Career Services Research Articles

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The Relationship between Family Social Support and Self-Efficacy in Career Decision-Making of Final Year University Students

The purpose of this research is to determine the relationship between family social support and self-efficacy in career decision-making self-efficacy of final-year students. This is quantitative research with correlational design. The convenience sampling technique used to obtain a sample size of 402 final-year university students. Data were collected using a questionnaire consist of biographical related question and Family Support Measure instrument consisting of Family of Origin Career Development Support, Parent Intentional Career-Related Interactions, and Career Decision Self-Efficacy-Short Form (CDSE-SF). The validity and reliability test shows that all items were valid and reliable with reliability tests of 0.870, 0.911, and 0.973 for the Family of Origin Career Development Support, Parent Intentional Career-Related Interactions, and CDSE-SF. The results showed a significant positive relationship between family social support and self-efficacy in career decision-making of final-year students. Therefore, it is expected that the higher education career service center can use family factor as a source of support in the career service process.

Exploring students’ and graduates’ attitudes to the process of transition to the labour market

This article explores how UK students and recent graduates experience the process of transitioning to the labour market, based on a secondary analysis of 1969 survey responses from current students and recent graduates using an online jobs board. It finds that gender, class and ethnicity all structure students’ experience of transition in a multitude of ways. The article reports 24 aspects of the transition process with statistically significant differences between students from different demographic backgrounds. These include students’ vocational focus and career aspirations, mobility, values, the social aspects of work, whether they feel informed about career and recruitment, how they want to communicate with employers, and their experience of the Covid-19 pandemic. Most of these differences are small, but cumulatively they suggest that demographics are shaping the process of transition in complex, intersectional and heterogeneous ways. There is a need for key stakeholders involved in this process, notably higher education careers services and employers, to attend to these differences and use them to reform the graduate transition process in ways that make it more equitable.

0562 Associations of Insomnia Symptoms and Unhealthy Alcohol Use with Post-Operative Healthcare Utilization in Veterans Undergoing Decompressive Laminectomy for Lumbar Spinal Stenosis

Abstract Introduction Lumbar spinal stenosis (LSS) affects 11-39% of adults and contributes to significant pain and disability. Decompressive laminectomy (DL) is a common surgical intervention for LSS but many with medical and psychosocial comorbidities may not improve. Insomnia and unhealthy alcohol use, for example, are common among people living with chronic pain and may affect key laminectomy outcomes, such as healthcare utilization rates. We examined associations of self-reported rates of post-DL healthcare utilization in Veterans with insomnia symptoms and alcohol use. Methods We analyzed data from a multi-site prospective cohort study of Veterans with LSS undergoing DL. Participants (N=200) self-reported prior 12-month alcohol use behavior (Short Michigan Alcohol Screening Test; SMAST) and prior two-week insomnia symptoms (Insomnia Severity Index; ISI) prior to surgery; 12-months of post DL healthcare office visits, ER visits, hospitalizations, and mental health visits were reported over the telephone monthly. Negative binomial regression models via incident rate ratios (IRR) compared healthcare utilization rates between individuals reporting alcohol-related problems only (SMAST >2), insomnia symptoms only (ISI ≥ 8), and both to those reporting neither. Results Approximately 52% of participants reported insomnia symptoms, 75% unhealthy alcohol use, and 39% both. Rates of office, ER, and hospital visits were descriptively highest in those reporting insomnia only; mental health visits were highest in those with both insomnia and unhealthy alcohol use. Those with insomnia only had more ER (IRR=2.39, p=.04) and mental health visits (IRR=4.32, p=.03) than those with neither insomnia nor unhealthy alcohol use; individuals with both insomnia and unhealthy alcohol use also had more mental health visits (IRR=4.22, p=.01). Adjusting for covariates rendered IRRs attenuated and statistically nonsignificant, but magnitudes remained high. Conclusion Most Veterans with LSS reported insomnia symptoms and/or unhealthy alcohol use. Those with insomnia symptoms reported the highest rates of healthcare utilization, including higher rates of ER and mental health visits. Insomnia symptoms may contribute to post-operative healthcare utilization, lending support for assessment and intervention of sleep-related problems pre-laminectomy. Support (If Any) This material is based on work supported by the Department of Veterans Affairs, Veterans Health Administration, Office of Research and Development, grant # RX000798. Dr. Tighe is supported by Career Development/Capacity Building Award Number IK2 RX003393 from the United States (U.S.) Department of Veterans Affairs Rehabilitation R&D (Rehab RD) Service. Dr. Bachrach is supported by a U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Health Services Research and Development Service (HSR&D) Career Development Award (CDA 20-057).

A holistic analysis of the effects on tangible domains of a multi-domain independent living program

ABSTRACT This study explored the effectiveness of a multi-domain Independent Living Program (ILP) in providing services to older foster youth transitioning to adulthood in a largely white sample. The study involved analysis of 119 Independent Living (IL) plans of 97 current and former foster youth between the ages of 14 and 21. The plans focused on seven domains central to successful transition to adulthood. A checklist of goals for all seven domains of the ILP was used to determine which goals were focused on, and the former IL coordinator and staff determined if goals were achieved. This paper addressed results regarding tangible domains of education, employment, housing, and life skills. Results showed that the ILP was successful in life skills training in areas such as budgeting and homemaking skills, permanency, high school graduation, seeking employment, and use of career services. It showed weaknesses in the areas of setting long-term goals, pursuit of postsecondary education, and life skills such as driving. Future research should involve randomized control trials of ILPs or more diverse samples.

Family Background, Preparation and Opportunity: The Making of the Dualist-Era Hungarian Minister, Kálmán Széll

In getting his career in public service off the ground, the talented and ever-ready Kálmán Széll (1843–1915), was helped significantly by his influential father József Széll’s (1801–1871) social network, specifically his close relationship with Ferenc Deák. Deák, the emblematic figure of the 1867 Settlement had known the Széll boys since they were children. However, Kálmán Széll’s relationship to Deák was truly solidified in autumn 1867, when he married Ilona Vörösmarty, the daughter of one of the most popular poets in Hungary and the ward of Deák, who had taken responsibility for the girl’s wellbeing in 1855, upon the death of her father Mihály Vörösmarty.Did young Széll’s career take off in 1867–1868 because of the wedding and his closeness to Deák, or would it have occurred irrespective? Providing a completely objective answer to this complicated question is of course impossible, but by analyzing the antecedents, circumstances and consequences of the marriage, we are able to provide a more nuanced picture. No doubt Széll’s career path was made smoother by his close relationship to Deák, which, provided the opportunity for fast career advancement. However, without talent, determination and hard work, he would not have been able to endure the trials and tribulations of Hungarian national politics. Our best course of action is to take the two extreme positions – well-connected careerist versus the “up by the bootstraps” self-made man – and placing Kálmán Széll as close to the center as possible.

One-to-one career conversations in UK higher education: practical approaches and professional challenges

ABSTRACT One-to-one work with students remains at the core of many higher education career services in the UK, but there is limited empirical evidence detailing the nature of these interactions. Drawing together existing strands of literature on the process and effectiveness of one-to-one career conversations, career decision-making difficulties, and career practice training, we report the findings of interviews with 22 career professionals in HE in the UK who were invited to reflect on their one-to-one practice with university students, describe their approaches and techniques and to identify any challenges they face. Through template analysis, we identified three key aspects to the career professionals’ practice: the relationship, the structure of the conversation and specific techniques. The participants described aspects of their practice which diverge from the approaches they were taught during their initial professional training, notably the use of a flexible conversation structure and limited use of career development theories. We identified that the key challenge practitioners reported was feeling that they disappoint some of their clients. We highlight some theoretical implications and offer some recommendations for practitioner training.

Improving Global Planning Education by Centering the Experience of International Students in U.S. and Canadian Planning Schools

This report examines ways to better support international students in U.S. and Canadian planning schools based on a survey and focus groups conducted by the Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning Global Planning Education Committee (GPEC). Findings show that international students often face alienation and structural barriers to navigating universities and living in an unfamiliar culture, along with identity ambiguity, inadequate career services, and narrowly focused urban planning curricula. This suggests the need for greater mentorship; explicit recognition in diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) efforts; tailored professional development; and more holistic support systems.

Direct Outcomes and Win-Win Relationships Between University Careers Advisors and Graduate Recruiters

The purpose of our paper is to apply the state progress checklist from direct outcomes theory to a new domain of the university-to-work transition to mediate a dyadic win-win relationship between university careers advisors and graduate recruiters. The state progress checklist incorporates three endeavour elements - (i) potential, (ii) agendas, and (iii) effects; and nine themes - (i) resources, (ii) motivations, (iii) interactions, (iv) assumptions, (v) scenarios, (vi) plans, (vii) actions, (viii) outcomes, and (ix) reuses. The endeavour elements and themes are systematically applied to help envision, pursue, and achieve mutually beneficial relationships between both parties. The application of direct outcomes theory as a mediator of the relationship between university careers services and graduate recruiters offers synergy effects for both parties and helps overcome pre-existing barriers to collaboration and communication. Our paper applies the state progress checklist from direct outcomes theory to a new domain of the university-to-work transition to bridge research agendas across the education, vocational behaviour, and human resource management literature. We identify opportunities for university careers services and graduate recruiters to foster a win-win relationship by aligning their objectives and through the provision and receiving of support. These benefits subsequently transcend additional stakeholders, including university students, universities, and organisations. Moreover, Appendix 1 provides a summary sheet offering some potential questions for each of the nine themes across the three endeavour elements. These example questions are not meant to be an exhaustive list. Their purpose is to act as a starting point for discussion and action. The university careers advisors and graduate recruiters could initially work through this sheet separately before working through the sheet a second time collaboratively.

Pengukuran Kinerja Bursa Kerja Khusus Sekolah Menengah Kejuruan dalam Meningkatkan Keterserapan Lulusan di Dunia Kerja

This article aims to describe and analyze the level of achievement of the performance of the Bursa Kerja Khusus (BKK) of Vocational High School in Sidoarjo Regency to improving the absorption of graduates in the working field. The problem focused on BKK's performance has not been effective in carrying out its duties as a work placement service organization and career guidance to students and vocational school graduates in the same manner as the absorption of graduates in the working field, namely The World Business and Industry is still below 75% and vocational school graduates as the highest contributor of open unemployment in Sidoarjo Regency in August 2018-August 2020. To approach the problem used performance assessment theory from Dwiyanto (2018) there are; productivity, service quality, responsiveness, responsibility, and accountability. This research uses descriptive quantitative research methods. The results showed that the performance of BKK SMK Sidoarjo Regency obtained a percentage of 42.5% and the results of each sub-variable performance; (1) productivity dimension obtained 42.5% (2) dimension of service quality obtained 55% (3) dimension of responsiveness obtained 42.5%, (4) dimension responsibilities obtained 50%, and (5) dimension accountability obtained 37.5%.

Curialists and Hungarian Church Benefices in the 14th Century

The papal government was characterized by centralization in the 14th century in which the tax system and the papal beneficial policy were two main factors. The Avignon popes strived to extend their influence on every stratum of the ecclesiastical hierarchy by rewarding the members of the curia’s dévéloping administrativé systém with bénéficés in thé local churchés. Thé changés in thé functioning of the papal curia offered a great opportunity for a growing number of qualified clerics to build successful careers in the papal service. The process briefly described above had an impact on the contemporary ecclesiastical structure of the Hungarian Kingdom, as more and more clerics tried to obtain benefices with papal protection, especially in the second half of the 14th century. Soon not only papal officers, but cardinals and the members of their entourage held Hungarian ecclesiastical titles as well. The main aim of the present paper is to analyse the lifepath of a curialist, Petrus Begonis. First procurator of cardinal Guillaume de la Jugie, later papal chaplain, Petrus Begonis was granted various church offices – also in the Hungarian Kingdom – and charged with diverse diplomatic tasks in different parts of Europe (Hungary, Holy Roman Empire, Italy). His ecclesiastical career – spanning from the reign of Clement VI to that of Urban VI – gives an insight in the functioning of the papal curia in Avignon and helps us comprehend the administrational changes in the 14th century.

Career Guidance Sources in Libraries: A Study of Arts & Science Colleges Affiliated to Thiruvalluvar University, Tamil Nadu

Employment problem plays a pie vital role in India. Now a days Higher educational institutions concentrating on students career Opportunities and conducting campus recruitment drives to provide employment at the end of course. Purpose of this paper deals with the availability Career Guidance resources and Services providing institutions in Arts and science colleges affiliated to Thiruvalluvar University, Vellore. Objective - of the paper is to know the status of the college libraries and information centre’s, their services and availability of Career Guidance books, periodicals, financial sources and other infrastructure facilities. Methodology - systematic questionnaire has prepared and distributed to selected Arts and science colleges for data collection. Data analysis - after collecting the data were sorted out and fed into the computer excell for analysis. Findings and suggestions- it is observed from the study that increase more collection of career guidance resources in most of the Government colleges and Self financing institutions, create awareness programmes, utilize social media for updating of employment opportunities among the students and Infrastructure facility to be increased.

Followership: an undervalued concept in effective teams within the military and NHS

IntroductionLeadership is accepted as a crucial component of effective working within teams. Followership’s contribution to successful performance is increasingly recognised but understudied. This study evaluated followership levels in military doctors...

Konseling Dan Pengembangan Karir PNS: Literature Review

The purpose of this article is to describe several forms of career counseling services that can be adopted in the implications of civil servant management in central and local government agencies considering that career development is one form of civil servant management as regulated in Law Number 11 of 2017 concerning Civil Servant Management. However, career development does not always go well, various problems faced by employees can be an obstacle to career development. Career counseling as a service that aims to overcome employee problems is expected to be able to help so that the mandate of the Law can be achieved. Counseling aims not only to address pathological problems and provide interventions for those with mental health challenges but also includes the goals of promoting health, personal growth, education, and career development. The method used in this article is to use a Systematic Literature Review involving 15 documents from 2012 to 2018 and to identify 3 forms of career counseling services that are relevant to the management of civil servants, including civil servant career transition counseling, counseling for civil servants with disabilities, counseling for elderly civil servants.

Lieutenant Thomas Evans, Mr George Thomas and the survey of Liverpool

Controversy over surveys of Liverpool and its approaches made by Lieutenant Thomas Evans and Mr George Thomas unfolded during the period when Captain Thomas Hurd, second Hydrographer to the Board of Admiralty, was urging the establishment of the specialist cadre which would evolve into the Royal Naval Surveying Service. His representations were made in an age of small government when the concept of career service with the necessary regulations had not been developed. Selection resulted from the interplay of outside interest, service patronage, and the influence of placeholders within the Admiralty. Employment in the field could be task-specific and short-term. This episode throws light on Hurd’s vision both for assured survey capability and for the quality of charting of British waters.

Industry Connect Initiative Experience Report: Undergraduate Computer Science Courses

Southeastern Louisiana University is a medium sized university located in Hammond, Louisiana with approximately 14,000 students and ranks 59th best affordable Information Technology Program in the United States. Over the course of many years, what is now known as the "Industry Connect Initiative" (ICI) has been developed. The ICI is a four-pronged approach to connect students to real-world-ready skills and relevant topics. The four prongs of the ICI are the industry advisory board (IAB), internship program, distinguished lecturer series (DLS), and real-world curriculum opportunities (a.k.a. "Project classes"). In addition to the ICI, support from the university's Career Services Department and Workforce Talent Initiative completes the suite of resources resulting in graduates being highly sought after for employment. While numerous implementations of real-world ready courses and project courses are widely available, the focus is only on the "capstone" or "major project". Even if the capstone course is multi-semester, this approach is limited as the real-world application occurs only at the end of the degree program. This paper details the ICI curriculum opportunity, a unique approach that incorporates these real-world experiences throughout a student's educational experience at a variety of difficulty levels, beginning in the third semester and culminating in the final semester in the Capstone course.

TODAY’S CHALLENGES, WHICH INFLUENCE THE TRAINING AND ADVANCEMENT OF THE QUALIFICATION OF PUBLIC SERVANTS IN UKRAINE

The article deals with the problem of qualification advancement of civil servants in Ukraine. The article reveals the problems connected with qualification advancement of the employees of the state authorities. The article outlines the main directions of formation of the current effective system of professional development of civil servants. It was found that the mechanisms of the system of vocational training, which are used in foreign countries, mainly do not vary from the domestic tools of professional development (e.g., workplace training, on-the-job training (lectures, seminars, workshops, interdepartmental trainings), group training, distance learning), but their application in practice has certain peculiarities. Reform requires a high level of qualification and professional uniformity of the management apparatus, which will enable to provide a professional basis for the constitutional uniformity of the system of power, as well as the transition (vertical, horizontal, interdepartmental, etc.) of public servants. The establishment of systemic and innovative thinking of public servants is considered to be a new challenge of today’s realities. It should be noted that “professionalism of a public servant is intended to ensure the proper performance of duties, stability of public service, the ability to solve complex problems and the ability and readiness to improve their qualification. The main criteria of professionalism of a public servant can include: Availability of high education; competence (knowledge, skills and abilities) in performance of duties; availability of practical work experience; discipline, responsibility; accurate adherence to the law; political neutrality; organizational, managerial skills, initiative, creativity; ability and inclination to work in the service career; social protection, as well as psychological, moral and ethical qualities”. At the same time, the character and nature of performance of duties by public servants require them to have not only basic organizational and managerial skills, competence and initiative in fulfilling the assigned tasks, but also high human qualities: orderliness, self-control, modesty and self-criticism, sense of responsibility for the entrusted task, concern for state and public interests. Professionalism is the main qualitative category of a public servant, which determines the efficiency of work and his career.

Career Guidance and Counseling Services in Pakistan from the Perspective of Students and Career Services Providers

Career guidance and counseling (CGC) could be helpful for career related matters of students however, there is a dearth of research evidence about several aspects of CGC services and students’ approach towards CGC is one such aspect. This qualitative research was designed to bridge this gap by using triangulation method to explore perspective of students as well as service providers. Twenty-five semi-structured interviews were carried out using a self-devised interview protocol. Convenient sampling strategy was used to conduct eighteen interviews with university students (n = 10 men, n = 8 women) with age ranging from17-23 years and seven interviews with career service providers (n = 3 men, n = 4 women) working at the university level. Thematic analysis revealed two major themes, eight macro themes and thirteen micro themes. Findings of the study revealed that CGC was perceived to be valuable, multidimensional, and necessary for students at all stages. However, students’ approach to CGC was predominated by cultural and circumstantial influences. Students’ awareness was limited and their academic choices were misaligned with their personal interests. Student’s decisions were enforced or poorly made and they were largely engaged in procrastination. Expectations of students were not congruent with reality, moreover, their theoretical knowledge was detached from practice. Results were discussed and future research directions were highlighted. Research implications pinpoint that appropriate provision, awareness, access, and utilization of CGC could be beneficial for many students and their career issues.

Modelling the Transition Process from Higher Education to Employment: The Case of Undergraduates from Debre Markos University

This study aimed to identify the factors that influence Debre Markos University bachelor degree graduates’ transition duration from higher education to employment. A retrospective study design and a total of 1448 undergraduates were considered in this study. Kaplan-Meier, Cox proportional hazard, and parametric accelerated failure time survival analysis were used to identify the factors that influence the duration of the job search of graduates. The best parametric model that could describe the duration of the job search to obtain the first job was chosen using the Akaike information criterion. As per the study, 50% of graduates were able to get their first employment 18 months after graduation. The Weibull parametric accelerated failure time model performed better in predicting the time it takes for graduates to find their first job. College, cumulative grade point average, father education, graduate region, public advertisement, starting own business, and doing an internship during the study were found to be statistically significant indicators of the transition duration of the graduates to obtain the first job. Debre Markos University 2019 graduates had a longer period of unemployment. The institution should have a fully functioning career service office that provides job search training and connects students with employers.

New Degree Tracking Methods in Hungary

According to the Zoltan Magyary Program for the Development of Public Administration in 2012 the institution of civil servants’ training and further training has started, called the National University of Public Service (NUPS). The mid-term vision of the Institutional Development Plan is to make NUPS: a solid training and research base of the development of Hungarian public service and of public service career model It is important for NUPS how develops the feedback of its graduates on the academic years. Within the framework of the Graduate Career Tracking System (GCTS), research is carried out via questionnaires, whose completion is voluntary, among the current students and alumni with a degree no more than 5 years old. One of the purposes of the GCTS is to improve the University’s standards of service and education. The willingness of respondents is low from year to year, so the result of the questionnaire is lower than expected.
 The purpose of the study is to present a method to better track the opinions, experiences and placement parameters of graduate students. This new method helps to evaluate the results of the questionnaire more widely. this will allow the university to develop the institution more effectively.