Career Self-Efficacy Profile of Students in SMKN 1 Bukittinggi

Abstract

This research is motivated by the existence of problems in several students at SMKN 1 Bukittinggi related to career self-efficacy, including the dimensions of self-appraisal, occupational information, goal selection, planning, and problem-solving. The problems found are that some students still cannot do a self-assessment of the majors they choose and the abilities they have specifically in the career field, some students cannot collect job information provided by the school by the career field they are interested in, some students do not have clear goals related to the career they will achieve, some students do not have career planning to achieve and some students cannot solve problems when they are in an obstacle in the career field problems they face. The formulation of the problem in this study is how much the career self-efficacy profile of students at SMKN 1 Bukittinggi is. The purpose of this study is to obtain a clear picture of the career self-efficacy profile of class XI students at SMKN 1 Bukittinggi. This type of research is descriptive quantitative research. The population in this study was 714 participants, all grade XI of SMKN 1 Bukittinggi. While the sample in this study amounted to 88 participants using the Simple Random Sampling technique. Data was collected using a questionnaire instrument. The instrument used is the CDMSE (Career Decision Making Self-Efficacy) instrument developed by Jiang and Park. This instrument consists of 25 items and has been tested for validity and reliability on 30 students at SMKN 1 Bukittinggi and the results obtained are all valid items. Data analysis techniques and raw data processing using Microsoft Excel with the percentage formula. The results of this study concluded that overall the career self-efficacy profile of students at SMKN 1 Bukittinggi was in the high category, namely 74.9%. Among them, in the self-appraisal indicator, a percentage of 80.4% was obtained and was in the high category, occupational information obtained a percentage of 70.09% and was in the high category, goal selection obtained a percentage of 79.2% and was in the high category, planning obtained a percentage of 74.5% and was in the high category, and in the problem-solving indicator obtained a percentage of 70.3% and was in the high category. This shows that typical students at SMKN 1 Bukittinggi have confidence in their ability to complete career responsibilities that must be passed by the age range of career development faced.