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This article addresses the use of computer-assisted career guidance systems (CACGS) in career interventions. Major CACGS developed in the past decades were based on the trait-factor or person-environment fit approaches in their conceptualization and design. The strengths and limitations of these CACGS in addressing the career development needs of individuals are discussed. The Career Construction Theory (CCT) is a promising paradigm to guide the development of new generations of CACGS. The narrative tradition, career adaptability model, and life-design interventions of CCT offer rich conceptual and practical applications that could expand the scope and breadth of career exploration and identity construction through using CACGS. A digital system developed in Hong Kong called Infinity is a case-in-point of a CACGS where users could learn about career planning, engage in self and career construction through using the quantitative and qualitative assessment applications and gamified tools, take career planning actions over time, and communicate with their social supportive systems. Initial findings suggested that users of the system reported lesser decision-making difficulties, higher levels of decision clarity, and better understanding of what is career planning than non-users. Users from high academic achievement schools reported higher levels of career adaptability than their counterparts in schools of similar academic background. Users from low achievement schools reported higher intention to pursue government-supported universities than non-users from schools of similar background. Research and practice implications in schools and organizational settings are discussed.
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O Modelo de Avaliação e Orientação de Carreira proposto por Donald Super (C-DAC Model) traduz a sua teoria do desenvolvimento de carreira em termos práticos. Após décadas de pesquisas teóricas, Donald Super criou um modelo de avaliação e orientação que utiliza os principais conceitos de sua teoria, tais como, a maturidade de carreira, saliência dos papéis e autoconceitos, contribuindo para que os orientadores profissionais possam auxiliar as pessoas a resolverem os seus problemas de carreira de forma integradora. Este modelo auxilia na compreensão dos determinantes objetivos e subjetivos do desenvolvimento de carreira, superando o modelo tradicional de orientação de carreira que se baseia fundamentalmente nos modelos de combinação (matching models). O presente artigo tem como objetivo descrever as características e as etapas deste modelo de avaliação e orientação de carreira, além de discutir as suas implicações práticas para os orientadores de carreira.
The Career Developmental Assessment and Counseling model proposed by Donald Super (C-DAC Model) reflects his career development theory in practice. After decades of theoretical research he developed important concepts such as: career maturity, role salience in work and self concept. Donald Super created a new career assessment and counseling model that is based on the main concepts of his theory so helping career practitioners and counselors to guide their clients in dealing with their career problems in an integrating way. This model helps to understand the objective and subjective determinants of career development, reaching beyond the traditional models that are mainly based on matching models. This paper aimed at describing and discussing the principal characteristics and procedures proposed by Super´s Model and its practical implications for career counseling.
El modelo de evaluación y orientación de Carrera propuesto por Donald Super (C-DAC Model) pone en términos prácticos su teoría de desarrollo de carrera. Después de décadas de investigaciones teóricas Donald Super creó un modelo de evaluación y orientación que utiliza los principales conceptos de su teoría, tales como madurez de carrera, destaque de los papeles y autoconceptos, contribuyendo para que los orientadores profesionales puedan auxiliar a las personas a resolver sus problemas de carrera de forma integradora. Este modelo facilita la comprensión de los determinantes objetivos y subjetivos del desarrollo de carrera, superando al modelo tradicional de orientación de carrera que se basa fundamentalmente en los modelos de combinación (matching models). Este trabajo se propone describir las características y las etapas de este modelo de evaluación y orientación de carrera, además de discutir sus implicaciones prácticas para los orientadores de carrera.
