Abstract:

 The purpose of this study is to examine secondary school teachers' perceptions of individual career management according to various variables (gender, age, professional seniority, branch, education level, graduation status). The research is a descriptive causal comparison research in the survey model. The data of the research were collected from 301 teachers working in secondary schools affiliated to the Ministry of National Education (MEB) in the Ereğli district of Zonguldak province in the 2020-2021 academic year. Participants were determined by the purposeful sampling method, which is one of the non-random methods. The data of the research were collected with the “Personal Career Management Realization Level Scale”. Frequency, percentage, arithmetic mean, t-test for independent groups, one-way analysis of variance were used in the analysis of the data. The findings obtained from the research were as follows: It was determined that secondary school teachers' perceptions of individual career management were high, and their perceptions of "Individual Career Planning" and "Individual Career Development", which were sub-dimensions of individual career management, differed according to gender, age, professional seniority, branch, educational status and graduated faculty. In the study, "Individual Career Management General Score" did not differ according to gender, age, professional seniority, branch and graduated faculty. It was also found that there was no difference according to the education level variable. While their perceptions of the "Individual Career Motivation" sub-dimension did not differ according to gender, age, professional seniority, branch and educational status; It was concluded that there was a differentiation according to the graduated faculty variable.

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