How to arrive at a career decision?

Live a designed Life not a default life A letter wrote to the edge appeared in the Hindu dated 4 April 2018 once again shaken my mind. The letter is as follows “I am 21.I am feeling depressed about my life and career. I have completed B. Tech in electrical engineering and after that I worked in the textile sector for two years. At present, I am preparing for my banking exam. Sometimes I feel that I am worthless as I didn’t make any proper plan for my future. Can you suggest how to keep such negative thoughts away?” This letter throws out a plethora of questions to our education system and is one such case among a multitude I come across the pages of print media and electronic media. At a prime age of 21, a young talent of India feels depressed and disappointed about his life and hit the road block in his career and seeking help. Even if someone offers help at this age, it will only act as the last straw or even if he/she wants to begin all over again much of the water has fl...

It was yet another day in my school.After the usual rounds of the classes,I settled down to engage in checking the mails and notifications.Soon my front desk in charge approached me with a resume' saying that a candidate has come to apply for the post of a teacher since I am always on the look out for quality teachers. I glanced at the resume' and found that it is an interesting resume' since the candidate has completed her B Tech in Electronics and communications and worked as a software engineer and  did her B Ed and Cambridge Diploma in Teaching and Learning later on.Since she had done her Bed and CDTL,she is qualified to work as a teacher. Therefore, I called her for the interview.After all the routine questions I asked her to explain the reasons for doing an engineering first and then shift to teaching career.She openly told me that she was never a technical person and never wanted to sit in front of a system and work.In fact all she wanted was to go out and ...

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One more admission season has arrived.Students from myriad streams and classes are searching for the right colleges and courses.Many a times they depend on parents' pressure and friends coercive tactics while arriving at these key life decisions. Therefore we need to make an informed decision by keeping the unique attributes of each individual in mind. What we need to remember at this point of time is each individual is different and each individual has been bestowed with unique abilities and aptitudes.Identifying these talents and abilities will help you to avoid confusions and wastage of resources.The following are some of the factors to be kept in mind while choosing the career. Interests Skills Assessment of ones strengths and weaknesses Opportunities and existing possibilities Work nature Future scope and financial aid available Guidance available Life's goals and values Now how to identify these attributes.A trained career counselor will help yo with the...