Asked by Nandhini Murugesan | 1st of April 2020
career counselling Career decision
Need of a Career Counselor in life
1) Career Counselor helps students understand and overcome a social behavioral problems through individual and group counseling.
2) Career Counselor help to make a better understanding between Students, Parents and teachers. It means Career counselor works like a bridge between them.
3) Career Counselor evaluate student’s abilities and interest through aptitude assessments, interviews and individual planning.
4) Career Counselor make easy for the students to select the right stream, colleges and professional paths.
5) Career Counselor evaluate clients backgrounds, education and training to help the develop realistic goals.
6) Career Counselor guide clients through making decision through their careers such as choosing a new profession and the type of degree to purpose.
7) Career Counselor advise clients on how to resolve problems in the workplace such as conflict with the bosses or co-workers.
8) Career counselor help to save from unusual wastage of time, money and effort, misalignment and misjudgment of career, career dis-satisfaction, self interest mismatch, wrong career path projection, Unnecessary stress.
9) Career counselor helps to understand the stage of mind like ignorant, confused etc. and clarify why and where client is taking the wrong decision.
10) Career counselor help to get the optimize stage for both students and parents.
A trained, experienced and holistic career counsellor is like a mirror who helps your reflect your occupational side. Schools test you on your academic subjects, however rarely do they provide an insight into your interests, values and beliefs. So a counsellor who is a trained psychologist and has extensive experience in the work industry (not just counselling) provides a very significant input that can be very helpful
Career counselling helps students discover their true potential and interest in various subjects.Friends and family can very often provide incorrect guidance because their parameters of judging a career choice might differ.A counsellor is objective while giving guidance,with no considerations other than aptitude and interest.
Choosing a field of study that is not really suited to your interests or skills could prove disastrous.And that s where a career counsellor comes in.
Well , when we are sick we go to a doctor when we want to learn a new skill we go to a specialist trainer . But when we need to take the most important decision of our life that is choosing a Career, which leads to our job which we spend 30% of our life time on, then isn t it necessary to Consult or consider a specialist opinion or advise before choosing a Right Career for you.
That s how important a Career Counselor is before taking Important Career decisions which could be choosing a Right course and college or considering the higher studies opinion or abroad studies Consultation.
Career coach or counselor helps you decide which is best for you considering all possibilities of future career opportunities , your skills and abilities and what could be right for you.
First, it s important to accept that 90% of the youth need someone who can give them insight into options.
Second, society does help in giving insight but it is at the cost of being biased.
Third, it s proven that if an individual is counseled regular for his career growth then he/she is likely to succeed faster and have a content and satisfactory work life.
Hence, presence and interaction with career counselors is essential at every stage of education and job.