Sukreet Gupta
I want to be a doctor. No-No I will become an engineer because my Rahul Bhaiya (Assumed) is a Computer Engineer. Or shall I become an Army Officer because my friend Ashu ( Assumed ) is joining NDA or shall I join my Dad’s Business.
Oh God!! I am so confused, what should I do?
Every student faces the question of ‘what next’ after class 12th and 10th. Firstly, to decide a stream, and then, to decide the graduation course!
A helpless 16 year old is faced with the choice of three streams – Humanities, Science and Commerce, and the only Career Guidance he has is the opinion of his parents, his teachers judgment based on his marks and the comments of his friends and neighbors.
But is that much help sufficient for a child to base the foundation of his entire career?
All of us know that school days are the most important days of any student’s educational development and during this phase, a student requires maximum orientation and guidance to understand his/her abilities to pursue career in his/her area of interest.
The most prelevant system now a day is that a student chooses a course under many factors like parents and peer pressure, social status, percentage, herd mentality then he/she chooses a college then job and then he/she thinks about his/her career.
Due to which they found complaining.
I don’t have a job
I don’t enjoy my work
I don’t seem to be in right career.
But the ideal way is to choose a career is to analyse Track Record + Ability + Marketing opportunity, then eligible course, then eligible college and then job, it will surely lead to a successful career.
So this is the reason that there is a dire need for Career Counseling. But question is who need this? When to do it? How to do it?
Career counsellors assist in discovering a student’s potential and aptitude, and accordingly suggest the right course of study to enhance the student’s career prospects. They usually test students for 3 three key factors – aptitude, interest and personality. These aspects help them in deciding the right career path for a student.
Why is Career Counselling
Important?
Choosing a suitable career option influences a student’s course of life. Taking informed decisions at the right time could bring in wonderful opportunities as opposed to wrong ones, which could ruin a student’s future as these decisions are often irreversible. In such a situation, approaching a career counsellor would be a step in the right direction.
With an increase in the number and diversity of openings in the market, the importance of career counselling has also increased manifold. People realize the fact that not all can become engineers or doctors and have now started exploring other fields depending on their talent and interest in alternate domains.
Benefits of Career Counselling
Career Counselling helps in determining a student’s true potential. Students are often confused about their career preferences. Aptitude tests and counselling sessions would help identify their field of specialization. This would indeed help a student in following the right course of study for accomplishing his career goal.
Secondly, despite having a clear idea of their choice of career, students do not have the requisite knowledge to plan their higher course of specialized study in order to fulfill the eligibility for their chosen field. In such a scenario, career counselling can help clear these doubts by giving them clarity and vision regarding what they can expect from various educational courses. Sometimes, students have pre-conceived ideas about certain fields. Counselling would help build in awareness by putting things in the right perspective. Importance of Career Counselling
Students are often overwhelmed by the prospect of change and the chain of events that lead to their eventual admission for higher studies. At such times, the essential support provided by the counsellor throughout the admission process can boost their morale and give them the confidence to face all odds. Counsellors play a crucial role in building the motivational level of students, which is necessary for long term success. Career counselling also teaches students ways and means to expand their network, which in turn enhances emotional support during their course of higher study. Importance of Career Counselling
While college truly is about overall development of a student’s personality, counselling at an early stage could help one gain the right perspective, especially with the number of new career options coming up every day, which would otherwise not be considered by students. Early counselling assists students in reflecting on their personalities and abilities, likes and dislikes, and how these would align with various career paths. This would help students have a focused approach in their search for a suitable University for continuing their higher education and realizing their career aspirations.
Choosing Right Career
Career counselling helps students discover their true potential and interest in various subjects in order to help them choose the right career. Several institutes, including schools and colleges, today offer career counselling through a series of aptitude and IQ tests. The tests usually have multiple-choice questions, which don’t need to be prepared for in any way.
Guidance to students
Career counselling is the guidance given to a student on the road he/she should take to achieve his/her goals. The advice and counselling provided is based on three deciding factors – personality, aptitude and interest.
RIGHT TIME
Different stages of life of a student demands different guidance
* When Student is in 8th Standard, he/she needs to know about the
* Core potential of a child and improvement area
* Study Habit Improvement
* Career Guidance
2. When student is in 10th Standard, He /She needs to know about the
* Recommended stream with Subject Group
* Aspiration fitment analysis
* Core Potential of a child and improvement Area
* Study Habit Improvement
* Career Guidance
3. When student is in 12th Standard, He /She needs to know about the
* Recommended Career, Course and College
* Aspiration fitment analysis
* Core Potential of a child and improvement Area
* Study Habit Improvement
* Career Guidance
(The author is a Career Counsellor)
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