Enhancing Career Adaptability Among University Students: An Intervention Study

Recent college graduates are navigating a complex labor market due to the COVID-19 pandemic, changing economic conditions, and advancing technologies. Career adaptability, a psychosocial construct focused on managing career transitions, is critical for college students in this environment. Career ad...

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Published in:Journal of career development Vol. 50; no. 6; pp. 1279 - 1292
Main Authors: Wetstone, Hannah, Rice, Kenneth G.
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: Los Angeles, CA SAGE Publications 01.12.2023
SAGE PUBLICATIONS, INC
Subjects:
Adaptability
Career Change
Career Choice
Career Development
Career development planning
Career Planning
College students
Decision Making
Intervention
Self Concept Measures
Self Efficacy
Student Attitudes
Training
Undergraduate Students
University students
Vocational Adjustment
Vocational Maturity
United States > US
career decision self-efficacy
career intervention
career adaptability
school-to-work transition
ISSN:0894-8453, 1556-0856, 1573-3548
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Summary:Recent college graduates are navigating a complex labor market due to the COVID-19 pandemic, changing economic conditions, and advancing technologies. Career adaptability, a psychosocial construct focused on managing career transitions, is critical for college students in this environment. Career adaptability interventions have shown promising results, but many are time consuming or involve one-on-one counseling, and none have focused on US college samples, which prompted this study. We tested a brief career adaptability training on a sample of 89 US college students and measured its effect on participants’ career adaptability resources (career concern, career control, career curiosity, career confidence) and career adapting responses (career decision self-efficacy, career planning). Results showed no increase in career adaptability resources or career planning but indicated an increase in career decision self-efficacy, suggesting that brief interventions may be effective for some desired outcomes but not others. Future research should examine which intervention ingredients are necessary to enhance career adaptability.
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ISSN:0894-8453
1556-0856
1573-3548
DOI:10.1177/08948453231187910