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Making Career Choices Objective: To help students identify their own decision-making patterns and evaluate their effectiveness.
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Decision-Making Patterns
Later in the book you will learn a technique on how to make good decisions. At this point, we are going to learn the decision-making patterns you use most. Do you identify with any of the following stories?
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Eric Has wishful thinking. He concentrates on the most attractive outcomes. He pays little attention to the risks involved or the likelihood of them coming true. Eric wants to be a pro tennis player, but is unwilling to practice and was cut from the tennis team last year.
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Louisa She is an escape artist.
She focuses on the worst possible outcomes. She would rather take the safe option, even if there is little chance of a bad outcome. She is a straight ‘A’ student in math, but is afraid she won’t pull those grades in college. Instead of becoming an engineer, she has decided to major in elementary education.
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Maggie She plays it safe.
She would love to be a politician, but follows the safe road because she knows she will be successful as an insurance agent.
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Wade Is impulsive. He doesn’t give much thought to any of his decisions. He decides to become a flight attendant because he likes their uniform.
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Andy Leaves things to fate.
He is going to take a trip to Florida just to see what happens.
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Elena Is compliant. She let’s others make decisions for her.
Her parents think she should become a computer programmer, so she probably will.
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Harold Procrastinates.
He plans to think about his future after graduation.
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Yoko Agonizes over every decision.
She analyzes options multiple times, and with such focus that she rarely makes a decision. She wants to interview several dozen more people before selecting a career path.
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Arturo Makes decisions intuitively.
If it feels right to him, he goes with it. He likes the idea of a wildlife biologist, but is unsure what they do.
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Kenisha Has a rational approach.
She looks at the pros and cons of each alternative and the likelihood of her succeeding prior to making her decision. She sees a bright future in computer-related careers, so she plans to train for a job in that area.
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Workbook Activity 20 Which of these patterns do you use most often?
Write your answer in your Workbook Activity 20.
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Reference Bingham, M & Stryker, S. (2011) Career Choices. A Guide for Teens and Young Adults. Santa Barbara, Ca: Academic Innovations.
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