Factors and Barriers that Influence Career Development

[Reyed Mia (Apprentice, DIU)]

Factors and Barriers that Influence Career Development

Several factors and the interactions between them influence career development and some may be barriers to it. These factors are:

Personal Characteristics: When you are in the process of choosing a career, you should do a thorough self assessment. It will allow you to learn what your personality type, interests, aptitudes and work-related values are. These traits, taken in combination, play a major role in career development and will help you find careers, as well as workplaces, that are suitable for you.
Socio-Economic Factors: Socio-economic factors can be a barrier to career development. They can significantly influence your ability to pursue a career that is otherwise a good match for you. For example, your financial situation may threaten to keep you from getting the necessary education. Fortunately, there are ways of overcoming barriers such as limited financial resources, namely student loans, financial aid and scholarships.
Physical and Mental Abilities: Some of us are better suited to some careers than we are to others due to our physical and mental abilities, and limitations. For example, you may want to become a doctor but don't have the intellectual ability to get into medical school. You should, if possible, find a related occupation that makes the best use your strengths while accommodating your limitations.
Chance Factors: Chance factors are life events over which we have little or no control. They can influence what careers we choose and how we progress in them. An example would be an individual not being able to advance in his career because he is a caregiver for a relative.

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