Outcomes of Career Information System Utilization Among First-Year High School Students

Abstract

The aim of this study was to examine the effects of Career Information System (CIS) on ninth-grade student’s vocational skills self-efficacy, outcome expectations, work hope, and career decision-making difficulties. CIS is a computer-based career intervention designed to help users become more knowledgeable about themselves and occupational options with career planning support. At the midpoint of fall semester, intervention participants ( n = 194) were assessed before and after a CIS intervention administered during their health class, while ninth-grade students who were not in the health class ( n = 191) served as a nonrandomized control group. Relative to control participants, intervention participants had higher work hope and lower career decision-making difficulties associated with inconsistent information and lack of information. The effects of the intervention did not vary as a function of gender or socioeconomic status. Findings contribute to the scant literature assessing the effects of computer-based career interventions for high school students.

Aplikasi Kurikulum Merdeka Belajar-Kampus Merdeka (MBKM) pada Perguruan Tinggi Terhadap Karier Mahasiswa

“…Mahasiswa dengan tingkat career exploration yang tinggi akan memiliki tingkat career maturity yang tinggi pula, dan sebaliknya. Hal ini sejalan dengan penelitian yang dilakukan oleh Garcia et al (2021) mengungkapkan tentang pengaruh career exploration pada career maturity siswa yang menunjukkan hubungan positif yang signifikan.…”

An Analysis of Factors Influencing Secondary School Students' Career Planning

“…This may be explained by the fact that exploring the specific characteristics of the career of interest reduced the barriers of lack of information difficulties [11]. These interventions may have increased participants' confidence in obtaining reliable career information [12]. Research has demonstrated that students with higher selfcontinuity scores have more concern, planning, and autonomy in making decisions about their future careers and that adopting a future-self perspective can promote future self-continuity [13].…”

“…This may be due to the fact that examining the unique traits of the desired occupation helped to overcome informational hurdles [11]. Participants' confidence in obtaining trustworthy career information may have increased as a result of these interventions [12]. It's also found that effective career interventions tend to include elements of general counseling; structured group interventions appear to be more useful than unstructured group interventions [16]; and, in general, qualitative group career counseling outcomes are more positive than quantitative ones [17].…”

“…These interventions may have increased participants' confidence in obtaining reliable career information [12].…”

Career practitioners’ response to career development concerns in the time of COVID‐19

“…Attending to emotions that may be associated with learning about options is also recommended (Young & Valach, 2004 ). Other interventions and activities that increase options knowledge include undergraduate career courses (Osborn et al., 2020 ), CACGs (Garcia et al., 2020 ; Osborn et al ., in press; Sampson & Osborn, 2015 ), discussions with parents (Adebowele, 2014 ; Chin et al., 2019 ), extracurricular activities (Denault et al., 2019 ), paid work experiences (Creed & Patton, 2003 ), career fairs and internships (Pesch et al., 2018 ), and personal contacts like professors (Zondag & Brink, 2017 ). Given research showing ( Osborn et al , 2021; Osborn et al., 2020 ) that options knowledge is related to self‐knowledge, decision‐making skills, and metacognitive aspects such as self‐talk, activities involving any of these three areas is also likely to contribute to the development of options knowledge and vice versa.…”