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Career Development and Life Skills

Telangana Open School (TOSS) · Class 12 · Psychology

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Meaning and Stages of Career Development

  • Career refers to all activities a person engages in during their lifetime, including personal, occupational, and social life.
  • Career development is a dynamic, ongoing, and gradual process that shapes a person's lifestyle.
  • It involves experiences like education, job training, achievements, and satisfaction levels.
2

Stages of Vocational Development

  • Vocational development has four stages: Early Exploration, Exploration and Trial, Establishment and Maintenance, and Retirement.
  • Early Exploration involves first jobs, often part-time or temporary.
  • Exploration and Trial is when a person tries different jobs to find a suitable one — also called the 'floundering stage'.
3

Career Planning

  • Career planning includes personal, social, and occupational life planning.
  • Three key features: Know Thyself, Know the World of Work, and Match Self with Work.
  • Know Thyself means understanding your interests, abilities, aptitudes, and limitations.
4

Life Skills

  • Life skills are abilities for adaptive and positive behavior to handle daily challenges.
  • Adaptive means being flexible in different situations; positive behavior means staying hopeful.
  • Ten core life skills grouped into Social, Thinking, and Emotional Skills.

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Career development refers to the overallThere are five life stagesA systematic process involving three keyLife skills are abilities that helpCareer adjustment involves changing one’s job

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