Career Path Decisions and Sustainable Options

Hamid Hassan (), Mujahid Hussain, Amna Niazi (), Yasuo Hoshino, Akbar Azam and Ahmad Shabbar Kazmi
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Hamid Hassan: FAST School of Management, National University of Computer & Emerging Sciences, Lahore 54770, Punjab, Pakistan
Mujahid Hussain: FAST School of Management, National University of Computer & Emerging Sciences, Lahore 54770, Punjab, Pakistan
Amna Niazi: Humanities and Social Sciences Department, University of Engineering and Technology, Lahore 39161, Punjab, Pakistan
Yasuo Hoshino: Faculty of Engineering, Information and Systems, University of Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8577, Japan
Akbar Azam: FAST School of Management, National University of Computer & Emerging Sciences, Lahore 54770, Punjab, Pakistan
Ahmad Shabbar Kazmi: Faculty of Information Technology, University of Central Punjab, Lahore 54782, Punjab, Pakistan

Sustainability, 2022, vol. 14, issue 17, 1-16

Abstract: Career planning has become more important than standalone job decisions in the current environment, where individuals have a wider range of choices of occupations and jobs than ever before. This paper reviews the theoretical developments in career guidance theory and recommends a holistic approach towards ‘Career Path Guidance’, incorporating psychological, sociological and developmental perspectives. An approach that considers several future steps in a career cannot be without challenges. The contextual and environmental situations along with individual characteristics are subject to change along a career path. Additionally, different stages in a career path are another variable that needs consideration to achieve a sustainable future. It has, therefore, been proposed that the career course be mapped by considering external factors, internal improvements and path-related dynamism. A multidimensional understanding of career guidance and the amount, complexity and sensitivity of the data involved mean that this approach may be better executed using computer-assisted systems that can source and logically analyze a large amount of information from several sources to produce coherent, sustainable and practical career path decisions.

Keywords: career guidance; career path planning; developmental potential; computer-assisted career guidance; sociological perspective (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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