2. Career is a way of making a
living, a profession or work which
may require certain levels of
learning or training. It is a life-long
job, professional progress, a
vocation or occupation that a
person goes into and therein
makes a living.
You can for instance have a
career in
education, law, music, engineering
, medicine, etc.
3. What is the purpose of career?
▶Simply put: To meet societal
needs and/or add value to the
society/people
▶There are many needs around
us waiting to be
met, identifying and meeting
them may turn out to be a
career for you.
▶ “Needs” – Morally and legally right
4. ▶What is your Career Goal?
A career goal helps you focus
on what you want to do for
a living. A career goal can
be a specific job you want
to do -- such as doctor or
teacher -- or a career goal
can be a particular field you
want to work in, such as
medicine or education.
Career Goal
5. Career Goal
• What is your Career Goal?
A career goal will also guide you
into doing what you want with
your life -- rather than just
drifting into a job.
6. Career Goal
• What is your Career Goal?
Generally, a career goal is
based on your skills and
interests, career
possibilities, and job trends.
7. Career Choice
▶ There is a strong link between
the career you choose and
your purpose in life.
▶ Your Career is the vehicle that
carries you to your purpose
8. How to make the right
choice
▶ What not to do:
▶ Choosing based only on
financial consideration
▶ Choosing based on
pressure from peer or
parents
▶ Choosing for the sake of
choosing
9. Making the right Choice
▶ What to do:
▶ Understand yourself:Self-
knowledge is very important
because it leads to self-
discovery and self-discovery
leads to self-actualization
which ultimately leads to
fulfillment in life and career.
12. ▶ Analyze yourself:
Carefully and honestly determine your intellectual and
interactive strength and weakness. Find out what you are good
at so you can discover your innate abilities i.e. your talents.
13. ▶ Discover your interest:
Based on your discovery about yourself, find out what career or
type of job arrests your personal interest. Your interest is what you
like to do, many people describe it as “what Iwould like to be in
the future”. Sometimes it is your life’s goal and ambition.
Whatever it is, you need to know it and the earlier the better for
you.
15. ▶ Steps:
▶What are your interest?
▶What do you want to be?
▶What are your skills?
▶What types of careers fit
your skills and interest?
▶How do you prepare for the
career?
Planning
16. ▶What are your interests?
▶Make a list of 10
activities you have
enjoyed doing in the
past four years.
Interest
17. ▶What are your interests?
▶Evaluate those interests.
Think about what you liked
about the activities. What
challenges did the activities
offer? What skills do you
need to develop further to
continue in those activities?
Interest
18. ▶ Understand your Options
Obtain as much information as you possibly can about the various career
options that are available to you, particularly, those that arouse your interest.
19. ▶ To understand your options fully, things you will need to find
out include what the career is about, requirement(s) for the
career, mode of training, duration of training, where the
career is available, prospects of the career, challenges of the
career, what the career entails, what it takes to successfully
go into the career, the demand of the career on you and so
on.
20. Discuss
- Discuss it with your parents and career guidance teacher or counselor. They
are there to guide you and sure know more than you do.
- However, it is your own duty to make your choice. “Listen to advice but
make your own decision ultimately”.
21. ▶ No one can truly know what works for you, so carry out your
own research and make an informed choice taking into
consideration your talents, interests and ability.
23. Making the right choice is not the
end; you need to work hard to
make your dreams come true, else
it may at the best become one of
the greatest dreams that never saw
the light of the day
24. ▶ Have behind your mind that it is much better to
become a job creator rather than a job seeker.
So begin to think on this and working towards it.
26. How do you know if you
chose the right career?
▶ A career that has been correctly chosen will one
that includes your talents and interests, passion
and one that most probably pays really well but
then again it should not be about the money in
the first place.
