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A child’s career aspirations are based on a number of external factors such as ethnicity, gender, age, income, family influence and socioeconomic status. These factors are interrelated and given varying degrees of importance culturally, for example, in the UK, white British parents tend to have high aspirations for their daughters whereas, in Pakistani and Bangladeshi families, daughters are expected to marry, not excel in their education or career. High school students of secondary education in terms of gender, 34432 studentsenrolled in high school who are studying in 46.47% of men and women are 53.52% of the high school, there are changes in the gender disparity. This study is conducted due to Millennium Development Goal 3 is to eliminate gender disparity in education by 2015. This study was conducted among General Education School students of Ulaanbaatar city in 2015. Three hundred twenty four school students participated in this study. The cross sectional study was conducted with 294 high school students.Thirty high school students participated in focus group interview. This study was used qualitative and quantities design.Of the respondents, 47.6% were male and 52.4% female. 79.3% of high school students have chosen a career and 20.7% of high school students have not chosen yet. We are evaluated in career choice with a focus on a gender issue. P = 0.0001 whether there are statistically significant and career choice have different in men and women gender.In this study, 20.7 percent of high school students do not choose career due to a lack of information,do not give the professional advice from the school for them. Thus, schools need to introduce if possible considering the foreign experience, lesson of career choice is reflected in the school curriculum.
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Este estudo qualitativo teve por objetivo investigar como jovens universitários percebem e se preparam para o mercado de trabalho. Foram realizadas 31 entrevistas em profundidade com estudantes de diferentes cursos de graduação em Administração do Estado do Rio de Janeiro. Os resultados mostram que a carreira tradicional ainda é preferida e que o investimento em qualificação é visto como a principal estratégia de inserção no trabalho. Foram também identificados quatro perfis de jovens - engajado, preocupado, cético e desapegado -, tipos ideais definidos a partir da forma como reagem à realidade do mercado de trabalho, da confiança nas qualificações que conseguiram construir e do significado que atribuem ao trabalho, fatores estes que acabam por influenciar suas aspirações de carreira.
The purpose of this qualitative study was to investigate how undergraduates perceive and prepare for the job market. Thirty-one in-depth interviews were held with students from different Business Administration courses in the state of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The results showed that the traditional careers were still preferred and that the investment in training was seen as the main job insertion strategy used. Four student profiles were also identified - engaged, concerned, skeptical and detached -, ideal types based on how they react to job market reality, their confidence in the skills they have managed to build and the meaning of working, factors that ultimately influenced their career aspirations.
Este estudio cualitativo tuvo por objeto investigar cómo los jóvenes universitarios perciben y se preparan para el mercado de trabajo. Se realizaron 31 entrevistas en profundidad con estudiantes de diferentes cursos de graduación en Administración del Estado de Río de Janeiro. Los resultados muestran que la carrera tradicional todavía es la preferida y que la inversión en cualificación se ve como la principal estrategia de inserción en el trabajo. También se identificaron cuatro perfiles de jóvenes - involucrado, preocupado, escéptico e indiferente - tipos ideales definidos a partir de qué forma reaccionan a la realidad del mercado de trabajo, de la confianza en las cualificaciones que consiguieron construir y del significado que atribuyen al trabajo, factores estos que terminan influenciando sus aspiraciones de carrera.