This study examines the structural relationship in which job-seekers’ career barriers have effects on

their career preparation behaviors by using their accidental response skills and their decision-making

self efficacy as a mediator, and verifies the mediating effects. To that end, 245 job seekers in Korea

Polytechnic University in Seoul and Seoul metropolitan areas were surveyed to acquire the relevant

data. According to the findings of this study, first, job-seekers’ career barriers were found to have a

significant negative correlation with accidental response skills, career decision self efficacy, and career

preparation behaviors, while accidental response skills, career preparation behaviors, and career

decision-making self efficacy were found to have a significant positive correlation between themselves.

Second, in the relationship between career barriers and career preparation behaviors, the structural

model in which accidental response skills and career decision-making self-efficacy mediate showed a

good fit. In terms of mediating effects of accidental response skills and career decision-making

self-efficacy, accidental response skills had no mediating effect, career decision-making self-efficacy

had full mediating effects, and accidental response skills and career decision-making self-efficacy had

a completely double mediating effect. Thus, it was confirmed that the improvement of accidental

response skills and career decision-making self-efficacy should be promoted to help successful career

preparation behaviors of job-seekers who perceive career barriers. Also, consultations provided a way

to help job-seekers' career preparation behaviors.

Keywords: career barriers, career preparation behavior, happenstance coping skills, career

decision-making self-efficacy