CURRENT TRENDS IN CAREER CHOICE OF YOUTH: A CASE STUDY OF VIETNAMESE YOUTH

Abstract

Choosing a career helps young people determine their future direction, thereby helping them focus their efforts and time on specific goals, from studying to developing skills. The study examines the career orientation of young people today, the steps in the career orientation process, and considers occupations that provide potential jobs for young people in the futureUsing the desk research method along with conducting a sociological survey with 896 survey forms collected from Vietnamese young people about the level of priority for choosing a career, factors affecting career choice and potential careers for young people, the results show that young people prioritize to choose jobs with a working environment that promotes interaction; jobs with stable salaries, consistent with abilities and opportunities for career advancement. Careers that young people consider to have great potential include marketing, doctors and nurses, artificial intelligence and content creation. From the research results, the authors have a number of exchanges and discussions with the School/Family/Society and with Students/Students to make career orientation for young people more effective.