Cloze 7 What do you 1 from work? What 2 do you give the most attention to in selecting a career or an occupation? In my work at a university 3 center I’ve discovered that many students haven’t really thought seriously about why they are choosing a 4 vocation. For some, parental 5 or encouragement is the major reason for their choice. Others have 6 views of what it will be like to be a lawyer, engineer, or doctor. Many people regarding career decisions haven’t looked at what they value the most and whether these values can be 7 in their chosen vocation. In choosing your vocation or evaluating the choices you’ve made 8 , you may want to consider which factors really mean the most to you. Making vocational choices is a process that 9 a considerable period of time, rather than an _ 10 __ event. 11 in career development have found that most people go through a 12 of stages in choosing the occupation. The following factors have been 13 to be important in decision-making process: self-concept, interests, abilities, values, parental influence, etc. Let’s consider some of these factors 14 to career decision making, keeping in mind that vocational choice is a 15 , not an event. We’ll look at the role of self-concept, abilities, and values in choosing a career. Some writers in career development believe that a vocational choice is an attempt to 16 one’s self-concept. People with a poor self-concept, for example, are not 17 to picture themselves in a meaningful or important job. They are possibly to keep their 18 low, and thus their achievements will probably be low also. They may select and remain in a job that they do not enjoy or 19 satisfaction from, based on their conviction that such a job is all they are worthy of. In this 20 , choosing a vocation can be thought of as a public declaration of the kind of person we see ourselves as being.