Career Guidance Falls Short for California College Students
Joshua Bay
December 16, 2025
A new California Competes report identifies barriers that may limit students’ preparation for post-grad employment.
A new report found that only one in five California college students were fully satisfied with the career guidance they received, with many saying the help often arrived too late.
The data, released by California Competes, comes as more than 80 percent of first-year college students say obtaining a better job is a very important reason they enrolled in college.
“There’s a real opportunity for higher ed to do better because students want more and there’s a lot of room for improvement,” said Su Jin Jez, chief executive officer of California Competes, a nonpartisan organization focused on research and policy to improve the state’s higher education and workforce development.
