Increasing the career choice readiness of young adolescents: An evaluation study

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Written By Andreas Hirschi

Hirschi, A., & Läge, D. (2008). Increasing the career choice readiness of young adolescents: An evaluation study. International Journal of Educational and Vocational Guidance, 8(2), 95-110. doi 10.1007/s10775-008-9139-7

Abstract

A career workshop to promote career choice readiness of young adolescents, applying models of the Cognitive Information Processing Approach (Sampson, Reardon, Peterson, & Lenz, 2004) and incorporating critical ingredients (Brown & Ryan Krane, 2000) was developed and evaluated with 334 Swiss students in seventh grade applying a Solomon four group design with a three-month follow-up. Participants significantly increased in career decidedness, career planning, career exploration, and vocational identity. Implications for evaluation research and counselling practice are presented.

Keywords: career counselling, secondary students, career choice readiness, outcome research

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