Career Counseling For Management Students

Career counseling has been given a great deal of importance through out the world especially in developed countries where students are provided with formal and professional counseling for better career decision making and career development. Unlike developed countries, Pakistani students happen to be less counseled or even not counseled which could be disastrous if wrong decisions are made. This research study addresses the problem focusing specifically on the career counseling of management science students who are indecisive to choose amongst management disciplines as their major. The descriptive research has been conducted at business schools of Karachi to identify the level of indecisiveness, need for career counseling and role of respective business schools in providing career counseling. Highlighting the need for formal and professional career counseling, this research study is to provide the business schools with a basis for chalking out the strategy to ensure that their students make right decisions and develop through out the career which adds to the goodwill of institution in the market