Career Counseling Report 2017: Paving a Way for a Fulfilling Future

History has proved times and again how several career fields became obsolete over the years. With advanced technologies, some jobs get vanished while the new ones emerge. The one who can keep up with the trends is definite to ace the competition. As the new career options emerge, new skills are demanded in the industry and a student needs to be aware of these advancements. Career Counseling here acts as a torchbearer for the whole workforce that can be made aware of the industrial changes in advance so as to hone their skills accordingly and be prepared for the upcoming changes.

Globally, the most important topics of concern have long been education and even after efforts from several educationists, educational organisations and the country governments, we have yet not achieved our targets. In fact, we have made the education system so complicated that new challenges have taken space such as mental anxiety, stress, depression and financial problems for receiving the quality education. At this time, it is important to understand what the education system is lacking and what the gaps are.

The career counseling report focused on a variety of aspects of career counselling and how it can be impacted by the combined efforts of private and government sectors. A career counsellor plays an important role in a student’s life. Go through the whole report to know about all the aspects of Career Counselling and its impact on the various countries. Get the full report on career counselling here.

What is Career Counseling?

Career Counseling is an information processing step that is required in order to step forward in the career. A student is provided with information on all aspects of his/ her career and is supported to advance and take steps to achieve the goals. It is a scientific process that can be given ideally by trained and certified counsellors. The job of a career counsellor has even been compared to that of a doctor. They first analyse the talent and skills of the student, prepares a proper course structure for advancement in his/ her career, guides the student on how to proceed in their career and motivates them to achieve what they are aiming at.

Career Counselling can be defined essentially by four elements:

Awareness – Creating awareness about different career opportunities available to the students, helping students and professionals understand how career counselling can help them proceed in their career positively.
Identification – Identification of strengths and weaknesses of a student in order to guide him/ her about suitable career fields, the skills that are required to be developed, new opportunities etc.
Information – Providing information regarding career fields, admission process, future scope, emerging trends in specific careers, amount of hard work required, opportunities.
Motivation – Motivating a student to achieve his/ her career goals with a proper direction Career.

Why Career Counselling?

The importance of career counselling lies in the prevalent career unawareness. In the majority of cases, students select their career based on what their peers are selecting or what their parents think is right for them. This often leads to dissatisfaction in career and thus jobs for the students. This has also been quoted as one of the biggest reasons behind mental anxiety, depression and increasing suicide cases among the students and professionals. Observing the severity of the situation, it is highly important to develop a concrete platform for the students where they can get their career queries solved. In fact, increasing competitiveness demands greater efforts towards the right career guidance to the students as well as professionals.

Career counselling importance can be judged from the instability in Indian economy due to the high rate of unawareness and increasing competitiveness.

Who are Career Counselors?

Career Counsellors are experienced and knowledgeable people who guide students and professionals regarding their career and different professions. The practice of career counselling is active in several developed as well as developing nations since long, yet the importance of career counselling is not known to many. Career counsellors can be termed as professional career consultants who look into an individual’s career history, skills, interests, personality, acumen, aptitude and potential to help them find the best career opportunity for him/ her.

Role of Career Counsellors:

Career Exploration
Career Introduction
Admission Counselling
Motivational Counselling

Ways to do Career Counselling:

Telephonic
Counselling over Chat
Group Seminar/ Workshop
Video/ Skype Counselling
Webinar Counselling
Face to Face Counselling
Psychometric Counselling
Forum Based Counselling

Misconceptions and Malpractices about Career Counselling:

Misconceptions:

Career counsellors as job hunters
Career counselling as one-time service
Career counselling is only for teenagers
Standalone Psychometric test as a complete process
Career Counsellor as the God of Careers

Malpractices:

Private Tie-ups with Institutes
Confidentiality and Harassment

The career counselling report focused on a variety of aspects of career counselling and how it can be impacted by combined efforts of private and government sectors. A career counsellor plays an important role in a student’s life. Go through the whole report to know about all the aspects of Career Counselling and its impact on the various countries. Get the full report on career counselling here.

This report has been published by CareerGuide.com with Craft Driven Market Research as Research Partner

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