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2015, Cilt 5, Sayı 2, Sayfa(lar) 196-202 |
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DOI: 10.5961/jhes.2015.122 |
A Research on Determination of Individual Career Goals of the Students in Office Management and Assistance Manager Programs |
Ezgi CEVHER |
Suleyman Demirel University, Isparta Vocational School, Isparta, Turkey |
Keywords: Individual career planning, Identifying aims and objectives, Curriculum vitae, Career development centers |
The majority of the students spend their time on making plans for their education and career. The career planning process varies for each
student according to their experiences, interests, abilities and values. The students' awareness about their career aims at the first or last
period of their education is an important factor in managing their future. In career planning, the aim which is desired to be achieved is
put forth with the help of the curriculum vitae in line with the interest and expectations. The curriculum vitae is a presentation about the
person's education, work experience, fields of interests, career aims, the owned skills and about the things what the person wants to do
in the future. In the research the curriculum vitae of the students were examined according to content analysis in order to identify and
determine the career plans of the students attending the department of office management and executive assistant. The students were
especially asked to specify their” aims and objectives, fields of interests, past experiences”, and these curriculum vitaes were subjected to
evaluation within the scope of “career planning steps”. The obtained findings revealed the self-awareness, knowledge skills and experiences
of the students attending this department, whether they made researches about their career options or not. The universities offered
suggestions by taking the “career development efforts” into consideration in order to shape the students' career plans and to help them
determine their career aims.
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