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Effect Of Employment Opportunity On Career Choice Among Employed Youths
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1.2 Statement of the Problem
Searching
for a job, career planning and deciding on what to choose play an
important role in students career choices. Many students often are faced
with uncertainty and stress as they make career choices. Many of them
do not make adequate research on their own career nor do they receive
adequate directions from their school guidance coordinators. Most of
them are not aware of what goes into career choice. Many youth go into
unsuitable careers due to ignorance, inexperience, peer pressure, advice
from friends, parents and teachers or as a result of the prestige
attached to certain jobs without adequate vocational guidance and career
counselling.
Lawer (2007) researched on assessing the effectiveness
of career guidance in senior secondary schools in Alimosho district
area. He concluded that majority of students were not aware of major
occupation groups in Nigeria, knowledge of training and qualification
necessary for employment in the various occupations, conditions of work,
earning and other rewards of occupation, and did not have better
understanding of their career interest, aptitudes and abilities. This
clearly shows that majority of them were not concerned about their
future career. This situation compels one to ask whether they are given
the needed guidance on available careers relating to the programmes they
are pursuing. Are they aware of what goes into career choice? And what
specific factors influence their choice and how do those factors
influence them? This study therefore seeks to find out the extent to
which intrinsic, extrinsic, and interpersonal factors influence the
choice of career of senior high students.
1.3 Research Questions
The following research questions were also used to guide the researcher to carry out the study.
To what extent do Intrinsic factors influence students’ choice of career?
To what extent do Extrinsic factors influence students’ choice of career?
To what extent do Interpersonal factors influence students’ choice of career?
What problems do students face in making their career choices?
1.4 Objective of the Study
The
purpose of this study is to identify those factors that influence
students’ decision concerning choice of career in the Alimosho District
and the extent to which these factors influence their choices. In
addition, the study seeks to examine the differences between intrinsic
factors, extrinsic factors, and interpersonal factors in making career
choice. It will also attempt to find out problems encountered by
students in making their career choices.
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ABSRACT - [ Total Page(s): 1 ]The researcher set out to investigate factors that influence career choice among the senior high school students in Alimosho senior High school and the extent to which those factors influence students’ choice. Survey design was used. The main instrument used for data collection was questionnaire. Simple random sample techniques was used to select 200 students, and convenient sampling techniques used to select three administrators and three guidance and counselling coordinators for the stu ... Continue reading---
