IOP3703 Assignment 2 (DETAILED ANSWERS) Semester 1 2024 (671625) - DISTINCTION GUARANTEED

IOP3703 Assignment 2 (DETAILED ANSWERS) Semester 1 2024 (671625) - DISTINCTION GUARANTEED Answers, guidelines, workings and references . The case of Thembi. Thembi is a 25-year-old graduate who has recently been appointed as a human resource officer in a large engineering company situated in Johannesburg. When she accepted the job offer she had to relocate from KZN, where all her family stays, to Gauteng. She has now been with the company for only six months. She feels confused and anxious about her job role. One of her major concerns is that what she expected from the position offered to her is not what she has been experiencing up to now. She also feels uncertain about her future career path in the company. She has approached the company career counsellor for some advice. In the initial meeting the career counsellor detected that Thembi is finding the transition from her familiar home environment to a new province and entering the world of work as quite challenging. Thembi also expressed anxiety about the pressure she felt from her family to find direction in her career. She stated that she had to accept the job offer because it was a scary feeling not to be employed after she had graduated. 1.1. Use Super’s career development theory to identify Thembi’s career life stage (refer to Table 5.3 in the prescribed book). (2) 1.2. Refer to the career life stage you identified in Q1.1 above. Identify and discuss, in your own words, the life tasks and associated challenges you would expect to find in Thembi’s carer life. (18) 1.3. Provide a summary of your career life story. In your answer ensure you discuss your age, career needs, your developmental career life stage (see Table 5.3), and how you have made career-related decisions thus far. Do not provide sensitive information. (10) [30]