WHAT ENGLISH EDUCATION UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS NEED FOR CAREER MATURITY AND DEVELOPMENT

Pratiwi Tri Utami

Abstract


This reviews article reflects on the career uncertainty issue on English Education Undergraduate Students (EEUS). It tries to investigate the EEUS needs to gain their career maturity and the possible strategy which can be performed by university or faculty to reduce the gap of the career maturity and career development of the EEUS. There are five problems which caused their career anxiety; a) there is a lack of job vacancies, b) not all the private companies want to hire English education graduates, c) there is limited job formation for English education major in the government sector, d) there is a big number English education graduates who seek the job, and e) everyone may acquire English language skills. Most of the issues are caused by external factors then affect the self-efficacy of the EEUS. In this case, career intervention is necessary to be performed. Based on the article review, the faculty may provide career assistance for EEUS to improve their career maturity and career development.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.12928/iucee2022.v1i1,%20March.9773

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