Abstract
Researchers should widen their exploration of career planning through career guidance activities among children. Studies and researches have been done linked to career planning from childhood will have an impact on their career choices in future. This study aimed to explore the impact of career planning by children through their career guidance activities. This study is conducted on 12-year-old children who have issues with their career planning process. The findings show that there are four themes that have been successfully identified, namely the understanding of career, sources of career information disclosure, career choice and understanding of employment through parents’ occupation.
Highlights
Career planning is an individual process in making self -assessment, evaluation of career opportunities and action planning correlated to their career objectives
The process of children's career guidance is more focused on early career exposures that can be developed through knowledge and skills; integrated through teaching and learning or through non-academic programs such as career counselling, clubs and associations or entrepreneurship programs, leadership programs and etc
Researchers found that career awareness was the first element in influencing children’s early career planning followed by themes that included career understanding, sources of career information disclosure, career choice and understanding of parental employment
Summary
Career planning is an individual process in making self -assessment, evaluation of career opportunities and action planning correlated to their career objectives. The starting point in this career selection process is to start since one is still a child and is in school. Children’s Career Guidance Career guidance to children refers to a process given systematically and continuously in order to form competencies and attitudes towards career planning, higher levels of learning (flow breakdown), adaption to the environment or any progress towards planning, selection and career. Kashefpakdal, Rehill & Hughes (2018) explained that career development is a maturation process towards life management, learning and world of employment. The process of children's career guidance is more focused on early career exposures that can be developed through knowledge and skills; integrated through teaching and learning or through non-academic programs such as career counselling, clubs and associations or entrepreneurship programs, leadership programs and etc. Career planning is seen as an important thing for children because it can help increases their motivation to achieve what desires them the most and ambitions, but with the existence of career planning, it can provide early awareness to children to make their own career choices and further strategies for their life goals
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