Factors of Undecidability in Career Choices of Grade 11 General Academic Track Students. Basis for Career Decision-Making Program

Research Paper (postgraduate) from the year 2018 in the subject Psychology - Miscellaneous, , language: English, abstract: This study determined the factors of undecidability in making career choices and identified the problems and difficulties encountered by GAS Grade 11 students as a basis for Career Decision Making Program. This program aims to gain awareness of the key components of career decision making. Tools and techniques to assess personality, abilities, interests, transferable skills, values and employment barriers are introduced.

This study is a descriptive survey research design, total enumeration was used since there are only 80 Grade 11 students.

The problems encountered are ranked in order: 1. they are confused with what course to take; 2. their mother/father make a decision for them; 3. the family income is not sufficient; 4. there is no school that offers the course they want; 5. they do not see my future career; 6. they feel to sick or sickly that they can't choose the right career for them. Lastly, having a problem being away from my friends if they take a different course. The difficulties encountered are ranked in order: 1. they like the course or career, but they don't think they can finish it 2. they have difficulty in choosing that they might shift someday; 3. they have chosen a career but it is difficult to see themselves enjoying in the profession; 4. there is a conflict with what they want and what their parents' want; 5. they fear that they might be rejected in the course they are going to take; 6. they don't have a clear vision of what's going to be their future career; 7. they can't think of other reason why it's difficult for them to make decision in choosing career; 8. they just go with the flow with the recent demand of profession in the society nowadays; 9.1. they don't know their interest and; 9.2 they think, they are still young to make their own decision; 11. they perceived that they don't have a talent; and lastly, other reasons of difficulties were left unanswered.

The factors of undecidability in choosing career are ranked as follows: 1. financial problem; 2. immaturity to make decision; 3.1 the right school to choose is too limited; 3.2 peer pressure; 5. parental conflict; 6. no new friends or acquaintances; 7. the school is not credited by the Commission on Higher Education (CHED); 8. other reasons are left unanswered and lastly, heath problems.