Abstract:

Career Centers carry out various activities within universities in order to prepare individuals who can create added value, be useful to the society, are well-equipped, aware of their knowledge and skills, know and adapt to the dynamics of business life, and support them in this process. In coordination with the activities of the Career Centers, the Career Planning course has started to be take place in the undergraduate curricula as of the 2020-2021 spring term. In this study, career decision-making competencies of first-year undergraduate students of Yozgat Bozok University (YOBU) the Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences, who took the Career Planning course added to the undergraduate curriculum in the 2020-2021 academic year, were evaluated. Data were collected at two different times, at the beginning of the term and at the end of the term, when the Career Planning course was held. The dimensions of "Job/Vocational Knowledge", "Self-Knowledge", "Career Preference", "Ways to Create a Career Plan" and "Following Professional Subjects" were examined. It was determined that the career decision-making competencies of the students changed positively between the beginning and the end of the term. It has been concluded that the Career Planning course creates awareness and motivates students who have just started their undergraduate education at the end of the term.

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