Career Choice Case Study

A person career choice plays an important role in his/her life. Career choice decision making is not an easy task, yet at one point or the other, individuals are faced with the issue of career choice, Preparing for it, starting it and nurturing it to a successful end. This choice is undoubtedly the most critical stage in an individual’s life. This is because making a wrong career choice can destroy one’s happiness in life; spell doom not only to the individual but to the entire community (Ushurhe, 2015; Ezeani, 2013; korir, 2012). The problem of the study is that some higher secondary school adolescent students are not able to make appropriate career choices due to a number of factors that affect their career development process. Such factors

To what extent is career counselling required for career development of higher secondary schools students?
2. To what extent will psychological factors affect career development of higher secondary school students?
3. To what extent will sociological factors affect career development of higher secondary school students?
4. To what extent will economic factors affect career development of higher secondary school students?
5. To what extent will educational factors affect career development of higher secondary school students? 3. RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
3.1 Research design
The present study adopted the purely descriptive research design that aims to guide sample, information collecting and analysis. The descriptive design is used for the collection of relevant information. Descriptive research design is preferred because it described the characteristics of the population, explains the current practices, conditions or needs and provides information for generating research questions. Interestingly, the present research explains the factors that affect the career development of higher secondary school students in southern Punjab, Pakistan.
3.2

The instrument is comprised on two sections. The section A comprised of 9 items that addressed the demographic variables of the subjects, or on the personal data, while the section B comprised 27 items designed on four point Likert scale i.e., strongly agree (SA), agree (A), disagree (DA) and strongly disagree (SDA). To measure the independent variables of the study, i.e., psychological factors, sociological factors, economic factors and educational factors, the participants were required to evaluate their perception based on the 5-point Likert scale. The survey instrument was pre- tested by experts in counselling and lecturers in the Department of Guidance and Counselling before it was send to the field. This was to get a feedback to refine the content and the structure of the survey questionnaire, and also enhance the internal validity of the