Dr. (Mrs.) Pauline Ekpang
Department of Guidance and Counseling,
Faculty of Education University of Calabar
paulinekpan@gmail.com
+2347039477609
A good understanding of counseling services is vital to career pursuit. This study is focused on the influence of four counseling services namely; education services, placement services, orientation services and vocational services on career pursuit in Universities in Cross River State of Nigeria, and its implications on counseling. Samples of 230 final year students were randomly drawn from two universities in Cross River State (University of Calabar and Cross River State University of Technology). The instrument used for the study was a well-constructed and validated questionnaire on effectiveness of counseling services on career pursuit. To achieve the purpose of the study one hypothesis was formulated and tested at the .05 level of significance, using Independent chi-square. It was found that counseling services significantly influenced graduate students career pursuit in Universities in Cross River State. Based on these findings, it is recommended that frequent intervention programs need to be provided to motivate students to utilize counseling services in career pursuit.
KEYWORDS: Comparative Analysis, Graduate Students Perception,
Counseling Services, Career Pursuit
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