Define early career establishment and explain how individuals implement their self-concepts into careers

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Answer 1

• The early career establishing years, age 25 to 44, are viewed by Super as a critical time when one struggles to form a unique identity in the work world. Individuals implement their self-concepts into careers that will provide the most efficient means of self-expression.
• Erikson (1950) suggests that during this period of time, one is balancing intimacy and isolation while also attempting to maintain a unique identity in the process of developing relationships.
• What is being stressed here is that early career experiences provide individuals with opportunities to establish themselves in the workplace.
• There also appears to be solid evidence that early encounters in the workplace will significantly influence the outcome of some of the most important socialization process.
• Critical to the individual's career development are supervisor and coworker relationships, especially in the current work environment that stresses teamwork. How individuals respond to authority figures may reflect a low concern for others or a more positive interdependent, cooperative orientation. The implications for counseling are simply that early work experiences may establish enduring positive and negative attitudes about work and relationships at work.