In this study, the Career Adaptability and Optimism Scale (CAOS) was developed for the purpose of evaluating the career adaptability and optimism of the individuals who making the transition from school to work. The participants in this study consisted of three separate groups, totalling 577 individuals, whose responses who utilized for the for pilot, validity and reliability studies. The participants were senior students studying at state or private universities in 2009-2010 spring and 2010-2011 fall terms (N=281) as well as individuals who were recently graduated from different universities within the preceding 2 years (N= 296) but not working now. A uni-dimensional structure having a quite good adaptability index has been obtained regarding the 18 itemed CAOS during the exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis of the validity studies. The Cronbach alpha coefficient of CAOS was .93 and test-retest reliability was .85. There is a meaningful relation r=, 60 (p<.01) between the Vocational Outcome Expectations Scale (VOES) of CAOS. These results have been assessed as the indicators that the scale is valid and reliable.
Purpose: In this study whether career adaptability and career optimism of senior year undergraduate students change according to their gender, faculty, form of their faculty/ department choice, their plans upon what they are going to do after graduation, their thoughts about finding a job and about the fact that the job which they have found is related to the field they were graduated from was investigated.Design/Methodology/Approach: For this purpose 323 final year undergraduate students who studied at different faculties in a state university in Ankara are included in this study. Career Adaptability and Optimism Scale ( CAOS) and Personal Information Form were used. Data was analyzed with t test and one-way analysis of variance.Findings: According to the findings of the research; CAOS points of the students, who studied at faculties which offers easy job finding opportunities or difficult job finding opportunities, who come the department with different reasons, whose thoughts about finding a job after graduation and about the fact that the job which they have found is related to the field they were graduated from are different. On the other hand there is no meaningful difference between gender variable and between the students whose plans upon what they are going to do after graduation are different in terms of CAOS.Highlights: Findings were discussed in the view of literature and some recommendations were put forward in terms of career counseling. ÖzÇalışmanın amacı: Bu araştırmada üniversite son sınıf öğrencilerinin cinsiyetleri, fakülteleri, okudukları fakülteyi/ bölümü seçme biçimleri, mezuniyet sonrası ne yapmayı planladıkları, iş bulma konusundaki düşünceleri, bulunacak işin mezun olunan alanla ilgili olmasına ilişkin düşüncelerine göre kariyer uyumu ve iyimserliklerinin değişip değişmediği araştırılmıştır.Materyal ve Yöntem: Bu amaçla Ankara'daki bir devlet üniversitesindeki farklı fakültelere devam eden 323 son sınıf öğrencisine ulaşılmıştır. Ölçme aracı olarak Kariyer Uyumu ve İyimserliği Ölçeği (KUİÖ) ve Kişisel Bilgi Formu kullanılmıştır. Veriler t testi ve tek yönlü varyans analizi ile analiz edilmiştir.Bulgular: Araştırma bulgularına göre, kolay ve zor iş bulunan fakültelerde okuyan, bölüme farklı gerekçelerle gelen, mezun olduktan sonra iş bulmayla ilgili düşünceleri ve bulacakları işin alanlarıyla ilgili olmasına ilişkin düşünceleri farklı olan öğrencilerin KUİÖ'den aldıkları puanlar farklılaşmaktadır. Öte yandan cinsiyetler arasında ve mezuniyet sonrası yapmayı planladıkları farklı olan öğrenciler arasında KUİÖ açısından anlamlı fark bulunamamıştır.Önemli Vurgular: Bulgular alanyazın ışığında tartışılmış ve kariyer psikolojik danışmanlığı açısından bazı öneriler sunulmuştur. Anahtar Kelimeler1.Kariyer uyumu ve iyimserliği 2.Son sınıf üniversite öğrencisi 3.Okuldan iş hayatına geçiş
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