This assignment is the second component of your course project. For this assignment, you will use the findings from your interview to complete an initial analysis. Choose one career counseling theory and apply it to your interview findings.
Your interview should have included questions to help you understand your interviewee’s work, education, and family history. Your goal is to understand your interviewee’s story and the details of how that story evolved. You will not need to use any formal assessments in your interview, but if your subject has completed any, you may choose to use them to help inform your analysis.
Address the following aspects in your paper:
Introduce and describe your interviewee’s situation, including his or her interests, preferences, personality, skills, and values. You do not need to address all five of these aspects, but you should address at least two. If your interviewee has completed a formal career-related assessments (Myers-Briggs, Strengthfinder, et cetera), you may include those as well.
Choose a theory to apply to your interview and rationalize your choice (Holland, theory of work adjustment, Super, Gottfredson, the relationship approach, or SCCT). (In the Unit 9 assignment, you will choose a second theory from this list to apply to your interview.)
Analyze the interviewee’s work and life career history within the framework of your chosen theory.
Apply your chosen career development theory to the interests and preferences of your interviewee. How would you connect theory to practice?
Include at least five academic sources to support your paper, using proper APA format for all citations and references. Most of your articles should be peer-reviewed sources; you can use the resource provided to help you locate these types of sources. You need to demonstrate a breadth of scholarship available on the topic.
Please note that after you submit this assignment and receive feedback on it, you will be expected to incorporate a revised version in your final analysis in Unit 9.
Assignment Requirements
Research and references: Provide a minimum of 5 scholarly references in proper APA style.
Number of pages: The body of your paper must be 5–7 double-spaced pages.
Font and font size: Times New Roman, 12 point.
Formatting: Present your citations and references in APA format.
Written communication: Written communication must reflect graduate-level writing skills and successfully convey the message.
