Effectiveness of Career Information Services in Career Planning for Junior High School Students

Abstract

This study aimed to find out how well career information services help students plan their careers. The pre-experimental design method, with one group of pre-and post-test designs, was used in this study. The participants in this study were 261 students in eight grade at SMPN 2 Sungai Raya. They were inspecting utilizing likelihood testing with a straightforward irregular examining strategy. Therefore, 40 students were used as samples in this study. The study's results before students received career information services showed that only 60.80% of students planned their careers, whereas the results after students received career information showed an increase of 78.59%. Based on the results of the Effect Size t-test with Cohen'd at 2.35, it can be concluded that this study improves student career planning. It indicates that career information services play a very large role in enhancing student career planning. Keywords: Career Information Services, Career Planning, Junior High School Students