Evolving and changing career concept in the information age, and an investigation of the factors influencing the career preferences of undergraduates

In today?s world, the continuous developments in science and technology, the ongoing changes in social and politics arena and competition bring about significant changes in social and economic enviroments besides those changes in the organizational structures. The effects of globalization, technology, variation, knowledge of society and the changing in the organizational structures, developments in the personal education and preferences have changed the understanding of career. In the era of information, life-time job oppurtunities, functional titles and continuous improvement in terms of high wages have left its place to life-time education, continuous self-improvement and the need for ensuring full-time employment. The aim of this study is to determine the work values of undergraduates as well as changing business world and examine whether there exists a relationship between work values and career choices. For this purpose; a survey was applied on the undergraduates that have been studing at the various majors of Cukurova University. Findings in this study indicated that the three most highly ranked work values for undergraduates are; ?security?, ?achievement? and ?creativity?.