Difference Analysis of Preliminary Employment Preparation Behaviors in Accordance with Individual Variables and Career Decision-making Self-efficacy of College Students Majoring in Culinary Arts

The purpose of this study is to analyze the difference of preliminary employment preparation behaviors in accordance with individual variables and career decision-making self-efficacy of college students majoring in culinary arts. The summary of analysis results is as below. First, it was confirmed that the students of 4-year university and male students had higher career decision-making self-efficacy and preliminary employment preparation behaviors than those attending 2-3 year colleges and female students. Second, the students with work experience and higher grade students majoring in culinary arts had higher career decision-making self-efficacy and preliminary employment preparation behaviors than those without work experience and lower grade students. Finally, the gap between preliminary employment preparation behaviors depending on the status of work experience was larger in the group with lower level of career decision-making self-efficacy than in the group with higher level of career decision-making self-efficacy. Therefore, it is necessary for the department to operate various career programs for college students majoring in culinary arts with lower level of career decision-making self-efficacy and preliminary employment preparation behaviors.