ATUL MANKAR
CAREER COUNSELLOR
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uman beings are social animals and like all other
social animals they too live in a society. a society that makes his life and
everything they depend on. A society binds all the living beings together and
their interaction keeps human life stable. As we are aware of the fact that
ants termites and even bees like small animals need a society. And, the purpose
of every individual is determined by the nature. As they enter into the world
they start working for their colony and their queen. Queen lay eggs, workers
take care of the nest, larvae and forage, the male nest to mate and die. It's a
fact everyone who came on this earth has to work. Yes.
The world is now full of options. We have options
plus information. everything and everywhere opportunities are welcoming you.
now we are not in a world where work's were distributed according to family and
birth. we are exploring the earth and the hidden treasures of the universe. We
are ready to carve everything that would make mankind and the human species
live happily with nature. everyone has to participate and work for the benefit
of their nation and nature.
Now
you would be thinking what is a career?
according to oxford dictionary "the series of jobs that a person
has in particular area of work, usually involving more responsibility as time
passes" as a child you must be in a dilemma. Children are under the
influence of their peers, society and family about choosing their lifetime
career. A career is not only a job but,
it's a series of job with lifetime responsibilities. So it's very crucial to choose your career wisely and
cautiously.
These are few steps that will help you to choose
your career wisely, as it is going to be your life time engagement. Don't be an
example of 'caught in the wrong job'.
PERFORM A SELF ASSESSMENT -
·
Find out your Interests, Aptitudes (an innate
inborn ability or capacity to learn to do a certain kind of work) and
Personality type.
You could take the help of a
professional career counselor. these test can be carried out online as well as
offline. But it is better to opt for a face to face online career counseling
sessions with a career counselor.
·
Your correct aptitude and personality type will
determine the course of your career. As you grow in your age your career should
also grow and this is possible only when you go scientifically while choosing
your career.
IDENTIFY YOUR MUST HAVES
Make a list of things you want to get in
life. amount or earning, travelling, adventure, social service, a dominating
character, business, self dependency, arts and culture, paintings, music dance, social atmosphere etc. This will help you to understand your
career and will help you in flourishing.
MAKE A LIST OF CAREERS TO EXPLORE
In an survey conducted by MINDLER on 10,000 children of age
group 14yrs to 21yrs it was found that most of the children were aware of only
these 7 career options Engineering,
Accounts and finance, Comuter application, Meicine, Management, Designing and
Law.
There are more than 250 career
options available in India to choose for. Industries are not getting employees
because youngsters are unaware of the options available in the country. So go
through the jobs in the field of your interest and the jobs that sits your
personality.
REASERCH JOBS AND EXPLORE EMPLOYERS
After finding a perfect career option research for the jobs
available in market related t the career that you are interested in . Find out
the way to get entry into it. The details of the skills they require , their
advertisments and how to they conducte examinations approximate dates of condct
of examinations , salary and erks they provide, the workign atmosphere they
provide.
Interview employee if the job that you wold like to go
for.
Find out all the positives and negatives of the job working
hours, stress an pressure of completing tasks, etc
GET
TRAINED AND SKILLED
Now you hace a blue print of your
career lets get trained accordingly. for example if you want to opt for making
music as your career. start musc as an additional subject in your class 11 and
12th or you wold like to go for photography as a career go for an additional
subjec ton photograph other than your main subjects.
Start developing skills from school life. collect as much
as certificates and trophies you could. Even your participation certificates
will help an interviewer understand your
inclination for a job.
A candidate went for an interview, for a job of scientist he was asked, what did he reserched
in his school life when he was from class 1st to 5 th? The answer was "I collected
different types of stones and studied their colours shapes and textures".
The answer was a clear picture of the candidate.
However, the youth do not have the kind of skills the new
industries want there is a wide skill gap. so I suggest you to go through these
5 steps and plan your career accordingly. Keep your plans flexible to +1 or -1
. Your GOOD planing will lead you
to GOOD results.
The counseling process, at least to me, is about finding yourself.
- says Dr. David Reile Executive Coach, Career Development Alliance, USA
