Exploring Undergraduates’ Needs for Career Information: A Qualitative Approach

• Main Author: 陳書梅、劉益君 Chen Su-may Sheih,Yi-Chun Liu
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: National Taiwan Normal University 2014-04-01
• Series: Tushuguanxue yu Zixun Kexue
• Subjects: 生涯資訊; 生涯資訊服務; 大學生; 大學圖書館
• Online Access: http://jlis.glis.ntnu.edu.tw/ojs/index.php/jlis/article/view/628

Under the impact of global economic trend and industrial structure change, contemporary undergraduate may find it difficult to make career planning and occupational choice. While theundergraduates are in need of acquiring career information, university libraries could provide explicit resources to fulfill undergraduates’ demand. This refers to the so-called “career information service”. In this study, semi-structured in-depth interviews were deployed. The researchers interviewed 24 undergraduates in National Taiwan University to understand the need of undergraduates’career information. According to study results, uncertainty of occupational development is theintrinsic motivation of seeking career information; while the extrinsic motivation is the pressurefrom the urgency to make decision. Career information about general situation of different occupations and the future development of certain academic region were the most expected.The interviewees preferred paper, internet, and media resources, and they received career information mainly from acquaintance and the Internet. All of the interviewees approved that university libraries could provide career information services. pp. 82-100