Question

Gary works as a customer service representative, but thinks this job is not a good fit for his interests or talents. However, he is not sure what he wants to do instead. To help him decide, he visits the US Bureau of Labor Statistics website at www.bls.gov (Links to an external site.) and researches a few careers that he thinks would be a better fit. Gary is engaging in which step of the career development process?

Answer 1

Answer:

Exploration

Explanation:

Exploration or career exploration in the career development process can be described as a process of learning about different occupations or job titles exist and determining how they fit into the unique career preferences of a job seeker.

The unique career preferences include values, skills and interest which the job seeker intends for his career to satisfy.

Career exploration is usually carried out after or during the identification of career preferences by a job seeker via self-assessment.

Since the U.S. Department of Labor provides about 840 classifications of occupations, a visit to their website by Gary to carry out a research indicates that he is engaging in the exploration step of the career development process.