PERBEDAAN TIPE KEPRIBADIAN SISWA DALAM CARA MENGAMBIL KEPUTUSAN PILIHAN KARIR DI SMAN 1 X KOTO SINGKARAK

Abstract

This research is motivated by differences in how students determine career choices at SMA Negeri 1 X Koto Singkarak. Some students need a long time to make decisions, are influenced by parents, teachers, or friends, and have not yet understood their interests and potential. This difference is suspected to be related to each student's personality type. Therefore, this study aims to determine the students' personality types and their career choice decision-making patterns. This research uses a descriptive quantitative approach to identify the students' personality types and career decision-making patterns at SMA Negeri 1 X Koto Singkarak. The population consisted of 172 twelfth-grade students, with a sample of 121 students determined using the Slovin formula and proportional stratified sampling technique. The research instruments were the Holland personality type questionnaire (RIASEC) and a validated open-ended career decision-making questionnaire. Data analysis was conducted using descriptive statistics and presented in percentages and narrative descriptions. The results show that students' personality types are dominated by Social (26.42%), followed by Artistic (19.01%), Realistic (17.36%), Investigative (14.88%), Conventional (10.74%), Enterprising (8.26%), and combination type (3.31%). Each type has a different career decision-making pattern, such as Social considering social interaction, Artistic oriented towards creativity, Realistic on practical skills, Investigative being analytical, Conventional being structured, and Enterprising oriented towards leadership. These findings can be a basis for providing career guidance according to student characteristics.