INCREASING STUDENTS’ FRAME OF REFERENCE IN CHOOSING CAREERS THROUGH CAREER VIEWFINDER PROGRAMME

in general, most schools in indonesia are still not able to serve the needs of students' career development. A study of the integrity development flexibility or idf (2014), states that 87% of the nearly 20,000 students who have chosen subject in indonesia was not sure of the department they take. An informal institution such as tutoring (bimbingan belajar) has an important role in assisting the school to help students in career exploration. The research was purposed to find out whether there are significant changes to the way students take decisions on their chosen career through career viewfinder. Career viewfinder is a series of career guidance consist of campus orientation, aptitude & academic test, and consultation process. The research population was grade 12 high school students in bimbingan belajar tridaya, with a sample of 12 high school classes bimbingan belajar tridaya unit venter (48 students). The researcher used one group pretest posttest design. As an instrument of the study, researchers used a closed and open questionnaire. Based on questionnaire data were obtained, 70% of students are known to change the frame of reference in taking decisions on the careers of their choice. The changes are: (1) through “campus orientation”, the change frame of reference of students in choosing a college, where students do not just choose a college just the prestige oriented, but consider the other factors; (2) through "the consultation process", the consideration of students to potential careers in the future is not suggestive at only one alternative, but become more varied; and (3) through "aptitude & academic test”, the change frame of reference of students who tend to choose majors based only on readability shifted into consideration the basic potential and its academic potential.