CNPS 363 Lecture : CNPS 363 Lecture 001.docx

• School: UBC
• Department: Counselling Psychology
• Course: CNPS 363
• Professor: Yarrow Brenda Dyer

Document Summary

Variety of occupational roles which individuals will undertake a career is the variety of occupational roles which individuals will undertake throughout life. It includes paid and self employment; the different occupations which a person may have over the years and periods of unemployment; and unpaid occupations such as that of student, voluntary worker, or parent. A career is the activities and positions involved in vocations, occupations, and jobs as well as to related activities associated with an individual"s lifetime of work. Career has to be reframed as a construct, an unfolding narrative, that gives coherence laterally across the individual"s life in addition to the meaning it can give to the future. This is in keeping with the centrality of work to people"s lives and its important role in helping to give meaning to those lives. Is a dynamic process as opposed to a stable, permanent condition. Facilitating the exploration of client emotions regarding their career issues.