The Importance Of Choosing A Career

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If today were the last day of your life, would you want to do what you are about to do today? (Steve Jobs, 2011).

Choosing a career is one of the most important decision most of us ever make. It is considered to be one of the vital developmental task of adolescents (Hirschi, 2009; Erikson, 1968, Creed, Patton & Prideaux, 2006) has to face. Adolescence is generally recognized as a critical time in the development of career. On the other hand, nowadays, most adolescents tend to be more independent in many aspects of life, especially in choosing the career they want to pursue. However, several studies have shown that some face the challenging task of deciding on their individual careers, which according to Creed, et al (2006), is not surprising given the wide array of career and educational options, and the need to be informed about one’s needs, values, goals and the information needed about the field of career. In accordance with the previous researches, Ma & Yeh (2005), stated that certainty and indecision are two variables that have been designed to assess career decision status. Career certainty refers to one's degree of certainty of having made a career decision while career indecision is defined as an inability to make a decision about the career one wishes to pursue …show more content…

Several studies have reported that parental influence is a predictor of career indecision among students (Mojgan, Kadir, Noah & Hassan, 2012), especially to adolescents during educational and career transition, underlining parents’ importance in choosing their child’s career. Parents can affect their children’s choice of career through different ways; support, interference and lack of engagement (Dietrich & Kracke,

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