Geleceğin Sesleri: Türk Lisans ve Lisansüstü Öğrencilerinin Kariyer Algıları, Karşılaştıkları Güçlükler ve Kariyer Psikolojik Danışması Beklentileri

Yıl 2025, Cilt: 8 Sayı: 2, 40 - 72, 30.12.2025

Melek Erol , Sevgi Uygur

https://doi.org/10.58501/kpdd.1534705

Öz

Bu çalışmanın amacı üniversite öğrencilerinin kariyer psikolojik danışması yardımı aramaya ilişkin görüşlerinin incelenmesidir. Bu çalışmada fenomenolojik araştırma deseni kullanılmıştır ve nitel araştırma tekniklerinden olan görüşme tekniği uygulanmıştır. Maksimum çeşitlilik örneklemesi ile gönüllü on Türk üniversite öğrencisiyle görüşmeler gerçekleştirilmiştir. Verilerin analizinde içerik analizinden yararlanılmıştır. Veri analizi sonucunda üniversite öğrencileri için kariyerin önemli bir yere sahip olduğu fakat yaşadıkları maddi zorluklar ve özellikle psikolojik şiddet sebebiyle kariyerlerine odaklanmakta güçlük yaşadıkları görülmüştür. Üniversite öğrencilerinin kullandıkları başa çıkma yöntemleri arasında aile-çevre desteği en önemli faktör olarak karşımıza çıkmıştır. Kariyer kavramını en çok meslek doyumu, mutluluk, maddiyat olarak tanımladıkları görülmüştür. Türk üniversite öğrencilerinin talep ettikleri destekler incelendiğinde mesleki yönden kendilerini geliştirmeye ve psikolojik destek almaya ihtiyaç duydukları bulunmuştur. Kariyer psikolojik danışmasını ise yol gösterici, geliştirici, performans arttırıcı olarak tanımlamışlardır. Son olarak kariyer psikolojik danışmanından gerçekçi, bilgili ve saydam olmalarını bekledikleri tespit edilmiştir. Elde edilen bulgular alanyazın ışığında tartışılmış, araştırmacılara ve uygulayıcılara öneriler sunulmuştur.

Anahtar Kelimeler

kariyer psikolojik danışmanlığı , kariyer psikolojik danışması yardımı arama , Türk üniversite öğrencileri

Etik Beyan

Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi Sosyal ve Beşerî Bilimler Etik Kurul Kararı, 21.07.2023 tarih ve 09 sayılı kararı ile araştırma için etik onayı alınmıştır.

Destekleyen Kurum

TÜBİTAK

Proje Numarası

1919B012209207

Teşekkür

Bu proje TÜBİTAK’ın “2209-A Üniversite Öğrencileri Araştırma Projeleri Destekleme Programı” kapsamında desteklenmiştir. TÜBİTAK’a ve proje danışmanım S.Sevgi Uygur’a teşekkür ederim.

Voices of the Future: Turkish Undergraduate and Graduate Students’ Career Perceptions, Challenges, and Career Counseling Expectations

Öz

This study examines university students' views on seeking career counseling help. In this study, the phenomenological research design was used, and the interview technique, one of the qualitative research techniques, was applied. The interviews were conducted with ten volunteer undergraduate and graduate students with maximum variation sampling. Content analysis was used for data analysis. The data analysis showed that a career is essential for university students, but they have difficulty focusing on their careers due to financial problems, and especially psychological violence. Among the coping methods used by university students, family-environment support emerged as the most critical factor. It was observed that they primarily defined career as job satisfaction, happiness, and materialism. When the support requests by university students were examined, it was found that they needed to improve themselves professionally and receive psychological support. They defined career counseling as guiding, developing, and performance enhancing. Finally, they expected career counselors to be realistic, knowledgeable, and transparent. The findings were discussed in the light of the literature, and suggestions were offered to researchers and practitioners.

Anahtar Kelimeler

Career counseling , seeking career counseling help , Turkish university students

Etik Beyan

Permission to implement the study was granted by the Academic Committee of Dokuz Eylül University.

Destekleyen Kurum

TUBITAK

Proje Numarası

1919B012209207

Teşekkür

This project was supported by TUBITAK's "2209-A University Students Research Projects Support Program". I would like to thank TUBITAK and my project advisor S. Sevgi Uygur.

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