Career choice is one of the key decisions among student's life. Correct decision will give success in their professional life. The study objective is to determine role of career guidance in professional career choice among secondary school students in Karachi, Pakistan. It's a Cross sectional study and 489 participants were selected through simple random sampling. Structured and Validated questionnaire were used. Chi square test and logistic regression were used to determine the association of career guidance in career planning. Mean age and standard deviation of participants were 17.13 ±1.29. Most of males (46% and 27%) seeking assistant for education related and career counseling respectively and after adjusting covariates revealed that male's gender, students scored high grades and high education level of parents were more likely OR 2.33 OR 2.05 and OR 1.99 respectively) to seeking assistance from counselors in career guidance, while students with lower educational aspirations were least likely (OR 0.78) to seek counselors for career planning. Study found that male students and parent's education level were important role in career guidance seeking. There is need for awareness of career guidance through workshops, seminars and media for promoting career guidance among students.
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international journal for research in applied science and engineering technology ijraset
Choosing of career paths for students from their early stages of secondary school and thereafter as they join institutions of higher learning has had its inadequacies as most of these students lack adequate information such as personality characteristics, and proper information of the nature of work in a certain career. Choosing of career paths for students from their early stages of secondary school and thereafter as they join institutions of higher learning has had its inadequacies as most of these students lack adequate information such as personality characteristics and proper information of the nature of work in a certain career (Kemboi et al., 2016). These factors are key and ought to be fully assessed before individuals can be deemed qualified to go into specific careers. This paper is focused on different technique of Career guidance.
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A long thirty years of experience as a teacher and career counsellor for the high school and higher secondary students was the inspiration behind this research. Adolescent stage is a stressful period as it is a transition from childhood to adulthood. In addition to this, education is found to be very stressful to many, even to a bright one. Egbo(2013) stated that " the total development of a child can only take place in an environment conducive for teaching and learning". Students need guidance at this time not only for their personal and emotional issues but also for making decisions on selecting future courses and career.This paper aims to explore the gender differences in making career decisions among young adolescents.
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JPAIR Institutional Research
Choosing the best career is vital and needs a long process and serious planning for the students to make the right decision. This descriptive study investigated the attitude towards career decision-making of the 302 senior high school students of Gingoog City Comprehensive National High School, Gingoog City, Misamis Oriental. Factors such as sex, grade level, and socioeconomic status were focused on determine their influence on students’ career decisions. The researchers utilized mean, frequency, and percentage, T-test, and F-test/ANOVA, Scheffe Post Hoc Testing, and Multiple Comparisons to organize the data in the study. The results reveal that parents stand as the most prominent factor in students’ career decisions. Likewise, males and females vary in their career choice such that males are more decisive in their career decision-making than females. Further, students who have lower family incomes tend to be more fixed in their career choice than those whose families earn high salaries. It was recommended that school guidance counselors provide counseling for students to be more aware of the possible courses they pursue and the factors that influence them as delineated in this study. Moreover, the parents let their children decide on the courses they desire to pursue in their tertiary education and the profession they carry out in the future.
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Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences
