Abstract: The distinction among rational, intuitive, and dependent career decision-making had been the most widely recognized, while intuitive strategy remained relatively unclear. In a sample of 516 people who had recently made a career decision within the last two years, the present study investigated their use of these strategies and person-job fit as well, specifically presenting intuitive strategy in three forms of fast and frugal heuristics, namely, recognition, elimination and satisficing. It was found that people did adopt these three heuristics besides rational strategy, while engaging less in dependent behavior. In addition, there was significant gender difference in the use of recognition, while individuals with different educational background varied in their use of rational strategy and the three heuristics. Results also showed significant differences in the use of recognition and elimination between job changers and first entries. Moreover, only rational strategy and recognition showed significantly positive relations with person-job fit. It was then suggested that various strategies and their respective effectiveness should be taken into consideration in future research and practice.

Key words: career decision-making strategies, fast and frugal heuristics, person-job fit