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school level. When one is confused in choosing a career, he relies on his friends and
relatives. He was confused in a sense that he cannot make his own decision and not yet
ready to get into college. According to Tiedeman” , career development unfolds within
the general process of cognitive development as one resolves ego-relevant crises. He
further noted out that decision-making alis a continuous process in which individuals will
change their courses of career action, generally by leaving a setting or environment. Such
as when a student is disoriented in his course he have been taken that will result in
decreasing eagerness on that particular field. He decides to transfer in another school or
to shift another course that really fits his own interest and. When one is unstable in
making decision, these disoriented strategy may be repeated until achieve different
bachelor’s degree which can be a major distraction of one’s fixture job, Super’ also
considered indecisiveness as a period of developmental process when interest was not
fully crystallized.
‘Therefore, this study intends to determine the factors affecting career preferences
among senior high school students of Eulogio “Amang” Rodriguez Vocational High
School of academic year 2009 to 2010. This factors that serve as preferences of student in
choosing a career in college includes childhood aspirations, family/ relatives, peer/
friends, interest and specialization, values. in-demand jobs, school guidance counselor,
and anticipated problems encountered are presumed to affect the student preferences of
their career.