Abstract
Career refers to the term profession and a person’s journey or progress in a field. Choosing the right career is very important to ensure that it is in line with the qualifications and skills possessed as well as one's interests and personality in determining the success of life. Therefore, this study was conducted to examine career choice factors. The purpose of this study was to identify the perceptions of Gerik Community College students on career choice factors. There are three factors in this study which are family factors, peer factors, and salary factors. This study is a descriptive quantitative study that uses a questionnaire as a research instrument. There were 68 students of Gerik Community College in the July 2019 session who were respondents for this study. The study used a simple random sampling technique to make a selection of respondents. The research data obtained through the questionnaire was analyzed using score mean and T-Test. The results of the study found that all factors obtained a high mean score but family factors are the main factors influencing students in a career choice that is a mean score of 4.39. Statistical analysis found no significant differences between gender with the factors studied. Indeed, student gender did not play a role in determining the career choice factors for this study.
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