Career Indecision; a sign of transformation in progress -Cochran 1991 ( as cited in Savickas)  

Personal Career Indecision

I highly subscribe with the idea that career indecision is a sign of transformation. I myself went through a period of indecision, in the end I think the experience itself helped guide me toward my profession. Thinking about the constructivist theory presented in Savickas, I went through the undecided stage presented in the article. For me it felt like it was a normal process, however it was abnormal to me because I was always a person with a plan. I always knew I would go to college, which I did. I thought I had my career chosen, and set goals to obtain related goals through my education. Things changed quickly for me when I entered my actual studies, I realized I lacked passion for my selected career. After that realization, I began my process of indecision, or my transformation toward meaning. I was in the stage of "wavering" which was described by Cocharan 19991 and cited in Savickas.  I pondered the question "what is my purpose" which wasn't easy to determine. I had no career counseling what so ever, so I really had no direction on how to figure things out. I began taking a variety of classes to help define what was important for me in terms of what career choice I would make. Values, this is something I always found important; my career had to align with my values. Some values that I have are helping others, family, education, supporting the younger generation (children), and so on. Therefore I think there is so surprise as to how I ended up in the School Counseling Program. For me the whole that I found was that I wanted to help others. By taking classes in the Human Development and Family Studies field I was able to put together for pieces, I moved on to I want to help the younger generation. Then education and the child's well being was added to my bigger picture. In the end school counseling became my purpose. Constructivist theory puts a lot into perspective for my own career development process.

References

Savickas, M. L. (1995). Constructivist counseling for career indecision. The Career Development Quartly, 43 (4), 363-373.