Thesis Abstract

Abstract
Career guidance plays a crucial role in helping individuals make informed decisions about their educational and professional paths. In today's digital age, the use of technology to provide career guidance has become essential. This research project focuses on the design and implementation of a computerized career guidance information system to assist individuals in exploring various career options and making informed decisions. The system aims to provide users with personalized career recommendations based on their interests, skills, and goals. It includes features such as career assessments, job market information, educational resources, and job search tools. The system utilizes a user-friendly interface to make it accessible to a wide range of users, including students, job seekers, and career changers. The research project consists of 46 pages and is divided into several chapters that cover different aspects of the system design and implementation. The first chapter introduces the background and significance of the project, highlighting the importance of career guidance in today's competitive job market. It also provides an overview of the objectives and scope of the research. The second chapter focuses on the theoretical framework and literature review, discussing existing career guidance systems, theories of career development, and best practices in career counseling. This chapter lays the foundation for the design of the computerized career guidance information system. The third chapter details the methodology used in the research project, including data collection methods, system requirements analysis, and system design techniques. The research methodology is crucial in ensuring the effectiveness and usability of the computerized career guidance information system. The fourth chapter presents the system design and architecture, outlining the different components and functionalities of the system. This chapter also discusses the database design, user interface design, and system integration aspects of the project. The fifth chapter covers the implementation of the system, including the programming languages used, testing procedures, and system deployment strategies. The implementation phase is critical in ensuring that the system functions as intended and meets the needs of its users. Overall, the research project on the design and implementation of a computerized career guidance information system aims to provide a valuable tool for individuals seeking guidance in their career choices. By leveraging technology and best practices in career counseling, the system offers a comprehensive solution to help users navigate the complex world of work and make informed decisions about their future career paths.

Thesis Overview

INTRODUCTION
Man in search of comfort struggle to meet up with good career and for this to be achieved, it has to be started as early as possible. From the time man is born, expectations abound to know what likely he will be able to do as he grows up. This has to do with his natural behaviour and mental exercise display. This continues in family/parents and other relaxation acting as counselling unit until the child goes in to school. In school the teacher takes over the counselling, it is a continuous exercise until one finds ones feet, then he can continue from there and equally be in a position to guide and counsel others.

The stages where much work is carried out on counselling is in secondary schools .This is a stage when a child is grown to be able to understand maturely and when the childs attitude is fully studied in line with academic performance . In all secondary school across the country , there exist a guidance and counsellor office where people knowledgeable in the area of psychology are employed in order to help advise the younger ones in school which way forward to their future career . There people through class visitation, Observing students during recreation and calling on them at intervals for questioning, came to know the students betters and be able to guide and counsel them in their future career probably in university or in any other area of endeavour.

The job of counselling in secondary school is not an easy job to be taking into consideration the number students involved with respect to the number of staff involved. It is always very difficult to handle all the students and to remember everything about the students. This Counselling exercise needs a sophisticated system for the operation of counselling alliterates some of the problem associated with exercise.

Personal behaviour and area of interest, they keep very close marks with the students to make sure that no stone is left unturned. This aspect of ones life is taken very seriously in schools because that is mainly the reason people go to school for the academics tests and examination only. The battle of career choice is handed over to individual when he/she attain a stage of being able to duct for himself what he/she really wants and how best possible to get such height. The person can steer the wheels directly to his destination or deviate in the other way due to carelessness or youthful exuberance; but the end justifies the means. Sometimes, due to laxity and incapability on the side of the career guidance and counsellor in schools, most of the students are led astray.

Hoyfield (1997) argues that a good career in life, makes a lot of meaningful process in life. He queried „what is comfort and where comfort without a good career. In his own views, it takes a long and rough way to arrive and clinch a good career but when one finally gets to it, life comes to be what nature made it

be. He made it clear and that life is associated with a good career and that such a career is what can give full meaning of life a priceless gift of nature. Statistics shows that people who find good career are enjoying high standard of living and the unlucky ones cry of frustration and negatives social factors that limits life.

 Statement Of The Problem

The number of students involved in schools counselling are very enormous and few staff in counselling cannot handle the job effectively.

It is always very easy to forget information about students and to reach all the students, contributes and problems.