Career Decisions: The Campbell and Ms. Flood

✍ Scribed by Kathleen R. Boggs

• Book ID: 102870586
• Publisher: American Counseling Association
• Year: 1998
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 610 KB
• Volume: 46
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0889-4019
• DOI: 10.1002/j.2161-0045.1998.tb00705.x

✦ Synopsis

This article provides a procedure for interpreting the Campbell Interest and Skill Survey (CISS; Campbell, Hyne, & Nilsen, 1992) and illustrates how it might be used to generate hypotheses during the counseling process. Before considering the results of the CISS (see the Appendix for her report summary), I would ask Ms. Flood about the questions she hoped the inventory would address as well as her fantasies about her career and personal lifestyle. Although she requests help with focusing and decision making, it might be desirable to explore her options before focusing, especially ifher CISS profile suggests other areas to consider. In addition to a general interpretation, the profile is examined based on choices Ms. Flood has made, options currently under consideration, and additional possibilities. Then the article addresses issues to be explored in counseling.

INTERPRETATION OF THE CISS

Using a graphic representation of the seven Orientations (Campbell, Hyne, & Nilsen, 1992), I would defme each and indicate representative occupations, asking Ms. Flood to predict the two or three highest Orientations represented by the underlined letters, I, 0, H, C, N, P, A (Campbell, 1994, p. 2):Influencing-influencing others through leadership, politics, public speaking, sales, and marketing; Qrganizing-organizing the work of others, managing, and monitoring financial performance; Helping-helping others through teaching, healing, and counseling; Qreating-ereating artistic, literary, or musical productions and designing products or environments; aNalyzing-analyzing data, using mathematics, and carrying out scientific experiments;£roducing-producing products, using handson skills in farming, construction, and mechanical crafts; and Adventuring-adventuring, competing, and risk taking through athletic, police, and military activities.