Sujin Kim
- sujin.kim@jcu.edu.au
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8522-5959- Lecturer, Guidance and Counselling, Career Development
- Career Development
Projects
3
Publications
14
Awards
2
Biography
Dr. Sujin has been a full-time lecturer in the Graduate Certificate of Career Development at the College of Arts, Society and Education, James Cook University (JCU) Australia, since 2023. She is based at the Townsville campus. After earning her master’s degree in counselling psychology, she worked as a researcher and counsellor in South Korea for five years.
Sujin holds national certification as a registered vocational counsellor and is also a certified counsellor with the Korean Counselling Psychological Association. She is a Registered Career Development Practitioner and Professional Member of the Career Development Association of Australia (CDAA). She moved to Australia to pursue her PhD and worked as a university tutor and research assistant for 2.5 years. She completed her PhD in 2022, with a thesis titled "Career Orientations and Values of Young Adults: Integrating Protean and Traditional Perspectives".
Sujin’s academic expertise lies in counselling psychology, vocational psychology, and career development. Her current research focuses on career orientations, work and career values, career counselling, and the career development experiences of migrants.
Research
Research Interests
- Career development (including cultural differences and career assessment)
- Career education and guidance
- Career counselling
- Vocational psychology
- Career psychology
Projects
Gender, Work, and Migration: Building Work Capital among Korean Women in Australia
01 Feb 2026 - 31 Jan 2027
Peer Mentoring and Community Building Among Australian and Korean Working Holiday Makers
30 Sep 2025 - 31 Aug 2026
Teaching
Teaching Interests
- Career development theories
- Career counselling
Research Advisor Accreditation
Advisor Type
Secondary
Taught Modules
Current JCU Research Students
The Sustainable PhD: Embedding career development learning alongside a crowded PhD curriculum that has no room for it.
Doctor of Philosophy (Education)
Available Projects
Building Work Capital among Korean Women in Australia - Career Development
Date Added
01 Jan 2026Activities
Other Activities
Education
Master of Arts, Ewha Womans University
2011 - 2014
Bachelor of Arts, Ewha Womans University
2006 - 2010
Associations
Awards
Media
Employment
Professional Marker, James Cook University
2022 - 2022
Counsellor, Mindcafe
2022 - 2022
Research Assistant, Griffith University
2019 - 2022
Languages
Output
Kim, Sujin; Kim, Taewon; Hood, Michelle; Creed, Peter (2025) 'Latent Profiles of Cultural Orientation in a Multicultural Country: Implications for Career Development'. Journal of Career Assessment, . [DOI]
Kim, Sujin; Hood, Michelle; Creed, Peter A.; Bath, Debra (2025) 'The underlying career values of young adults' protean and traditional career orientations'. International Journal for Educational and Vocational Guidance, . [DOI]
Veles, Natalia; Kim, Sujin (2024) 'Integrating the disciplines: Applying sociology of third space to contemporary, constructivist career development'. Journal of the National Institute for Career Education and Counselling, 52 (1):40-51. [DOI]
Kim, Sujin; Creed, Peter A.; Hood, Michelle; Bath, Debra (2024) 'Protean career processes in young adults: Relationships with perceived future employability, educational performance, and commitment'. International Journal for Educational and Vocational Guidance, 24 :603-626. [DOI]
Creed, Peter A.; Hood, Michelle; Bialocerkowski, Andrea; Machin, M. Anthony; Brough, Paula; Kim, Sujin; Winterbotham, Sonya; Eastgate, Lindsay (2023) 'Students managing work and study role boundaries: a person-centred approach'. Frontiers in Psychology, 14 . [DOI]
Kim, Sujin (2023) 'Enhancing South Korea’s Vocational Counselling Certification System: A comparative analysis with Australia'. Journal of the National Institute for Career Education and Counselling, 51 (1):53-63. [DOI]
Kim, Sujin; Hood, Michelle; Creed, Peter; Bath, Debra (2022) 'New career profiles for young adults incorporating traditional and protean career orientations and competencies'. Career Development International, 27 :493-510. [DOI]
Journal Publication
ResearchOnline@JCU
Kim, Sujin (2022) 'Latent Profile Analysis of Protean and Traditional Career Orientations and Career Competencies: Focused on the Cyber University Students in South Korea'. Korean Journal of Adult & Continuing Education Studies, 13 (4):119-145. [DOI]
Journal Publication
ResearchOnline@JCU
Kim, Sujin; Cho, Gyupil (2022) 'A Study on the Effects of Protean Career Orientation on Subjective Career Success and Affective Organization Commitment among Cyber University Students: Focusing on Indirect Effects of Protean Career Processes'. The Journal of Employment and Career, 12 (4):85-114. [DOI]
Cho, Gyupil; Kim, Su-jin (2019) '학교 밖 청소년의 직업훈련 참여경험에 관한 질적 연구 : 내일이룸학교를 중심으로 / A Qualitative Study on the Experience of Participation in Vocational Training for Out-of-School Youth - Focusing on Naeil Irum School'. Adolescent Studies, 26 (1):131-154. [DOI]
Journal Publication
ResearchOnline@JCU
Cho, Gyupil; Kim, Sujin; Yoon, Jaehyun; Kim, Kihun (2018) 'A Study on Improving the Operation of Naeil Irum School for Out-of-School Youth'. The Korea Journal of Youth Counseling, 26 (1):413-438. [DOI]
Cho, Gyupil; Kim, Sujin (2016) 'The Development of a Management Model for a Self-development Programs for Youth out of School'. The Korea Journal of Youth Counseling, 24 :387-416. [DOI]
Kim, Sujin; Kim, Taewon (2024) 2024 APCDA Conference Exploring the Relationship Between Social Class and Cultural Orientation in Career Development Tirvandrum, India, .
Conference Contribution
ResearchOnline@JCU
Veles, Natalia; Kim, Sujin (2024) 2024 APCDA Hybrid Conference Applying cultural sociology of third space to contemporary, constructivist career development Trivandrum, India, .
Conference Contribution
ResearchOnline@JCU