Making Career Decisions in the Context of the COVID-19 Pandemic. An Analysis of Disadvantaged Student Groups

Gabriel Mares (), Venera-Mihaela Cojocariu () and Cristina Cîrtiţă-Buzoianu ()
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Gabriel Mares: Psychologist, “Vasile Alecsandri” University of Bacău, Bacău, România
Venera-Mihaela Cojocariu: Vasile Alecsandri University of Bacau, Romania
Cristina Cîrtiţă-Buzoianu: Associate Professor, PhD, “Vasile Alecsandri” University of Bacău, Bacău, România

Postmodern Openings, 2021, vol. 12, issue 1, 328-346

Abstract: The educational area is a social sector where the COVID-19 pandemic impact involves making many exponential changes. In many countries, the transition from face-to-face education to on-line education implies a revolution in the hierarchy of job domains/jobs offer. Young people’s career plans may be different under the impact of internal and external factors generated by this new context. Theoretical framework revealed that under the influence of the COVID-19 pandemic, the career decision-making process becomes more difficult to assume by taking into consideration the job nature, the sense of belonging, and the balance between passions and risks involved. By referring to these aspects a question arises: Will the pandemic also create a crisis in the career-making decision process for young people? The research group consisted of 108 undergraduates' from 12 grades, attending high schools from cities under 10,000 inhabitants. Hypothesis: There is a tendency to focus on training areas dominated by the practical aspects than the theoretical one as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. We used a Romanian adapted version of the Myer-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) Questionnaire used in counseling and carrier orientation services for identification of professional interests of the students. The obtained results show that it is important for high school students to receive quality services for carrier guidance and psycho-educational support to prevent over-introversion and over-critical attitude about others and themselves, self-isolation correlated with a high level of sensing and sensitiveness.

Keywords: educational change; job domains; professional interests; jobs offer; disadvantaged student groups (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: A23 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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DOI: 10.18662/po/12.1/264

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