Career Adaptability of Marine Cadets: A Descriptive Study

Wiwik Sulistiani, Dewi Retno Suminar, Wiwin Hendriani

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Issues pertaining to career often arise during higher education period. Common problems during such period of career development include choosing, deciding, and maintaining a career, including maintaining one’s choice of career. The aim of this study is to describe the career adaptability of shipping cadets. Participants are shipping cadets from a private university in Surabaya, Indonesia. Data was collected using an Indonesian version of Career Adaptability scale (CAAS). Result provides description on cadets’ career adaptability, as follows: 8% was categorized as “lowâ€, 23.2% “moderateâ€, and 76% “highâ€. Comparison of standard deviations shows that the career adaptability of shipping cadets had low variation. Percentages of each indicator are as follows: the indicator of “concern†ranked first (26.41%), “control†at second (25.85%), “confidence†at third (24.24%), and “curiosity†at fourth (23.47%). It shows that all indicators of career adaptability among shipping cadets played roles in shaping career adaptability and have balanced similarities.

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