Promoting student career decision-making self-efficacy: An online intervention

Evaluation of a Blended Career Education Course during the COVID-19 Pandemic on Students’ Career Awareness

“…The searches returned only a small number of studies concerning this scope in the period of 2016 and 2020. Among these studies, one recent study of Iran demonstrated that online course yielded a similar effect to faceto-face program but it was about individual counseling [21]. Another study addressed whether MOOC enhances learners' employability but the samples were not specific for young students [22].…”

Integrating career development into an undergraduate IT curriculum at an Australian University

“…The results in McKenzie et al ( 2014 ), McKenzie et al ( 2015 ), (McKenzie et al, 2017b ), (McKenzie et al, 2018 ) show that resources specific to IT students, as shown in the model, have influence on a student’s self-efficacy helping to validate their career interest and choice. Pordelan et al ( 2020 ) found that online career resources can also increase students’ career confidence. While other resources are of impact on a student’s self-efficacy, such as academic achievement or feedback from teaching staff, the resources shown in the model were rated highest in importance by the student cohort (McKenzie et al, 2018 ).…”

Online career counseling success: the role of hardiness and psychological capital

“…The internet and digital technologies have been developed in the societies and were integrated with all aspects of people’s life, such as workplace, education, and public and private services (Baturay & Toker, 2019 ; Imamura et al, 2015 ; Pordelan et al, 2020 ). The youth constitute a wide range of internet users (Shields & Behrman, 2000 ) and around 694 million people above 15 use internet that constitute 14% of people above 15 in the world.…”

“…The disadvantages of high internet use are investigated and confirmed by many researchers. However, the internet as a technology has advantages such as promoting career development (Pordelan et al, 2018 ), facilitating career adaptability (Teychenne et al, 2019 ), reducing psychological disorders (Christensen et al, 2014 ; Hodgins et al, 2019 ), teaching and learning (Korhonen et al, 2019 ; Lee & Huang, 2018 ), and better career decision-making (Nota et al, 2016 ; Pordelan et al, 2020 ).…”

“…The internet can provide a context for career counselors to provide services and the youth can take advantage of them (Pordelan et al, 2020 ). The online career counseling can function as a trustable tool and provide efficient information for counselors and those who need counseling services (Dozier et al, 2015 ).…”