Effect of Career Development Module (CDIM) on Students’ Career Maturity and Decision Making in Saudi Arabia

Abstract

Human development tasks must be geared toward achieving career planning for adolescents' future careers. Career planning is an important part that will determine the success of adolescents’ future lives. This study examines the impact of a career development intervention module on high school students’ career maturity and decision-making in Saudi Arabia. A quasi-experimental design involving pre-test and post-tests was adopted using forty respondents randomly selected from each of the two high schools assigned into experimental and control groups. Two sets of questionnaires were adopted and used for data collection. An independent t-test showed that a career development intervention module has a significant effect on Saudi high school students’ career maturity and career decision-making. Thus, the career development intervention module significantly improved students’ maturity in career choice and decision-making for future life. As a result, professional career training should be designed around this model to provide counselors with the skills needed to help high school students in Saudi Arabia make better career choices.