Warwick/NTU/iCeGS/Coventry Research Seminar Series
16 May 2013
Wednesday 22 May 2013
3.00pm-5.30pm
This research seminar is organised by the Career Studies Unit based at the University of Warwick. It forms part of a series organised in partnership with the Division of Guidance, Youth Studies and Youth Justice (Nottingham Trent University), the International Centre for Guidance Studies (iCeGS) (University of Derby) and the Qualification in Career Guidance Team (Coventry University).
We are delighted to host two presentations by career development professionals who are currently working in higher education whilst engaged in postgraduate study with the Career Studies Unit. Catherine Reynolds is employed as an Employability, Skills and Careers Manager at the University of Sussex and John Hannon works as Head of the Career Development Centre at the National University of Ireland, Galway.
There is no charge for attending the event , however, attendance is via registration only.
3.00pm-4.00pm - Catherine Reynolds
Career Literacy
Catherine Reynolds has considered the question posed by Hooley and Rawlinson, "What can careers workers learn from the study of narrative?" (2011: 3) and developed an approach to career learning. She has used the term 'career literacy' to define skills and approaches adapted from literary studies to explore ways of learning through narratives. Students can apply critical thinking to the career stories of other people and so enhance understanding of their own career opportunities.
Hooley, T. and Rawlinson, M. (2011). What can careers workers learn from the study of narrative? Journal of the national institute for career education and counselling, 26: 3-8.
4.30pm-5.30pm - John Hannon
Career Decision-Making Styles and Adaptability During the Transition from Undergraduate Study
John Hannon will outline his qualitative research into the relationships between career decision-making styles identified by Bimrose et al. (2008) and Savickas's (1997) career adaptable competencies, during the transition from undergraduate study by final year students at a traditional university. Many studies have suggested that modern workers need to be self-managed, active agents in adapting to the many changes that face them. He will outline his initial findings on how these graduates varied greatly in their engagement with career decision-making and adaptability, and facilitate discussion on the implication of this for career practitioners.
Bimrose, J., Barnes, S.A., and Hughes, D. (2008). Adult career progression and advancement: a five year study of the effectiveness of guidance, London/Coventry: Department for Education and Skills/Institute for Employment Research, University of Warwick.
Savickas, M.L. (1997) Career adaptability: An integrative construct for life-span, life-space theory, Career Development Quarterly, 45 (3), 247-259.
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