Career Development and Job Placement Services in Higher Education Institution
Keywords:
Career development, Job placement services, Higher education
Abstract
Career and Job Placement Services is one of the vital services Higher Education Institutions provide for their students. These services lead to the institutions’ contribution to society’s human capital development by facilitating the development of employability competencies of its students. The study described the implementation of career development and job placement services of a state university in the Province of Bukidnon particularly the status of its performance and level of effectiveness and based on this information intervention program, to strengthen the services is proposed. A descriptive and qualitative research designs using the annual accomplishment reports of the activities conducted for the past three years, 2017-2019, was utilized including a researcher-made questionnaire administered online through a google form. Findings revealed that the career development and job placement services were implemented in the institution. The students were able to get career information, exploration, and direct experiences for job searching and job interview. They could reflect and make critical decisions on the career paths to take, considering their context and the labor demands. The students find the services very effective, which calls for the sustainability of implementing the services in various platforms and formats.References
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Bloxom, J.M., Bernes, K.B., Magnusson, K.C., Gunn, T.T., Bardick, A.D., Orr, D.T., & McKnight K.M. (2008). Grade 12 Student Career Needs and Perceptions of the Effectiveness of Career Development Services Within High Schools. Canadian Journal of Counselling / Revue canadienne de counseling / 2008, Vol. 42:2 University of Lethbridge
Dench, S., Perryman, S., & Giles. L. (1998). Employers’ perceptions of key skills. https://www.employment-studies.co.uk/system/files/resources/files/349.pdf
Di Fabio, A. (2012, July). Narratability and career construction: Empirical evidence of
intervention effectiveness. State-of-the-Science Lecture, Invited keynote speaker in the field of Psychology of Counseling presented at the International Congress of Psychology (ICP) 2012, Cape Town, South Africa.
Di Fabio, A. (2014a). Career counseling and positive psychology in the 21st century: New
constructs and measures for evaluating the effectiveness of intervention. Journal of
Counsellogy, 1, 193–213.
Dunbar M.H. (2019) Careers Guidance and Job Placement Services: The Missing Link Between Education and Employment. McGrath S., Mulder M., Papier J., Suart R. (eds) Handbook of Vocational Education and Training. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-94532-3_49
Erskine-Sackey, N. (2013). Career and career development. https://slideshare.net/takyiwa_5/career-development-ppt-23392328
European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training (2015). Career guidance in unstable times: linking economic, social and individual benefits. Briefing note. https://op.europa.eu/en/publication-detail/-/publication/01056af6-6ae4-464f-a518-f7cd09d2896b/language-en
Heally, C. & Reilly, C. (1989). Career needs of community college students: Implications for services and theory. https://psycnet.apa.org/record/1990-11053-001
Hui-Chin Chu, Mei-Chi Hsieh, & Shan-Chih (2007). A Study of Career Development, Learning Motivation, and Learning Satisfaction of Adult Learners in Unconventional Scheduling Graduate Programs. https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/ED504762.pdf
Hughes, K.L., & Carp, M.M. (2004). School based career development: A synthesis of literature. https:// tc.columbia.edu/iee/PAPERS/CareerDevelopment02_04.pdf
Kashefpakdel, E., Mann, A., & Schleicher, M. (2016). The impact of career development activities on student attitudes towards school utility: an analysis of data from the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development’s Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA). https://www.educationandemployers.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/The-
impact-of-career-development-activities-on-student-attitudes-December-2016-2.pdf
Lewis, J. (2001). Career and personal counseling: Comparing process and outcome. Journal of employment counseling, 38, 82-90.
Markus, H. & Nurius, P. (1986). Predicting academic achievement motivation: Possible selves of undergraduate students in selected universities in Kenya. http://www.sciepub.com/reference/181291
McQuerry, L. (2018). How to make career day interesting. https://work.chron/make-career-day-interesting-9093.html
National Association for Colleges & Employers (2016). Employers: Verbal communication most important candidate skill https://www.naceweb.org/career-readiness/competencies/employers-verbal-communication-most-important-candidate-skill/
National Association for Colleges and Employers (2018). Why communication? Pathways to your future. https://www.natcom.org/academic-professional-resources/why-study-communication
Ntaganda, Javan Lukema, (2001). College Graduates' Perception of Placement-Service Impact at Three Selected Institutions of Higher Education in the Michiana Area (2001). Dissertations. 606. https://digitalcommons.andrews.edu/dissertations/606
Quinn, S. (1992). The effect of career development programme. Unpublished M.A. dissertation. Johannesburg: Rand Afrikaans University.
Roid, G., & Wendler, C. (1983). Writing bias detection and item writing technology. https://www.eric.ed.gov/id?=230564
Wright, S.L., Murdock J.L., & Jenkins-Guarnieri, M.A. (2013). Career development among first year college students. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/258144346_Career_Development_Among_First_Year_College_Students
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2022-12-13
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