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Robert Chope

 


Wednesday, December 12, 2012, 1:00 pm Pacific, 2:00 pm Mountain, 3:00 pm Central, 4:00 pm EST, 5:00 pm Atlantic, 9:00 pm Zurich


How Families of Origin and Creation Influence Career Decision Making

  

It is impossible to treat career issues in a vacuum. The aim of this talk is to explore how our experience of career decision making has its roots in the family.  The discussion will also show how social networking has made families, be both immensely helpful and overwhelming.  


People have career and family stories to tell and are chomping at the bit for people to listen to them.  Stories aid in career decision making and help us to put meaning as well as order in our lives.  
    

With thoughtful reflection, people repeatedly find that the reasons for their career choices are based upon a combination of factors, including genetic constitution, family history, cultural context, educational presence, career aspirations, family values, luck. Career choice is also based on other non specific variables such as catastrophic mishap, the presence of war and military conflict, or economic crisis.


Bio

Robert Chope is Professor Emeritus and former Chair of the Counseling Department at San Francisco State University where he founded the Career Counseling Program.  He is also the founder of the Career and Personal Development Institute in San Francisco, a practice that he has had for over 33 years. 


Dr. Chope is a licensed Psychologist and a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist. He is the author of four books, 85 refereed papers and he has been heard on more than 150 radio and television shows around the country. He is a fellow of the National Career Development Association and American Counseling Association, a recipient of the Robert Swan Lifetime Achievement in Career Counseling Award, a recipient of the 2004 NCDA Outstanding Career Practitioner of the Year Award and the 2007 Merit Award. In 2012 he was honored with the Eminent Career Award from NCDA. In 2005 he was also named one of the 135 notable graduates of the University of Minnesota on the occasion of the 135th anniversary of the College of Liberal Arts. 


He is a past president of the National Employment Counseling Association and sits on the editorial boards of four counseling journals.  He was elected into the H.B. McDaniel Hall of Fame at Stanford University in 2008 and was presented with McDaniel Individual Award in 2011.


Contact

rcchope@sfsu.edu

415.982.2636

www.cpdicareercounseling.com


Something To Think About


  1. What kind of career related information did your family provide?
  2. What tangible assistance was provided by your family and were there any strings attached?
  3. What type of emotional support did your family provide?  
  4. Were you ever concerned about your career choice and its impact on your family?
  5. Did any disruptive events affect your career choice?
  6. What were the actions of family members who were asked to help you and the actions of those who were not asked to help?





Table of Contents


Preface

Chapter 1:  Why should career counselors even bother with the family

Chapter 2:  A primer on current research

Chapter 3:  Cultural diversity and family influence

Chapter 4:  How to gather data to assess family influence

Chapter 5:  Connecting to a digital family in a digital world

Chapter 6:  The nature of decision making

Chapter 7:  Applications at home and in the classroom

Chapter 8:  Looking to the future


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Introduction


 

This is Dr. Sally Gelardin with Careerwell Tele-Interviews.  Our guest today, Robert Chope, is Professor Emeritus and former Chair of the Counseling Department at San Francisco State University where he founded the Career Counseling Program.  He is also the founder of the Career and Personal Development Institute in San Francisco, a practice that he has had for over 33 years. Dr. Chope is a licensed Psychologist and a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist. He is the author of four books, 85 refereed papers and he has been heard on more than 150 radio and television shows around the country.  In 2012 he was honored with the Eminent Career Award from NCDA and he was elected into the H.B. McDaniel Hall of Fame at Stanford University in 2008 and was presented with McDaniel Individual Award in 2011. Welcome Bob!


Interview Questions

 

 

  1. Bob, Your updated book on Family Matters: The intertwining of family and career decision making will soon be out.  How is this version different from the first edition of the book? (social networking, ...)
  2. You posted on your Careerwell Web Page, a series of questions that listeners can ask themselves about their family-career dynamics.  I'm going to turn these questions back on you.
  3. What kind of career related information did your family provide?
  4. What tangible assistance was provided by your family and were there any strings attached?
  5. What  type of emotional support did your family provide?  
  6. Were you ever concerned about your career choice and its impact on your family?
  7. Did any disruptive events affect your career choice?
  8. What were the actions of family members who were asked to help you and the actions of those who were not asked to help?
  9. I find that external stressors, such as adult children trying to balance career with caregiving of an aging parent, brings out both strengths and weaknesses of families. How can we turn these stressful times into a learning experience?
  10. You just retired from teaching at SF State University recently.  How do you envision your next 5 years? 10 years?
  11. How are you leading your life since you retired?  Does your family have any influence on how your are leading your life?

Thank you Bob, thank you listeners. Please join me for upcoming interviews in January:

 

 Then, later this winter...

 

Marcia Leventhal, The Dance of Life: Dance and Movement for the Older Adult

Lynn Ruth Miller, Changing Careers at 72 and Again at 78 (performed on "Got Talent"


Happy Holidays!  Until next year,  this is Dr. Sally Gelardin with Careerwell Tele-Interviews.

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