The Structural Relationship among Career Adaptability, Proactive Personality, Career Exploration Behavior, and Career Decision-making Self-efficacy of Undergraduate Students

Development and initial psychometrics of the Career Problem Checklist

“…Second, the job‐seeking skills domain in the CPC may not cover current employment skills. As the society and the job market change drastically (Noh & Jyung, 2016), employment systems are diversifying and even more so after the pandemic. Every organization necessitates distinct job‐related competencies that are relevant to their specific circumstances.…”

“…College students' career decision is considered to be one of the most important decisions in their lives because individuals can be influenced in all aspects of life, including economic and social status, values, and opportunities for the expression of abilities, based on the profession and career path they choose (Hwang & Lim, 2015;Tolbert, 1980). Nevertheless, various factors, such as consecutive periods of economic stagnation, rapid changes in the job market, and substantial transformations in business landscapes, contribute to career-related stress among college students, thereby rendering the decision-making process more challenging (Noh & Jyung, 2016). In South Korea, where there is severe competition in the job market due to the imbalance between the supply and demand for highly educated college graduates, the situation even worsened after the COVID-19 pandemic.…”