Post on 19-Jan-2016
Career and career management using the game metaphor with
students
Liane HamblyCreativecareercoaching.orglhambly@btinternet.com
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Overview
• Understanding “career”• The usefulness of metaphor and
analogies in communication• The gaming analogy
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‘way of making one’s living”“ profession” (Oxford Dictionary)
“progression through learning and work” (Andrews 2008)
“Not a linear path but crazy paving and you have to lay it yourself”(Dominic Cadbury)
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The boundaryless career‘Career is more about improvisation than planning ….
making fresh choices in response to changing circumstances, rather than implementing pre-determined plans’
• Independence from traditional career paths … no job for life, downshifting …
• Multiple employers• Use transferable skills to occupy a number of roles
(ARTHUR & ROUSSEAU, 1996, P. 6) THE BOUNDARYLESS CAREER: A NEW EMPLOYMENT PRINCIPLE FOR A NEW ORGANIZATIONAL ERA. NEW YORK: OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS.
The stickiness of metaphor (Malcolm Gladwell)
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System 1 and System 2 thinkingSystem 1 System 2
Intuition LogicExperiential reasoning Step by step analysisRelies heavily on emotion Less emotionUnconscious/ automatic ConsciousProcesses thousands of pieces of information/ cues simultaneously
Can only process up to seven pieces of information at a time
Storage largely in images, sounds, smells, taste (senses/ associations)
Storage in words
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The human brain – summary of recent research and theoryhttp://creativecareercoaching.org/blog/
Amundson, M.E. (2014) Using Metaphor in Career Intervention, in APA handbook of career intervention, Vol 2
Advantages of using metaphor• They help people to describe more accurately what they
are feeling or thinking;• They encourage creative thinking and problem solving;• They are non-threatening and can defuse resistance;• They have the capacity to evoke more than an intellectual
response, tapping into emotions and physical responses;• Negative and self-defeating metaphors can be reframed
to create deep shifts in thinking that reason alone cannot penetrate;
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Minecraft
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FaMTedT6P0I
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Tools help you to perform tasks faster and better
The task is to create your world with blocks
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What’s this to do with careers?
• Learners have to create their future ….•
• To lay that path they will need resources
• Years ago you only needed a career goal, qualifications and a CV
• The toolkit has expanded ….. We need more career management competencies
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‘Career management’
• ‘Career management is not about making the right occupational choice …its about equipping people with the competencies (KSA) to make the myriad choices with which adults are confronted continuously, lifelong’
Jarvis, P. Talent … Opportunity. Prosperity requires connecting the Dots.Canadian Blueprint for Life/ work Design
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Career Management :Developing skills in career planning, and employing effective career decision-making strategies to manage transition and make suitable career development choices
Preparing for Success 2009
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Your task ….
• Match the image with a career management competence
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Resilience?Problem solving?Decision making?
To sum up ….• The nature of career has changed to but people still cling onto the
• People now need a larger to navigate the journey
• Metaphors create shifts in thinking that stick like
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