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Assignment: Comparing Career Sequences

Objective: To identify differences in motivation, strategies of career development, and social contexts that have influenced individuals' current positions and preferences in employment and to analyze in terms of what we have learned about these topics in our course.

Directions: You will be comparing your(my) own career development and plans with two other individuals from different points of the life span than yourself.(Myself) Note (I am in the medical field and want to be a nurse)

Identify one individual from two different cohort groups. You can choose from the following 5 groups:(pick red highlighted) 20-29 years; 30-39 years; 40-49 years; 50-59 years; 60 and over. You will be able to see good differences if you have people from different generations, and it will make your assignment much easier! Remember, don't pick someone close to me in age, note (I am a woman in my early 40s)I will be that third person in the assignment!

Create a questionnaire that can be administered in a personal interview. You may use your text to help you generate questions. You will gather this information from yourself and the other two people you chose.

Here are some guidelines: (you are not limited to these!)

Question 1. When you were in high school, what jobs or careers did you think about pursuing?

Question 2. What influenced those choices? Financial ability, family circumstances, parents, peers, past educational experience, educational opportunities, gender, ethnicity, geography, other? Did you have a choice?

Question 3. What kind of advice/information about career planning was available to you in secondary school? How easy was it to obtain? Did you take advantage of what was offered?

Question 4. How would you rate your secondary education?

Question 5. What further education did you receive? (if attended or completed college, find out area of study)

Question 6. What educational experience did you have to begin working at each of the jobs you have had?

Question 7. Has/Have your employer(s) paid for subsequent educational preparation?

Question 8. How many jobs have you had so far? How many do you expect to have over your work life? What influenced you to stay at or leave each of the jobs?

Question 9. What is your current job? (f you are interviewing someone who is retired, ask them about their last job).

Question 10. How many hours per week do you typically work?

Question 11. What are your favorite three leisure activities: How often do you engage in these activities?

Question 12. What would you have done differently if you had all options available to you?

Question 13. Of all the jobs you have had, which was the most satisfying? Why?

Question 14. When do you intend to retire? What will you do during retirement? (adjust appropriately if person has retired-ask what influenced decision/timing of retiring)