The purpose of this study was to investigate the state of career guidance inrnselected government Technical and Vocational, Education and Training (TVET)rncolleges of Addis Ababa. The study is intended to assess whether the basicrnprinciples and jUnctions of career guidance programs are implemented or not tornachieve TVET objectives in relation to career guidance and to identify relatedrnproblems encountered in the process of implementation.rnTo this end, out of the five government TVET colleges; three TVET colleges werernselected using purposive sampling technique. By using a descriptive surveyrnmethod through questionnaire supplemented by unstructured interview relevantrndata, gathered from four groups of respondents (career guidance officers, deans,rninstructors and trainees), who were principal stakeholders in the TVET programrnimplementations.rnA sample of 425 respondents included in the study. The career counselors 6 (4rnmale and 2 female) and deans 8 (6 male and 2 female) included in the sample byrnusing availability sampling techniques, where as 99(75 male and 24 female)rninstructors and 312[150 male and 162 female] trainees were selected by usingrnstratified random sampling techniques. The instructors were drawn from mainrnand entrepreneurship courses, where as the trainees were selected only fromrnsecond and third year 10+2 and 10+3 trainees. The data collected analyzed andrninterpreted by using percentage with additional sources from related literature onrnnational and international level.rnThe findings of the study revealed that the practice of career guidance principlesrnand jUnctions had been extremely low. Majority of the respondents have lacle ofrnawareness about the objectives and jUnctions of career guidance program.rnBesides, career guidance program promotion activities had been almost nonexistent.rnThe trainees were not informed adequately about labour marketrninformation in relation to their field of study and jUture career developments. Mostrnof the training programs were not demand-driven and there is mismatch betweenrnsupply of out put and demand of trained workforce. There is no refresher trainingrnon career guidance and the career guidance office is not represented at differentrnlevels of decision making. Moreover, instructors with BAI BS ftdflll the qualificationrnrequirement of MOE for TVET college program, however, instl11ctors with MAl MScrnwere below the requirement and most of the college management bodies laclernknowledge about the close relationship between TVET and career guidancernprogram.rnTo alleviate the above problems qualified, competent and experienced bodiesrnshould be assigned, that is the right person on the right place.rnAbove all good human relation, training, research and developing policies,rnguidelines and legislation for implementation of career guidance programs shouldrnbe undertaleen by Ministry of Education, regional bureaus and colleges