An Illuminative Analysis of College Students' Career Adaptability in Relation to Their Internship Experiences

There are a number of factors that contribute to the rising rate of unemployment among college graduates, one of which is a discrepancy between technological and economic advancements and workforce readiness. Individual career readiness is thought to assist businesses in locating such high-quality potential employees. It is anticipated that an internship program for college students will provide students with some preparations to enable them to successfully adjust to their workplace. Savickas (1997) defined career adaptability as an individual's capacity to adjust to a workplace environment. This study aims to investigate college students with internship experience's career adaptability. A quantitative descriptive method and a non-experimental design were used in this study. This study used a quota sampling method to select 64 college students who had completed an internship. The Career Adapt-Abilities Scale, developed by Savickas & Profelli (2012), contained a questionnaire whose reliability was 0.948. The study found that 76.6 percent of college students who had completed an internship exhibited high career adaptability. In addition, the profile of each aspect of career adaptability demonstrated that the majority of college students who have completed an internship also have a high profile in all aspects. It is possible to draw the conclusion that respondents already possess the capability of future workplace adaptation.

Flexibility in a career; Experiential Internship; Students at colleges.

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