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Career development professionals often apply the principles of John L. Holland’s theory
of vocational choice in career development because they help group individuals with jobs that
best suit their personalities. The theory holds that people's personalities underlie the choices that
they make in their careers (Zainudin et al., 2020). In this regard, careerists make job decisions
that augur with their orientations. The theorist suggests that people are most likely to experience
positive outcomes at work if their individual preferences are congruent with professional
features. He presents six modalities, including artistic, social, investigative, artistic,
conventional, and enterprising features, that can predict an individual's career choice. While this
theory offers a simple approach to determining career paths, it fails to consider the role of other
external factors that influence perspectives toward jobs.
While personality affects people's attitudes toward certain professions, social phenomena
have a requisite role in the career choices that people make during their lifetime. Social factors,
such as a person's social capital, gender, location, and ethnicity, do not just influence attitudes
toward some jobs but also limit opportunities to some professions. Indeed, the government has
established numerous policies to protect people's rights and prohibit discrimination in the labor
market (Niles & Harris-Bowlsbey, 2022). Yet, marginalized populations, including racial
minorities, women, lesbians, gay, bisexual, and handicapped individuals still experience
discrimination, evident in their low employment ratio. Discrimination in some professions
influences the perspectives and attitudes that these minority groups develop in their careers. For
instance, Black students tend to value future status, income, and making a change in society
when choosing their careers compared to their white counterparts due to their experiences rather

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1 Theory of Vocational Choice Student’s Name Institutional Affiliation Course Professor’s Name Date 2 Theory of Vocational Choice Career development professionals often apply the principles of John L. Holland’s theory of vocational choice in career development because they help group individuals with jobs that best suit their personalities. The theory holds that people's personalities underlie the choices that they make in their careers (Zainudin et al., 2020). In this regard, careerists make job decisions that augur with their orientations. The theorist suggests that people are most likely to experience positive outcomes at work if their individual preferences are congruent with professional features. He presents six modalities, including artistic, social, investigative, artistic, conventional, and enterprising features, that can predict an individual's career choice. While this theory offers a simple approach to determining career paths, it fails to consider the role of other external factors that influence perspectives toward jobs. While personality affects people's attitudes toward certain professions, social phenomena have a requisite role in the career choices that ...
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