Abstract

Objectives The purpose of this study is to develop a career self-direction improvement program for university students and to verify the effectiveness of the program.
 Methods To this end, first of all, prior research related to university students' career self-direction was explored, and the purpose and goal of the program, and the specific session content and method of progress of the program were determined. The effectiveness test of the program was conducted on 40 students from universities in the metropolitan area from March 2, 2023 to June 16, 2023. First, 20 people were assigned to each of the ex-perimental group and the control group, and then a career self-directed program was applied to the experimental group. The university student career self-direction scale (Ji-eun Choi, Yong-sun Cho, 2022a) was used as a tool for verifying the effectiveness of the program.
 Results As a result of the study, there were significant differences between the experimental group and the con-trol group in all seven sub-factors of career self-direction (career self-understanding, career responsibility, con-tinuity of career exploration, career acceptance, career information search and resource utilization, career autono-my, and career confidence). In particular, the experimental group showed distinct changes in the area of career information search, resource utilization, and career self-understanding.
 Conclusions This study is significant in that it develop a career self-direction improvement program for university students and verified its effectiveness by paying attention to the variable of career self-direction that was not found in previous studies. Through the developed program, it is expected that university students in uncertain work environments will be able to develop their careers on their own.

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