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Students’ Career Decision Support System

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  • Engku M. Nazri*

    (Department of Decision Science, School of Quantitative Sciences, College of Arts & Sciences, Universiti Utara Malaysia, 06010 UUM Sintok, Kedah, Malaysia)

  • Aida Mauziah Benjamin

    (Department of Decision Science, School of Quantitative Sciences, College of Arts & Sciences, Universiti Utara Malaysia, 06010 UUM Sintok, Kedah, Malaysia)

  • Syariza Abdul Rahman

    (Department of Decision Science, School of Quantitative Sciences, College of Arts & Sciences, Universiti Utara Malaysia, 06010 UUM Sintok, Kedah, Malaysia)

Abstract

Many studies reveal that upon graduation, most university undergraduates are still unclear about their future. Questions like whether they would be able to find a suitable job, which job sector should they be in, and what factors to consider in determining their job selection, often arise. In this paper we present a career decision support system to help these students plan for their career. The system will propose the most suitable job sector that a student should be in, based on the weights given for each determining factor selected and the evaluation of job sectors with respect to each factor done by the student himself. The evaluations are then combined and calculated using a simple scoring model approach. The system which was developed using Visual Basic 6 can be used by any student with minimal supervision, or by the academic career counselors as one of the tools to help students.

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  • Engku M. Nazri* & Aida Mauziah Benjamin & Syariza Abdul Rahman, 2018. "Students’ Career Decision Support System," The Journal of Social Sciences Research, Academic Research Publishing Group, pages 683-694:6.
    • Handle: RePEc:arp:tjssrr:2018:p:683-694
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