Saat ini, mayoritas kelompok populasi terbesar di Indonesia adalah Gen Z. Karakteristik Gen Z yang cenderung lebih mandiri dan digital savvy menimbulkan perbedaan pendapat berbagai penelitian mengenai peran orang tua dalam penentuan arah karier Gen Z. Tujuan penelitian ini adalah untuk melihat ada atau tidaknya hubungan antara arahan orang tua dan pengambilan keputusan karier mahasiswa Gen Z. Penelitian ini memakai metode penelitian kuantitatif dengan desain korelasional. Sebanyak 106 mahasiswa Gen Z menjadi partisipan. Alat ukur yang digunakan penelitian ini adalah CAAS (Career Adapt-Adaptability Scale) untuk mengukur pengambilan keputusan karier dan PCB (Parental Career-Related Behavior) untuk mengukur arahan orang tua. Ditemukan bahwa terdapat hubungan positif yang signifikan antara arahan orang tua dan pengambilan keputusan karier (r = 0.201, p < 0.05) dengan hubungan yang dinilai lemah. Artinya, semakin tinggi arahan orang tua yang didapatkan mahasiswa Gen Z, semakin matang pula pengambilan keputusan karier mereka. Namun, dapat diartikan juga bahwa terdapat faktor-faktor lain yang lebih berhubungan kuat dengan kematangan pengambilan keputusan karier mereka, seperti riset daring, pengaruh teman sebaya, dan lain sebagainya. Penelitian berikutnya diharapkan dapat mengukur juga faktor-faktor lain yang berhubungan, baik arahan orang tua maupun pengambilan keputusan karier.

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Currently, the majority of Indonesia’s population consists of Generation Z. The characteristics of Gen Z, who tend to be more independent and digitally savvy, have led to differing views in various studies regarding the role of parents in shaping Gen Z’s career decision-making. The aim of this study is to examine whether there is a relationship between parental guidance and the career decision-making of Gen Z university students. This research employs a quantitative method with a correlational design. A total of 106 Gen Z university students participated in this study. The measurement instruments used were the Career Adapt-Abilities Scale (CAAS) to assess career decision-making and the Parental Career-Related Behavior (PCB) scale to measure parental guidance. The results showed a significant positive correlation between parental guidance and career decision-making (r = 0.201, p < 0.05), indicating a weak relationship. This suggests that the higher the parental guidance received by Gen Z students, the more mature their career decision-making tends to be. However, this also implies that there are other factors that have a stronger association with their career decision-making maturity, such as online research, peer influence, and others. Future studies are expected to include these additional factors to further explore their relationship with both parental guidance and career decision-making.