Attitude towards Career Counseling Services among students in Selected Universities in Kenya

Elsie Nyadoi Opiyo -Newa

Volume : VIII, Issue : III, March - 2019

Attitude towards Career Counseling Services among students in Selected Universities in Kenya

Elsie Nyadoi Opiyo Newa

Abstract :

This paper discusses the attitude students have towards Career Counselling services in Kenyan universities including its usefulness in prepå graduates for the job market. In an attempt to examine this, a sample size of 462 final undergraduate students from two public and two private universities in Kenya and 4 Career Counsellors was used. The study was guided by the Learning Theory of Career Counselling by Mitchell & Krumboltz (1996). The study found that student’s had a positive attitude towards the career counselling services. The study recommended that universities provide professionally trained Career Counsellors to help students reframe their indecision through learning experiences.