24/11/2015
Why Career Counseling is necessary for students?
Career Counseling is a process that will help you to know and understand yourself and the world of work in order to make career, educational, and life decisions.
There are a number of factors that influence your career development, including your interests, abilities, values, personality, background, and circumstances.
A Career Counselor can assist you to:
1. Learn more about yourself 2.Gain educational and occupational information.
3. Learn about decision-making and career planning. 4. Conduct a job search.
5. Cope with career challenges and transition issues.
Benefits of Career Counseling to Students.
It helps to know their ability to perform well in academics or in other fields.
It removes confusion and leads to clarity of thought in a student helps to identify interests, pick the appropriate subjects, and finally, make the choice of the right career.
It helps to put things in proper perspective – the student chooses the right higher education for the chosen career, and likewise, is able to land safely on the career track, due the interest, motivational factors and the chosen stream of education.
Sadly, career counseling is often overlooked by students, institutions and parents alike. It is a mistake that can prove costly, for it is sound counseling that leads to well-informed, correct career decisions!