Career Counseling Guidelines for High School Students

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Jittinun Boonsathirakul

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Effective career counseling considers the appropriate occupation and the learner’s current wellness. Trait-and-Factor to Person-Environment Fit Counseling is a process by which learner can choose a career that is suitable for their learners. It also assesses the learners’ wellness, this process consists of 7 steps as follows: 1) Intake interview, to build a relationship and collect general information 2) Identify developmental variables, to identify learners' perceptions of internal and external variables 3) Assessment, to evaluate the abilities, values ​​and interests of the learners. 4) Identify and Solve problems, to analyze the data from the previous three steps. 5) Generate person-environment-fit analysis, to predict the direction, satisfaction and clear needs of learners 6) Confirm, explore, and decide, to verify the results of the analysis of all results. and 7) Follow-up, to monitor the progress of the counseling process. The counselor able to apply technology and develop flexible skills for learners to be able to adapt to different environments.

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Boonsathirakul, J. (2023). Career Counseling Guidelines for High School Students. Journal of MCU Peace Studies, 11(6), 2535–2545. retrieved from https://so03.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/journal-peace/article/view/263066
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