THE FOURTH/FINAL-YEAR UNIVERSITY STUDENT FUTURE PROFESSIONAL CAREER: UNDERSTANDING STRUCTURE

TitleTHE FOURTH/FINAL-YEAR UNIVERSITY STUDENT FUTURE PROFESSIONAL CAREER: UNDERSTANDING STRUCTURE
Publication TypeJournal Article
Year of Publication2016
AuthorsLamanauskas, V, Augienė, D
JournalBaltic Journal of Career Education and Management
Volume4
Issue1
Start Page26-40
PaginationContinuous
Date PublishedDecember/2016
Type of ArticleOriginal article
ISSN2345-0193
Other NumbersICID: 1230779
Keywordscareer understanding, professional career, quantitative analysis, university students
Abstract

University study period is not only professional qualification and certain competence acquisition. It is altogether a successive step to future career heights. Thus, it is undoubtedly important for the students to evaluate appearing possibilities as early as possible, to purposefully prepare for professional activity after university graduation. From the first days of the studies it is necessary for the students to start planning career, analysing career questions they are concerned about. On the other hand, every student’s individual career understanding, personal motivation to foresee vision and strategy in the direction of successful career is very important. Therefore, it is obvious, that it is important to analyse students’ position on their professional career questions.
The aforementioned question solution requires reliable and adequate information. The research on university student career problematics latterly remain very urgent. It is believed, that analysing student positions on these questions it is obtained quite objective primary information. The empiric research (N=185) carried out between January-May 2016 showed, that the fourth year student career understanding basically is adequate, however, there exist understanding differences according to sex factor. Student career understanding structure has been revealed.

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Refereed DesignationRefereed
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