This study aimed to analyze career competencies required for college students and to investigate the
educational priorities and demands for them. In addition, it explored students’ counseling needs for each
career competency. Results from qualitative analyses and Borich coefficients are as follows.
First, content analysis extracted twenty-six career competencies including major-related knowledge,
interpersonal ability, major-related ability and skill, certificates, persistence, creativity, desirable value, foreign
language ability, confidence, fidelity, and so on. These competencies were categorized into three areas: work
ability, knowledge & skill, and attitude & value. Second, students’ educational needs for career
competencies were high on foreign language ability, major-related ability and skill, major-related knowledge
and gumption in order. Third, students’ counseling needs for career competencies were high on gumption,
desirable value, linguistic ability, responsibility, and positive attitude in order.
These results suggest that we should provide college students with appropriate education and counseling
focusing on the career competencies which are not yet ready for them. This can be done through first
assessing students’ actual educational and counseling needs related to career competencies. The results from
the present study provide fundamental data for developing career-related educational and counseling
programs.