Importance of Career Planning and How To Plan a Career

1.     Today’s Generation Students.…

a.      Never plan for their future.

b.     Follow the crowd.

c.      Choose by influence of others.

d.     Accept the parent’s verdict by force.

e.      Get tempted by current trends. 

f.      Influenced by media.

g.     Select a career in dejection.

h.      Jump into any career.

i.       Are totally away from realities.

j.      Live in Fantasy World.

k.      Lack Motivation.

l.       Fail to “Discover the value of their Lives”

2.     Have you ever thought that:

a.     All have the same 24 hours per day.

b.     All avail the same books and guides.

c.      All have equivalent facilities.

d.     All attempt the same exam paper.

Then why do some perform extra ordinarily and some became...

3.     Why career Planning is Important

a.     No short-cut to success, success should be pre planned, Hard work is key

b.    Better Family Life

c.     Helping the Nation

d.     To Develop Skills, to have Motivation, to Plan Future Intelligently

e.      Improve interest in Reading and study

f.     Get Advice: if you have plan any expert can advise you better

g.     Proper Planning Prevents Poor Performance

h.     Your performance in 10th, 12th Std and Bachelor degrees are considered for jobs.

4.     What is Career?

Profession or occupation with opportunities for advancement or promotion and not just livelihood.

5.     Why Choose a Career ?

a.     We have been created Unique [Ex. Fingerprint].

b.    We are born only once.

c.     We spend almost 40 years on our work.

d.    A total of over 80,000/- hrs we “work”.

e.     Ask yourself ? A billion Dollar Question “How should I spend  these 80,000 hrs before I die ????? ”

f.     Better an original cow than a duplicate Tiger

6.     Know yourself

a.     What is the kind of work I like to do?

b.    What activities give me the most satisfaction?

c.     What is the environment in which I would like to work?

d.    What kind of people do I like to work with?

e.     What kind of abilities do I want to build on?

7.     planning your career by

a.     Understanding where you are

b.    Deciding where you want to be

c.     Making the changes and adjustments necessary to get there

d.    What motivates you?

e.     What is your idea of an ‘ideal’ job?

f.     What makes you excited?

g.    What kind of job would be most fulfilling?

h.     What kind of work should you stay away from?

i.      Where are you weak?

j.      Where should  you  change or improve?

k.     What skills do you have ?

8.     Steps:

a.     What are your interest?

b.    What do you want to be?

c.     What are your skills?

d.    What types of careers fit your skills and interest?

e.     How do you prepare for the career?

9.     What are your interests (activities)?

a.     What do you like to do? Think about experiences you have enjoyed. What kind of school, religious, social, or sports activities do you like?

b.    Make a list of 10 activities you have enjoyed doing in the past four years.

c.     Evaluate those interests. Think about what you liked about the activities. What challenges did the activities offer? What skills do you need to develop further to continue in those activities?

10.  What is your Career Goal?

A career goal helps you focus on what you want to do for a living. A career goal can be a specific job you want to do -- such as doctor or teacher -- or a career goal can be a particular field you want to work in, such as medicine or education.

Rather than limiting your future, a career goal may help you discover career possibilities that you wouldn't have thought of otherwise.

a.     What are the 4 most important characteristics one should possess in order to achieve success in life ?

b.    What are the 4 most important reason for failure in life ?

c.     Problem which is affecting your performance ?

d.    Write briefly in 30 words how you are planning to solve some of the problems of the society.

e.     Write 3 good qualities and 3 weakness in your personality.

f.     Are you interested in earning part time income through social service projects?

g.    Tell us something unique and special about your personality / goal / vision ?

h.     Please select what are the economic policies of your life. You can select more than one also.

                                          i.    I want to earn money sufficient enough to run my family.

                                         ii.    I want to become rich and famous.

                                        iii.    I want to earn money to develop my own business.

                                        iv.    I want to earn money to achieve a wealthy status.

                                         v.    I want to become rich to make my country a super power.

11.  Points to Think over …

2. Don’t go for higher education because you don’t get a job
3. Do higher education only if you are passionate about it and know your path
4. Accept challenges to accomplish any achievement
5. Don’t wait for a miracle (accomplishing everything in short time) in the last minute or week or month
6. Practice makes a person perfect
7. Over confidence is worse than cancer
8. There is no substitute for hard work
9. Being attentive to the task is very important
10. While learning, you should be able to infer the text from the diagram or vice versa
11. Analytical and logical reasoning is vital for human development. Derivation in different courses if understood properly, will help develop these vital skills
12. Idle mind is devil’s mind. Spend your time effectively: time management
13. Do SWOT analysis of your own self

                                          i.    Short Term Planning

                                         ii.    Long Term Planning

                                        iii.    Marketable Job Skills

                                        iv.    Career Strengths

                                         v.    Career Weaknesses

                                        vi.    Career Opportunities

14. Find out your strength and weakness; utilise the strength to overcome the weakness
15. Note that 12^th standard education is important for the all future courses whether its higher studies, competitive exams, or test for any level job. Foundation is vital for any construction
16. Early Morning study: Note that studying 3 hours in the morning is equivalent to studying 9 hours in the night or later in the evening/day. Don’t forget, there is no shortcut to success.