A recent research study with young people found that they engage with a wide range of sources when seeking out careers information. One preferred source is to have conversations with family, friends and career practitioners. However, other sources, such as quizzes and online tools, are also frequently accessed to make informed career decisions.
Uncovering how useful students find these various information sources, and how confident they are in accessing them, can oftentimes be related to the career guidance they have received at school. Social media was also shown to be a way to connect with others outside students’ immediate communities or to find out about people doing the types of jobs they might be interested in.
Published by myfuture and written by Professor Steven Roberts and Dr Ben Lyall, this Insights paper explores how young people access and use career information and provides tips to support career educators in directing students to multiple and alternative sources.
