CAREER COUNSELING

INTRODUCTION The word career covers all types of

Employment Ranging from semi-skilled through skilled, and semi professional to professional.. The term careers has often been restricted to suggest an employment commitment to a single trade skill, profession or business firm for the entire working life of a person.

WHAT IS CAREER COUNSELING?

Counseling is the means by which one person helps another through purposeful conversation. Counseling is a method of identifying practical solution to an identified problem.

NEED FOR CAREER COUNSELING To survive in this competitive

environment in world, it is not important to be the best, but also to keep evolving to say the best.

COMPONENTS IN CAREER COUNSELING Career Planning Career Development Career Management

CAREER PLANNING Career planning is the process by which

one selects career goals & the path to these goals. It means helping the employees to plan their career in terms of their capacities with in the context of organization needs.

Career planning is a subset of career management. Career planning applies the concepts of Strategic Planning and Marketing to taking charge of one's professional future.

CAREER DEVELOPMENT “Career development is a Formal

approach used by organization to ensure that people with proper qualifications and experiences are available when needed” CAREER DEVELOPMENT In Organizational Development In Personal Development

THE PROCESS OF CAREER DEVELOPMENT

Self Assessment 1.Interest 2.Skills 3.Personality 4.Values Industry Research

Focus/Preparation Job Search Career Management

BARRIERS TO CAREER DEVELOPMENT

Lack of time to plan their careers Lack to undertake training and

development Lack of leadership support for career

management Short-term focus Lack of career opportunities within the

organization for employees.

CAREER MANAGEMENT Career management is an ongoing

process of preparing, implementing and monitoring career plans undertaken by the individual alone or in concert with the organization’s career systems.

FACTORS MUST REMEMBERED WHILE SELECTING A CAREER Intelligence Personality Interest Aptitude Gender Age Soft Skills

THE GOALS TO ACHIEVE IN GUIDANCE

1. Exploring self 2. Determining Values 3. Setting goals 4. Explore the world of work 5. Improving efficiency 6. Building relationship 7. Accepting responsibility for the

future To excel in the above factors, one has to have proper guidance and motivation in an appropriate manner.

SWOT- ANALYSIS A technique that enables a group or

individual to move from everyday problems and traditional strategies to a fresh perspective.