Career Interest Courseware for Youth (CICY)

• Main Author: Azmi, uhammad Syafiq Izzat
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS 2011
• Subjects: T Technology (General)
• Online Access: http://utpedia.utp.edu.my/10308/1/2011%20Bachelor%20-%20Career%20Interest%20Courseware%20For%20Youth%20%28CICY%29.pdf; http://utpedia.utp.edu.my/10308/

There are many career tests and assessments that have been developed on paper however youth do not utilized them to determine the right career for them in the future. Youth are keen in multimedia form of learning since the technology has bring a new wave to the world. Some youth, they just know certain possible careers and stick to few without knowing in detail about the job they prefer. In addition, the existing career guide and assessments on paper tend to make the youth get easily bored and not interested. The objective of this project is to create awareness for youth about the right career they should go for in the future. This paper suggests a courseware which will determine one's suitable career based on the interests and give more information about the job scope. The waterfall model in the System Development Life Cycle is used in developing the courseware. Survey and comparison for the possible courseware development tools were done in order to collect necessary information. The suggested courseware which is developed in an interactive medium is expected to create awareness to the youth about the career they should go for in the future. The courseware is developed for youth in secondary school at the age of 15 to 17 years old.