Open AccessA STUDY ON CAREER SATISFACTION OF ARTS AND SCIENCE COLLEGE STUDENTS WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO KANYAKUMARI DISTRICT
Author(s) -
S Meera Raj
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
international journal of research - granthaalayah
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2394-3629
pISSN - 2350-0530
DOI - 10.29121/granthaalayah.v4.i3se.2016.2774
Subject(s) - psychology , cognitive information processing , career development , career portfolio , the arts , medical education , goodwill , passion , career education , selection (genetic algorithm) , liberal arts education , pedagogy , higher education , vocational education , social psychology , political science , medicine , finance , artificial intelligence , computer science , law , economics
A Career is the sequence and variety of occupations (paid and Unpaid) which one undertakes throughout a life time. More broadly ‘Career’ includes life roles, leisure activities, learning and work. This study examines the Arts and Science college students’ career selections, career satisfactions, the influences of career guidance classes in career selection, students’ confident level about their selected career and factors determining the career selection. A Survey research design was adopted to obtain data from 100 respondents from various college arts and science students. The results of the study reveals that 68% of students are satisfied on their selected career, 82% of respondents are have confident on their selected career and career selection has been influenced by various factors such as job vacancy, goodwill, passion on career, status, society and own interest. The study concludes that career selection is the primary responsibility of students based on their won wishes. Career guidance classes can be offered to all school students to select suitable career according to the wish of students.