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How to Plan Your Career?
Choosing
a career is a difficult matter, in the best of times. Add to
this opinions of friends and parents, and the young person is
caught up in a confusing situation where making a decision is
almost impossible. We give here a model that can help young
people to choose a career, gain competencies required for it,
make decisions, set goals and take action. The decision for
each individual is different, since everyone is a distinct individual.
This model is helpful not only for fresher but also throughout
one's life.
Choosing
a career is a multi-step process. It involves gathering information
on a number of things, the first being yourself.
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Self-Assessment:
The
first step, involves gathering information about you. You should
develop an understanding of yourself, including your values,
interests, aptitudes, abilities, personal traits and desired
life style. You must also become aware of the relationship between
self and occupational choice.
Academic and Career
Options:
In the second
step, after you have completed your self-assessment, you must
identify academic and career options available. This step allows
you to investigate the world of work, narrow a general occupational
direction into a specific one through an informed decision-making
process. You will begin to identify potential careers, gather
information about those careers, and match the career information
with the results from your self-assessment.
Competency
Areas:
In the third step,
individuals evaluate occupational choices and gain practical
experience through internships, co-operative education, relevant
summer employment, volunteer work and campus activities. In
addition, more specific decisions about occupational choices
are made.
Occupational Choice:
After this, an initial occupational choice is made in Step four.
Individuals prepare for and begin conducting a job search, or
apply to graduate or professional schools. |
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