Match the Theory
A student says, “I want to know what jobs fit my interests and personality.” Which theory might be useful?
Holland’s RIASEC Model
This occupational information system helps clients explore job tasks, skills, education, wages, outlook, and related occupations.
O*NET
This resource helps identify workplace accommodations for people with disabilities.
JAN, Job Accommodation Network
Career decisions are shaped not only by individual interests, but also by these larger forces.
Systems, barriers, context, or access
A client says, “I’m in a different life stage now, and my career needs to change with me.” Which theory fits well?
Super’s Lifespan/Life-Space Theory
This counseling activity helps clients explore family work patterns, messages about work, career expectations, and intergenerational influences.
Career genogram
This civil rights law protects qualified people with disabilities from employment discrimination.
ADA, Americans with Disabilities Act
Name one rural barrier that may affect career development in Montana.
Transportation, distance, limited broadband, fewer job options, limited training access, limited exposure
In school counseling, career work often includes course planning, postsecondary options, and this.
Workforce pathways or career exposure
A client says, “I never saw people like me in that career, so I assumed it was not an option.” Which theory might help explore this?
Krumboltz’s Learning Theory
This CareerOneStop tool helps clients identify what matters most to them in a work setting, such as independence, achievement, support, or working conditions.
Work Values Matcher
In clinical mental health counseling, work may connect to identity, symptoms, trauma, burnout, and this.
Recovery, meaning, stress, or treatment goals
A client says, “I need to understand the story I am telling myself about work and who I am becoming.” Which theory fits well?
Savickas’s Career Construction Theory
This CareerOneStop tool helps clients identify abilities they already have and match those abilities to possible occupations.
Skills Matcher
These are the core duties of a job that a person must be able to perform, with or without accommodation.
Essential functions
Name two barriers that may affect access to education or employment.
Childcare, transportation, finances, disability, discrimination, housing, language, rurality, caregiving, mental health
In marriage, couple, and family counseling, career decisions often affect finances, parenting, relocation, caregiving, and this.
Relationship roles or family dynamics
A client’s early family environment, needs, and relational experiences are central to understanding their career direction. Which theory might apply?
Roe’s Career Choice Development Theory
This U.S. Department of Labor website includes career assessments, occupation profiles, training information, job search tools, and local employment resources.
CareerOneStop
In disability-informed career counseling, the counselor supports advocacy but should avoid doing this.
Doing the work for the client or taking over the process
Name one ethical issue related to career assessment.
Competence, informed consent, cultural bias, overinterpretation, confidentiality, appropriate use, avoiding stereotypes