Career planning, proactivity, self-employability, and labour market: undergraduates’ perceptions

he paper presents empirical research carried out at the university of Padova. It investigates the association between students’ perceptions of the current state of the labour market, and students’ self-perceived employability, career proactivity, career control and positional advantages. It also explores the students’ career planning and its association with some contextual and personal predictors. 2.834 students took part in the survey. Findings show that students with a more positive vision of the labour market reported higher scores in self-perceived employability, career control, and less proactive career attitudes. Some implications are reported