Using career counselling with group life design principles to improve the employability of disadvantaged young adults
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Maree, J.G. (Kobus)
Gerryts, Erna W.
Fletcher, Lizelle
Olivier, Joyce
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NISC (Pty) Ltd and Informa UK Limited (trading as Taylor and Francis Group)
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This article explores the effects of group life design counselling on unemployed young adults’ career adaptability skills. Purposive and criterion sampling were used to select 62 participants involved in a skills programme (mean age = 24.86 years, SD = 6.38 years). A quasi-experimental pre-test/post-test comparison group-design, embedded in an intervention framework, was used to gather data. Intervention occurred in the quasi-experimental group. Paired t-tests were used to compare the difference between the pre- and post-test scores obtained on the Career Adapt-Abilities Scale (CAAS). The scores on career concern and career control, as well as the total score on the CAAS, of the quasi-experimental group increased after the intervention. The results suggest that group career counselling interventions with life design principles enhanced the career adaptability in participants as a core element of employability. Future research should focus on more longitudinal research and tracing the long-term progress of participants to establish the value of the approach for diverse clients in (individual and) group contexts.
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Employability, Career adaptability, Career counselling, Socio-economically challenged, Unemployed, Young adults
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Jacobus G. Maree, Erna W. Gerryts, Lizelle Fletcher & Joyce Olivier(2019) Using career counselling with group life design principles to improve the employabilityof disadvantaged young adults, Journal of Psychology in Africa, 29:2, 110-120, DOI:10.1080/14330237.2019.1594646.