Document to help high school learners choose the right career path

1. Careers and career choices

2. Areas we’re focusing on
1.What is a career?
2.Steps to plan your career
3. Factors that affect career choices
4.What is career counselling?
5.Benefits of career counselling
6.How can one fail in their chosen career?

3. What is a career?
.A career is not just about earning an income, it is about making
a living and pursuing your life’s essence
It is a pattern of work-related experiences that span the course
of a person’s life.
.A career can also be referred to as a life-long job that you have
been trained to do, and it may require levels of learning and
training.

4. Steps to plan your career
STEP 1:Take a career assessment at your school or municipality.
STEP 2:Research yourself to figure out what you’re good at, then narrow down the
careers that align with abilities and research them to find out the requirements.
STEP 3:Decide on your career goals
STEP4:Explore current desired job markets and find out the latest trends. You can check
from www.careerhelp.org.za

5. Steps to plan your career continued
STEP 5:Attend career exhibitions to help you decide
STEP 6:Start working on your grades to increase
chances of getting accepted in your career path.

6. Factors that can affect career
choices.
 Not having enough money to further the studies of
your chosen career
 Gender. Being told that certain jobs are meant for a
certain gender.
 Society. Society may have a list of careers that are
deemed as important more than others and the one
you are interested in might not be a part of the list.

7. What is career
counselling? A process that helps individuals
know and understand themselves,
together with the world in order to
make career, educational and life-
choices.
Career counselling also helps
people begin, change or advance
their careers

8. Benefits of career counselling.
Job search
support
Identify
sources in
careers
Goal setting
results
Testing to
determine
strengths and
weaknesses

9. How can one fail in their
chosen career
 Being in a career that does not match
their interests.
 Being in a career that does dot align
with their personality and potential.
 Being in a career for the wrong reasons.

10. References
 9amjobs. (2017). Career Counselling Services. Available from slideshare:
https://www.slideshare.net/9amjobs/career-counselling-services-9amjobscom
 Engelbrecht, J. (2014). Career and career choices. Available from slideshare:
https://www.slideshare.net/amberose/careers-and-career-choices-34685
 Paiils111. (2014). Career planning. Available from slideshare: https://www.slideshare.net/paiils111/career-planning-351626
 Sigqwagqwa, L. (2014). Careers and career choices. Available from slideshare:
https://www.slideshare.net/Sigqwagqwa/careers-and-caree-choices-41460
 WO-C-YANE. (2014). Career and career choices. Available from slideshare:
https://www.slideshare.net/WO-C-YANE/careers-and-career-choices