTIVE OF ‘LIFE-DESIGN’ DEVELOP NEW COUNSELING SKILLS CREATE COLLABORATIVE ATMOSPHERE
Savickas, M. et al. (2009). Life designing: A paradigm for career construction in the 21st century, Journal of Vocational Behavior. doi: 10.1016/j.jvb.2009.04.004