In five pages this paper examines Eli Ginzburg and Donald Super's theories on vocational making in this consideration of Isaac's career choice and various contributing factors. One source is cited in the bibliography.
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and his father - who works 15 hour days - is not around to comfort him. In addition, he is by himself a great deal after school, which gives him
time to brood, be angry and to watch television. Its probably no wonder that hes becoming a problem in school - and that his grades are failing. And its no
wonder that, based on his situation, Isaac is moving toward totally unrealistic career choices. First of all, when reviewing Isaacs academic history
and his goals and objectives, its clear that hes very ambitious and knows what he wants to do. The problem is, while he wants to be a successful lawyer (based
on shows such as JAG), his interest inventory tends to point him more in the direction of jobs that require analysis, a liking of science and math and an understanding
of how complex things work (such as psychiatry, which requires an understanding of how the mind works or medical technologist, requiring knowledge of the human body, as well as more
practical things such as how to draw blood). The difficulty with this is that law requires a different set of skills and interests - such as leadership, an ability to
communicate and a huge ability to reason. In other words, Isaacs conscious career desires are vastly different from where his subconscious interests lie.
Where then, does this come from with Isaac? According to Donald Super, individuals make vocational choices in relation to their understanding of themselves - in other words, their career
choices are made based on self-concepts (Anonymous, 2002). Super notes, in his five-stage psycho-social theory of development, that the period between birth and age 14 is a period during which