Explore Your Career Identity: A Women's Workbook

By Annie Southern

Women’s career development is influenced by many of the same issues that affect men. However, women-specific issues can be found in women’s career development due to changing social trends, the socialisation of girls, and home/work role conflict. This workbook (based on Dr Southern's 'Explore Your Career Identity' practical workbook) looks at those issues as well as exploring career theory and how some of it relates specifically to women's issues. Today, a holistic approach is central to looking at careers. It places the person at the centre of their own career and life narrative with the power to unpack the ways they have been socialised and to challenge some of their thinking around their abilities and aspirations. Through this approach people remodel their cognitive approach to work and life based on new knowledge about the world of work and their place in it. While not specifically women-focused, this approach has a lot to offer women because of its potential to reframe identity and transform thinking in terms of career identity. The exercises in the workbook can help you in this process since they are focused on the part of career exploration called career identity exploration. This workbook has been produced for women who want to understand more about what makes them ‘tick’ in terms of their career development – both as a woman and a human being in the 21st century – so that they can make optimal decisions for their future success, security and happiness. There are lots of exercises in this book for you to do to discover more about your career identity. So have a blank journal or pad of paper ready and have fun!

• Language: English
• Publisher: Annie Southern
• Release date: Nov 30, 2014
• ISBN: 9781311077042

Annie Southern

Dr Annie Southern was educated at Oxford University and has a PhD in health science from the University of Canterbury. Her doctorate looked at women's career experiences as they are affected by mental illness. She has worked in publishing as a magazine and book editor. She has also lived through the Canterbury earthquakes in New Zealand and has an interest in earthquake trauma. Her publications are available both as ebooks and print editions.

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EXPLORE YOUR

CAREER

IDENTITY:

A Women’s Workbook

Annie Southern PhD

Cover and book design:

Social Media Revolution Design

Copyright: Annie Southern, 2014

ISBN: 978-1-3110770-4-2

Pictures sourced from Depositphotos.com

Copyright Photographs and illustrations: Philipp Kammerer, Kirill Kedrinskiy, Sergey Pykhonin, Pavel Potapov, Marek Uliasz and John Lee

No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, scanning or otherwise without the permission of the author.

This material is general in nature. It is made available on the understanding that the author is not thereby engaged in rendering professional advice. Before relying on the material in any important matter, users should carefully evaluate its relevance for their purposes and should always obtain professional advice relevant to their particular circumstances. The material incorporates and summarises views of third parties. Such material is assembled in good faith, but does not necessarily reflect the considered views of the author, or indicate a commitment to a particular course of action.

CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION

HOW I SEE MYSELF & MY CAREER

Career Theory – What does career mean?

How I See My Career

My Goals

When I Grow Up, I Want to be an Astronaut or a Movie Star!

A Picture of Myself

MY INFLUENCES

Women & Careers: Socialisation

My Career Family Tree

Who Influences My Career Planning?

JOB PREFERENCES

My Jobs so Far

What I’m Looking for in a Job

I Prefer To Work with …

JOB FACTORS

Career Theory - Traits and Factors

7 Main Parts of the Job of Being a …

‘Family Tree’ for a Particular Job

Organisation Inventory

MY PERSONALITY TYPE

Career Theory - RIASEC Types

Job Types

Taking a Plane Journey

What Kind of Person am I?

My Life Advantages

MOTIVATION

Career Theory – Fit and Flow

My Flow States

What Motivates Me

My Perfect Lifestyle

LIFE ROLES

Career Theory – Life Roles

My Timeline

Balanced Lifestyles

Women & Careers: Role Conflict

CAREER SELF CONCEPT

My Career Self-Concept

CAREER TYPES

Career Theory – Career Types

My Career Types

CAREER ANCHORS

Career Theory- Career Anchors

What Anchors Me in Life is …

MY INTERESTS & VALUES

My Core Self – Me, Myself & I

Reflection

My Skills, Interests & Values

My Achievements

OPTIMISING CHANCE EVENTS

Career Theory – Planned Happenstance

HOW I SEE MYSELF & MY CAREER - REVISTED

How I See My Career - Revisited

My Goals - Revisited

My Inspiration Picture

CONCLUSION

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

REFERENCES

OTHER PUBLICATIONS

INTRODUCTION

Women’s career development is influenced by many of the same issues that affect men. However, women-specific issues can be found in women’s career development due to changing social trends, the socialisation of girls, and home/work role conflict. This workbook looks at those issues as well as