Individual counseling services which are not in line with the procedures and goals may lead to students’ negative perceptions. To know this, there are several indicators to be examined whether the services have been in line with the procedures or not, such as listening skills, techniques used, goal setting, and others. Regarding these preliminary findings, this study aimed at describing students’ perceptions of individual counseling services provided by counselors in Semarang, Indonesia and its differences in terms of counselor communication skills based on genders and grades. Survey method with cross-sectional technique (n=709) was employed to investigate this issue. To determine students’ perception of the implementation of individual counseling by the counselor, the authors used MANOVA and multidimensional descriptive analysis. The findings showed that according to gender, male students had lower perceptions of the individual counseling given by counselors than female students. Further, differences in perceptions based on grades are also discussed in this article.

Postgraduate students today are faced with the reality of the contemporary labor market. Career development service programs for postgraduate students need to be arranged based on alignment between graduates and university programs. Due to the importance of student awareness in career planning, more planning activities for career development are needed to encourage the Postgraduate students of Universitas Negeri Semarang. The purpose of this study was to identify career behaviors and labor market perceptions related to career services of Universitas Negeri Semarang Postgraduate students. Survey method was used and involved 745 Postgraduate students at Universitas Negeri Semarang as samples. In addition, quantitative descriptive approach was employed to analyze the data. The results showed that the Universitas Negeri Semarangg Postgraduate students showed positive perceptions of the job market and had good career behavior. The identification results from this study can be used as a basis for preparing career planning programs for Postgraduate students at