외국인 유학생의 진로 개발 역량 분석 연구

As a groundwork of career path counseling for international students, this study aims at analyzing their competencies when it comes to their career development. Many foreign students choose Korean universities in order to receive degrees in a relatively advanced educational environment in the hopes of broadening their career options. The fact that 53% of international students in Korea are now majoring in the social sciences supports this viewpoint. However, many Korean universities have not yet provided a proper career counseling program, nor a competency development program for their international students, but rather only a handful of temporal job fairs. In light of this situation, this study sought a proper and practical way to design a curriculum more tailored to the career paths of our international students so as to help them improve their competencies. Utilizing the questionnaire from Lee (2020), the author conducted an online survey with 92 international students who study at universities in Seoul.
The survey results show that of all the career development competencies, the value and attitude competencies scored the highest, whereas the self-management competency scored the lowest. In addition, male students generally have higher competencies than female students. The students’ chosen major, their period of study, and their Korean proficiency level do not show significant correlations with their competencies. This suggests career development competencies do not improve in conjunction with the aforementioned factors. Thus, in order for international students to improve their career development competencies, an independent, specialized curriculum that is well-fitted to their career paths seems necessary.