CAREER AWARENESS AND CAREER PREPARATIONS OF PSYCHOLOGY STUDENTS IN THE SOUTH OF VIETNAM

Abstract

Career awareness and career preparation have a close relationship with each other and have a great influence on motivation, learning outcomes and job opportunities of students after graduation. Therefore, these are important issues that need to be studied and clarified. This study focuses on analyzing the career awareness and career preparation of 431 psychology students at a number of universities in the South of Vietnam. The study used the survey method by questionnaire, the scales in the questionnaire were designed by the research team. Student's career perception is considered in terms of: perception of job position, workplace, career values and career standards. Research results showed that the career awareness of psychology students is still limited, and their preparation for a career is incomplete. There is a strong positive correlation between career awareness and career preparation of psychology students. Research results indicate that educational institutions and lecturers need to pay more attention to raising career awareness for psychology students, thereby promoting students' career preparation.