Wat vraagt een duurzame loopbaan eigenlijk voor een werkende? Naar mijn idee vraagt dat om 3 dingen. Allereerst zelfkennis en zelfbewustzijn. Weten waar je talent liggen en weten waar jij warm voor draait, maar óók weten in welke omgeving jij het beste uit jezelf kunt halen. Ten tweede geloof ik dat omgevingsbewust zijn van belang is. Om duurzaam inzetbaar te zijn en te blijven moet je alert zijn op wat er om je heen gebeurt. Hoe je baan en je beroep zich ontwikkelen, of dat past bij je talenten en hoe je daar dan vervolgens mee om moet gaan. Ten derde is zelfleiderschap essentieel.
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Uit de geschiedenis en uit vele bronnen, blijkt dat bij bijvoorbeeld wetenschap, literatuur, kunst en muziek de meest interessante resultaten het gevolg zijn van allerhande toevalligheden. Dit wordt aangeduid met de term serendipiteit. Serendipiteit is dan de kunst van het vinden van iets waardevols, terwijl je daar niet naar op zoek bent. Maar het houdt wel in dat het belangrijk is om alert te zijn en open te staan voor toevalligheden en signalen. Het SerendipiteitSpel laat spelers op speelse wijze ervaren dat de belangrijkste ontdekkingen in het leven, in loopbanen, in relaties, niet gepland zijn. Maar zijn ze toevallig? Of kun je het toeval leren te ontdekken voordat het je toe valt?
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In this chapter we propose that writing dialogues in creative, expressive, and reflective ways can foster more awareness and self-direction among those who aim to start, build, or rescue their careers. In the first section of the chapter we sketch the societal issues for which narrative counselling is a response; we subsequently argue that more independent methods, like career writing (Lengelle, 2014) are needed as they are more time and cost effective as compared with one-on-one narrative counseling approaches. We explain what dialogue writing entails, explain the learning theory that underlies its use in career learning, and provide case studies and personal stories to show its potential. We close with several practical exercises and suggestions for those who would add it to their practice.
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Reactie van Frans Meijers op het commentaar van Tom Luken op het artikel "Is loopbaanreflectie gevaarlijk?".
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Jonge mensen hebben steeds meer behoefte aan loopbaancompetenties. Dat vraagt van docenten dat ze zich anders gaan opstellen. Want zij praten nog steeds te veel tegen leerlingen in plaats van met leerlingen.
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Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to focus on the effects of career development and guidance among students (age 17-23) enrolled in higher education in The Netherlands. First the paper explores whether the development of career competencies contribute to career identity, learning motivation, certainty of career choice and drop out, and also whether the learning environment affects these variables. In the study, four career competencies are identified: career reflection (reflective behavior), work exploration (exploring behavior), career action (pro-active behavior) and networking (interactive behavior). Aspects of the learning environment that are taken into account are practice- and inquiry-based curriculum and career guidance conversations. Design/methodology/approach: A questionnaire-based study was carried out among 4,820 students and 371 (school) career counsellors in 11 universities. Findings: The results show that career competencies are related to learning motivation, career identity, certainty of career choice and drop out threat. The learning environment also contributes to these outcome variables. Students who participate in a practice-based and inquiry-based curriculum, and who have helping conversations about their study with their teachers, feel more motivated for learning, are more certain of their career choice and are less likely to quit their study. Research limitations/implications: A limitation of this study is that, due to the cross-sectional design with no control group, no strong evidence for effectiveness can be presented. Moreover, the lack of well validated instruments limits the value of the results. The explained variance of the outcome variables, however, does indicate that there are relationships between career competencies and career learning environment on one hand, and career identity, learning motivation and certainty of choices on the other. Practical implications: Constructing and attributing meaning when engaging in these dialogues is of central importance; the development of personality traits and qualities only takes place when those learning find the content meaningful (and that is something quite different than content being considered “necessary”). In order to achieve such a learning environment within the dominant educational culture, transformative leadership is essential. Such leadership, however, is rare in Dutch universities of applied sciences until now. Social implications: Universities are increasingly acknowledging that they have a strong responsibility to guide students not only in their academic growth, but also in their career development. Universities – and especially universities of applied sciences – cannot leave this task to the public or private sector for two key reasons. First, universities are funded by the government and are therefore expected to prepare their students adequately for life in our individualized society as well as for the labor market. In the second place because organizations in the private and public sector often lack the knowledge and the motivation to guide young people on their career paths. Originality/value: A limitation found in the research, as well as in actual career interventions in schools, is that they focus on change in students’ knowledge, attitudes and decision-making skills, while students’ behaviors are not examined. Hughes and Karp (2004) maintain that research should focus on exploring the relationships between guidance interventions and positive students’ behavioral outcomes. Therefore, the paper concentrates – in search of the influence of school-based career interventions – not on decision-making skills, attitudes or knowledge but on actual career behavior, i.e. career competencies of students.
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In this article, we examined whether career writing—creative, expressive, and reflective writing—can increase luck readiness, which is the ability to respond and make use of (career) opportunities. Two 2-day writing courses were taught to third-year bachelor students, one before and one after work placements. In this exploratory study, results showed that luck readiness and work competence increased when students engaged in career writing. Specifically, flexibility, risk, and persistence increased among students in the experimental group. They also made jumps in optimism and efficacy, though no statistically significant differences were found in these domains.
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De huidige studieloopbaanbegeleiding is vaak onpersoonlijk en onvoldoende gericht op de dromen en ambities van studenten, zei eerstejaars bedrijfseconomie Fady Mikhail in mei 2017 in een artikel op de nieuwsportal van De Haagse Hogeschool. Bovendien weten coaches vaak niet goed hoe ze de begeleiding moeten aanpakken. Het rigide stappenplan bepaalt volgens hem de inhoud. “Studenten worden daardoor niet uitgedaagd na te denken over hun toekomst en zijn daardoor niet goed voorbereid.” LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jaswina-bihari-elahi-72b98828/
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Het is de globale adoptie van de Nederlandse Verzuiling, waarbinnen de ‘eigen waarheid’ van informatie bepaald werd op basis van het geloof (normen, waarden en dogma’s) van de maatschappelijke ‘zuil’ waartoe men behoorde. Het isolationisme van de huidige geloven gaat gevolgen hebben voor het denken over informatie. Voor mij zal het woord van het jaar 2017 ‘informatie-isolationisme’ zijn.
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