Career Counseling in the Metaverse and the Islamic Perspective: Can it Solve Career Problems for Future Youth?

Abstract

The problems that teenagers experience are more complex with rapid changes in the current digital era. This is a main constraint as teenagers in this study undergo education and work not through expected interest. Also at the same time this could be useful as many teenagers interact with digital life. The purpose of studying this is to know how useful the counseling process could be. Is there also a possibility of implementing a counseling career in the current metaverse world as this is alleged to be the main digital mode in the future? Can a counseling career in the metaverse become a solution to resolve problems? How would this be according to religious (Islamic) views on this metaverse? This study uses literature with various source references. The results of this study were divided into two research questions, with each answer having several indicators to be used as a reference when dealing with adolescents in the future.


Keywords: Career counseling, Metaverse, Islamic Perspektive and Future Youth

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