Career Talk for High School students (Wexford College, Akure, Nigeria) during the tour of Elizade University on January 27, 2017.

1. Career Path
Career choice- subject combination
for a prospective profession
By Adegbilero-Iwari Idowu
During Wexford College Students’ Tour of Elizade
University, Ilara-Mokin, Nigeria on 27th Jan., 2017

2. First of all
• Career guidance? who really cares? watch!

3. Definitions
• A career is defined as the progress and actions
taken by a person throughout a lifetime,
especially those related to that person's
occupations (Business Dictionary)
• Career is composed of jobs held, titles earned
and work accomplished over a long period of
time.
• Read more:
http://www.businessdictionary.com/definition/ca
reer.html

4. Definitions
• Career is a field for or pursuit of consecutive
progressive achievement especially in public,
professional, or business life
• a profession for which one trains and which is
undertaken as a permanent calling (Merriam-
Webster Dictionary)
• Source: https://www.merriam-
webster.com/dictionary/career

5. Definitions
• Profession means “a calling requiring
specialized knowledge and often long and
intensive academic preparation” (Merriam-
Webster Dictionary)
• So, education matters

6. Secondly
• Doing academic and career planning: tips to
note

7. Career Choice
• Interest
• Mentorship
• Exploring internship and volunteering
• Networking
• Research (find out about it)
- Allison Cheston (2012)

8. Back to Genesis
• Recognise God
• Locate yourself in His Word/will
(Psalm119:105, Joshua 1:8)
• Identify what gives you joy as a child of God
• Grow in it (Prov4:18)

9. Career choice: Steps to
take
• According to the Chameleon Video Scribes
and Whiteboard Animation (2015) the
following tools are needed:
• 1. Mirror
• 2. Compass
• 3. Map
• 4. Vehicle

10. Mirror (Who am I?)
What
interests
me?
What
am I
good
at?
How am I
unique/differe
nt from
others?

11. Compass (What do I want to do?)
What Industry am I
interested in?
What jobs are available
for me in the future?
How much can I expect
to earn from the career?

12. Map (How do I get there?)
What courses should I be
taking to position me for
success?
What work/services
experience will give me
exposure and teach me the
skills I need?
What type of education do
I need after High School?
What are the admission
requirements and how much
will it cost me?

13. Vehicle (Go!)
Your destinations, ways
and time to get there are
all unique
Either go direct, look
around learning different
things or trying different
options, just GO!

14. Subject combinations for a prospective
profession
• Slide 5
• Examples of professions:
• Legal
• Medical
• Educational
• Accounting
• Performing arts
• Library and information science
• Information Technology

15. Knowledge bodies of professions
• Body of Knowledge is broadly classified into:
• Arts and Humanities
• Natural &Applied Sciences (Medicine,
Technology, Agriculture)
• Law
• Social Sciences
• Education

16. Subject combinations
• Science-based professions e.g.: Pharmacy,
Medicine& Surgery, Engineering, Agriculture
• Core subject: Chemistry across all
• Specific for Engineering: Physics and Maths
• Arts& Humanities: History, International
Relations, Linguistics, Literature, Film
• Core subject: Literature-in-English
• Social Sciences: Economics, Human Resources
Mgt., Banking&Finance, Accounting
• Core subject: Economics

17. Preparing for University?
• Know yourself
• Know your goals
• Know the steps
• Above all, know your God!

18. Three important things
• 1. Read!
• 2. Read!! and
• 3. Read!!!

19. Thank you
and