Career Counselling/Vocational Counselling & Guidance

There are so many vocations-so many confusion

Dr Rupa Talukdar and The Team

Meaning of Career/Vocational Counselling

Career is Future Identity, you will be known by your career/vocation:We use to say like

• Economist Amartya Sen

• President Pranab Mukherjee

• Footballer P.K Banerjee, Baichung Bhutia

• Physicist Satyen Bose

• Scientist Prafulla Chandra Roy, Botanist Jagadish Chandra Bose-t

• Siddhu in Cactus-the lead singer, Rupam in Fassils

• Dancer Alakananda Roy, Singer Suchitra Mitra

So about you:…………should be our careful decision

They are known to us because of their CAREER which is best fit and also that’s why they are so famous-appropriately chosen

Some famous Personalities , they are known by their careers/professions

Students Need To Be Oriented Towards Their Own Vocation

Education serves two purposes:• Knowledge gain

• Having appropriate careers

They compliment to each other,

From childhood students acquire General Knowledge from the dailystudies giving emphasizes on Own Preferences: but HOW?

Doing /practising what s/he likes most.

Parents /Senior people ( Teachers/Relatives/ Coach) thepersons to guide students towards their own inclination bysupplying/arranging appropriate scopes/advantages in order tomake it available before them.

It is called “SPOT” the career for that particular student.

Link between Our Education and Our Individual Vocation

Vocation should not be a whimsical decision-it ought to be wise choice, so each and every student need to have good familiarity of his/her own

• Aptitudes

• Interest/Preferences

• Personality

Parents, specially mother, Teachers and Career Counsellors

are the persons who will be helpful in choosing most

suitable Career/Vocation for the students.

How?From the daily class activities/studies/score sheets/result.

That I shall describe by interacting with you, students!

Aptitudes/preferences/personality

They are The BIG factors in choosing your careers by YOU

only1. Continuously good marks subject wise

2. How comfortable are you subject wise/activity wise

3. Intelligence is not the last/final word- Need to be careful of your EMOTION

Non-authoritarian Nature of students’ vocational choice

1. Needs no effect/influences-clear thinking process by students

2. only

3. Absolutely free to choose

4. Availability of Vocational information

5. Should be understand the financial background of Family

6. There is always an alternative way to reach the target

7. No need to have instant Gratification-necessary to learn how to wait for the chance to arrive

8. Knowledge about personality

9. Meaning to be assertive: Facilitating Optimal Confrontation and Minimal Anxiety in pursuing particular Vocation

10. Personality wise vocations

11. Be free while you ride on the wheel of Career Choice

12. There is always an option for second career in life- as our life span is increasing , so boredom with a career for a long period is really a monotonous journey .

Aptitudes

So many processes are there: • MANY assessment tools are there

• Your skill graph subjects wise in the school level exams

• Your comfort feelings with the subject of study

The entrance of different Institutes are nothing but is to judge youraptitudes before giving you permission to get admission in theparticular Institutes

So take care of your own trends, subject score and your comfort level with the studying subjects, it will give you sound

knowledge of your subject aptitudes.

This is called SELF HELP program

Preferences/Interests

It is the opportunity to choose your career, it is the decisionmaking in a confusing state of mind occurred in a thesenior level of your class in school.

In our culture, most people are one of six personality Types

• Realistic,

• Investigative,

• Artistic,

• Social Occupation,

• Enterprising and

• Conventional.

Some refer to these as Holland Codes or RIASEC

PersonalityThe 16PF Career Development Report contains

• This report is an ideal resource for in-depth discussions around careerdevelopment. Matching a person’s 16PF results to general professional areasas well as specific suggested occupations, it provides the detail needed forthe respondent to think about their career options and motivations in ahighly action-oriented way.

• It is also ideal for facilitating discussion with individuals about how theirpersonal strengths can lead to career success

• A narrative interpretation of 16PF personality information that emphasisespersonal strengths

• A sharable feedback section organised around five key themes: problem-solving resources; patterns for coping with stressful conditions;interpersonal interaction styles; organisational role and work-settingpreferences; and career activity interests

• (For practitioners only) Scores on the 16 Primary Factor scales and the fiveGlobal Factor scales, as well as predicted leadership–subordinate rolepatterns, predicted career interest scores for seven broad areas of interest(influencing, organising, creating, helping, analysing, producing andventuring), and occupational interest scores

Personality

When to use the 16PF Career

Development Report

• Career transition and planning

• Career development