Kariyer Psikolojik Danışmanlığı Dergisi

Yazarlar: Fidan KORKUT OWEN

Konular:Eğitim, Bilimsel Disiplinler

Anahtar Kelimeler:Career development,Career development stories,Counselor candidates

Özet: The purpose of the current investigation was to evaluate in a more specific way the various factors revealed in individual career stories from counseling candidates.  To accomplish this task career stories were collected from 82 undergraduate counseling candidates from two universities.  All of the career stories were solicited as class assignments from third year students taking a Career Counseling Practicum class. This qualitative study employed content analysis of the collected career stories in an attempt to document the major factors affecting career choice for the subjects.  The most frequently mentioned factor affecting initial career choice was personal interest illustrated by references to strong social interactions, learning about others. Frequently mentioned by the participant were career related messages from parents and teachers. Most of respondents mentioned the impact of university exam as having played a significant role in their personal career choice. Despite the fact that chance was the least frequently mentioned factor, it was cited by more than one-third of respondents.  Although not specifically related to career choice, analysis of so many personal career selection stories provided the opportunity to gain a view of the process

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