training, trial, part-time or full-time employment, etc. The stage
consists of applying decisions and solving problems identified in the
first stage. Its duration may vary from a short time period in case of
adults looking for a job, to longer periods in case of young people
preparing for their first job).
The CASVE cycle is repeated in case of either failure to enter the
social and professional life, insurmountable difficulties at the
workplace, or erroneous evaluation of personal investments (time,
finance, emotions, etc.) in the attainment of the goals in the career
development plan.
- at the top there is the domain of executive processing, carrying out one’s
decision: the stage of reflecting on career-related decisions, which involves
meta-cognitive abilities; this mechanism holds an evaluation and a control
function over the way the decision has been made (on the preceding level of
the pyramid), as well as over its accuracy with respect to personal values,
interests and aptitudes, but also to information on occupations (basic level of
the pyramid).
Three abilities are of paramount importance in the meta-cognitive
process: inner voice, self-consciousness, control and monitoring.
Inner voice is the ability to (re) strengthen one’s self-image through a
dialogue with the self, as regards self-knowledge, decision-making,
relationships with others, etc.
Self consciousness, in this case, refers to the awareness of one’s
emotions, ability to put decisions into practice, taking into account
one’s own interests, but also those of others.
Control and monitoring is the necessary self-control in the process of
implementing personal decisions: establishing the time for action,
possible postponement of the implementation, anticipating and
surmounting difficulties and the implementation itself.
Brown (1978) identifies the following meta-cognitive abilities
involved in career decision-making: knowing one’s personal limits,
becoming aware of one’s own decision-making strategy, identifying
the problems that need solving, elaborating planning and
programming strategies, continual monitoring, understanding when
the problem is solved, avoiding conflicts with the self.
The process of developing meta-cognitive abilities involves:
identification of negative thoughts about the personal ability to make
decisions, positive inner voices, eradicating ideas of the type all or
nothing, developing self-control, increasing one’s problem-solving
ability, etc.
