Abera Getachew (Ass. Prof.)Metasebiya Genanew2025-06-182025-06-182024-11https://etd.aau.edu.et/handle/123456789/5588This study's main goal was to investigate the student’s perception on the need of career counseling for college students career decision making, students career decision making and its association with self-perceived employability. To carry out the needs of the research objectives, a simple descriptive research survey design was used. The research approach was quantitative approach with a minor qualitative approach to support the quantitative approach. The simple random sampling techniques were used in the study. A total of 300 university students from Addis Ababa university were included in the sample 163(54.3%) Males and 137(45.7%) Females. The data was collected through questionnaires. The results were analyzed using inferential statistics and descriptive statistics. The results showed that students (83.7%) were aware of the importance/need of career counseling at the university level and that they saw it as necessary for career advice and decision-making while choosing appropriate university courses for their future careers. It is also observed that there is a positive association between academic career decision making and perceived employability (r= 0.294). The result shows that the need for career guidance and counseling at the university is high among the students, and that the awareness about the center and the service is really low, the students also have a positive perception about the need for career guidance and counseling for career decision making. As a recommendation the centers of career guidance and counseling should work harder on creating more awareness to the students about the center and its services as well as creating an inviting environment for the students. Keywords: career decision making, career counseling needs, perceived employability, university studentsencareer decision makingcareer counseling needsperceived employabilityuniversity studentsThesis