One of the dominant values in this period is altruism-thinking about the idea of service to society rather than their own needs. Other changes include beginning to be aware that they might choose a career that would use their special skills. The transition period appears in the junior and senior years. These students begin to realize that they have to make timely, concrete, and realistic vocational decisions. Students are increasingly autonomous and begin to consider the practical aspects of career preparation and decision making.
Adolescence represents the tentative and transitional stages.
The developmental tasks during this period are crystallization, specification, implementation, stabilization, and consolidation. Crystallization, the primary career development task of adolescence, is characterized by high school students formulating ideas about work that might be appropriate for them. The implementation, stabilization, and consolidation stages usually are implemented after high school completion and during the early adulthood period. He included factors such as the consistency, content, realism, competencies, process, and attitudes of career choice. The high school years are concerned with making sure students make well thought-out career decisions.