Dmitri Mendeleev was a Russian chemist and inventor who is credited with creating the first version of the periodic table of elements. His periodic table arranged the elements based on their atomic masses and chemical properties, and predicted properties of undiscovered elements that would fill gaps in the table, many of which were later discovered.

2.  What is a Career?
 What is Career Planning?
 Career Planning Process
 Tips for Building a Career
 Need for Career Planning
 Benefits of Career Planning
 Myths
 Sources of Career Planning
 Conclusion

3. What is a Career?
 Career is an occupation or a profession, that one undertakes
for a long period of his life time & derives monetary benefit
from it.
Example:
 If someone is painting pictures for a long time, but does not
expect to gain any monetary reward, that will be considered
as his hobby rather than career.
 Similarly if he paints & exhibits his paintings in a gallery for
prospective buyers, then painting will be considered as his
Profession.

4. What is Career Planning?
 Career planning consists of activities and actions that you
take to achieve your individual career goals.
 It is way by which one can achieve goals & ambitions
successfully
It is a Vision

5. Career Planning Process
It is simple process of self analyzing, self upgrading & self
improvement.
Which leads you toward . There are four
steps to active career planning:
 Self Assessment
 Exploration and Research
 Decision Making
 Taking Action

6. Self Assessment
It revolves around the reflection, and evaluation of your
interests, personality characteristics, values and skills.

7. Exploration and Research
It is all about being in information gathering mode.
This is the time to explore, collect, and organize all
available resources to eventually begin analyzing them
to see what top options arise.

8. Decision Making
The decision-making step of the career planning process is
when you put all the pieces of information about yourself
and your carefully collected career information together as
best as possible to produce a list of career-related goals and
options.

9. Taking Action
It is one of those things that’s easier said than done.
This stage is about literally being proactive with your
career plans and following through with what you’ve
decided on doing.

10. Need of Career Planning
 We live in a competitive world, which follows the policy of
Survival of the fittest a.k.a ‘The Law of The Jungle’, where
those who are weak are crushed by the mighty.
 Career Planning is a tool that makes a person Competitive.

11. Benefits of Career Planning
 An individual conducts a research & the results lead to
an increased awareness in the field of interest
 More Chances of becoming a dignified & a respected
professional
 Less chances of becoming the ‘Rotten Tomato’

12. Myths
 Choosing a career is simple
 A career counselor can tell me what occupation to
pick
 Once I choose a career I'll be stuck in it forever
 If my best friend (or brother, uncle, or neighbor) is
happy in a particular field, I will be too

13. Sources of Career Planning
 Family & Friends(guidance from Family elders,
cousins & good friends)
 Changing Market Trends (observation)
 Professional Counseling (Teachers, Professors &
other various professionals)
 Mass Media(Talk Shows, Radio, etc)
 Following in the Shoes of Role Models (Influence)

14. Conclusion
 Career Planning is a must for every individual in order to
become successful in life
 Career planning brings out the best within the individual &
helps utilize person’s skills & abilities to the optimum level

15. Job/ Placement
(Public Sector/Private Sector/Civil Services)
OR
Higher Studies
(Science/Management/Abroad)

16. Private Sector
 Dabur
 Hindustan Lever
 Ranbaxy
 Dr Reddy’s Labs
 Sun Pharma
Public Sector
 Bharath petroleum
 Government colleges
 ISRO, BARC
 ONGC, IOCL, BPCL
CIVIL SERVICES is also a better option

17. Some of the job areas are as follows:
 Medical Research
 Testing Laboratories
 Waste-water Plant
 Medical Laboratories
 Oil Industry
 Pharmaceutical Companies
 Research and Development Firms

18.  Education Sector
 Forensic Crime Research
 Food Institutes
 Health Care Providers
 Heavy Chemical Industries
 Industrial Laboratories
 Indian Civil Services
 Cosmetic Companies
……the list is exhaustive

19. Higher study options after B.Sc Chemistry by entrance exams
 IITJAM : M.Sc., MCA, Integrated PhD etc.
 TIFR : Integrated PhD
 IISc : Integrated PhD
 JNU : M.Sc., MCA
 DU : M.Sc.,MCA
 IRMA : Rural & Cooperative Management

20. What is IIT-JAM ?
 Joint Admission Test for admission to M.Sc., M.Sc.-PhD
dual degree and other post-B.Sc. Programs at IITs
 IITJAM comprises eight subjects:
1. Physics 2. Chemistry
3. Mathematics 4. Mathematical Statistics
5. Computer Application 6. Biotechnology
7. Geophysics 8. Geology

21. Why M.Sc. from IITs?
 Brand Value
 World Class Infrastructure
 Stress on application part of Science
 More interface with Industry
 Optimistic atmosphere
 Better job Opportunities
 High level of Social Recognition

22. Management Degrees
 Gujarat
MBA (From IIMs – CAT & GCET for MBA
conducted by GTU ~ MCA (GCET )
MSW, MLW, MHRD,MHRM, MRS, MPA, etc.
M. Sc. (QPM)
For Entrepreneurship (Take a course @ EDI, Gandhinagar)

23. Most sought after courses:
 M.Sc. (Chemistry, Analytical, Inorganic, Organic, Physical ..)
 M.Lib. (Library & Information Science)
 MLT
 LLB – LLM
 Post Graduate Diploma in Journalism
Note: Our students generally prefer local university/college for
pursuing M.Sc. and those left out go to private colleges….

24. Local Universities
 VNSGU, Surat
 MSU, Baroda
 SPU, V V Nagar
 Gujarat Uni., Ahmedabad
 Saurashtra Uni., Rajkot
 Bhavnagar Uni., Bhavnagar
Admission Criteria is same for most of the universities

25. Careers Abroad
Best Destinations
 USA
 Canada
 Australia
 New Zealand
 Germany
Entrance exams for Post Graduation :
 GRE (Science)
 GMAT (Management)
 TOEFL /IELTS for both

26. Suggested Google apps in your smart phones:
 Careers 360
 UPSC
 Current Affairs
 Vocab24
 Sarkari Naukri
 Exam Alert
 Colleges India
 TED
 Quora

27. Suggested websites:
 www.khanacademy.org
 www.edx.org
 www.courseera.org
 www.ojas.gujarat.gov.in

28. Suggested Hollywood films:
 A Beautiful Mind
 The Man Who Knew Infinity
 Chaos
 Inception
 Interstellar
 Gravity
 Moon

29. Brain Teaser!!
Who was Dmitri Mendeleev?