• Career is o An Identity in society as it indicates type of work you are involved in o Associated with social status with designation a person holds and category of profession o Is a choice made by a person which  May be lifelong or  Developed over a period through working experience over a period of time or sector

1. By
Col Mukteshwar Prasad(Retd)
HOW TO CHOOSE A CAREER -
Part 2

2. Introduction
 Career is
 An Identity in society as it indicates type of work you are involved
in
 Associated with social status with designation a person holds
and category of profession
 Is a choice made by a person which
 May be lifelong or
 Developed over a period through working experience over a period of time
or sector
 Career should help to be one to be economically
independent and socially self reliant
 There must be sense of pride and satisfaction in chosen Career
 Hence managing a career is like managing own self
 Some questions need to be answered are
 What is a perfect career?
 How can I choose a career ?

3. The Perfect Career
 A perfect career is one
 individual can get to do “What they love the most”
 Hence must have enthusiasm to do all activities related to work
 Must be good at “Skill” related to the work
 Skill is an inherent qualities imbibed in personality or which can be
acquired through orientation and training
 Must be able to pay well for economic consideration,
sustaining interest and motivation to chosen career
 Presence of all three in right proportion is an answer
to perfect career

4. Perfect Career
What you
Love
What
pays
well
What
you are
Good at
Just a
dream
Rich
but
Bored
Happy but Poor
WIN

5. Career planning
 Career planning is essential because ones made must lead to Rewarding
 Economically
 Professionally and
 Socially
 Key elements of career planning are
 self interest
 Enthusiasm
 Following questions must be answered for deeper understanding
 What are my interests in life?
 What I want to be?
 What are my skills?
 What type of career would be in alignment with my skills and interests?
 What I will be comfortable in doing as part of my work?

6. Career planning
 TIPS for career planning
 List 10 activities you enjoyed in last 4 years
 Evaluate those interests and find what you liked
about those activities
 What challenges those activities offered?
 What skills you need to develop further to
continue in those activities?

7. Determing a career goal
 Career goal is
 A launch pad to take you altitude in life
 Unique focus and chalked out path to travel without wandering
 Career goal can be
 specific designation like
 Executive
 Administrator
 Manager
 Finance Manager
 Entrepreneur etc
 Or Sector
 Government
 Corporate Cos
 MNC
 Manufacturing
 Scientific
 Service Sector etc
 Career Goal has to be based on individual aspiration and also have enriching
aspects like
 Help in finding possibilities unseen at present
 Guide you in doing what you want in life rather than drifting in a job
 Should be based on interest and skills ,career possibilities and trends
 Think strategically to steps to accomplish your goal after choosing your career
 Prepare a workable career plan

8. Career Decision making
 A Career must be self rewarding experience with scope of self
improvement
 Based on systematic process of decision making
 Positive attitude couple with objective self analysis acts as
good foundation
 Sound Decision making Process
 Orient in areas like
 Career information
 Career prospects
 Trend in industry in terms of employbility
 Direction of public expenditure
 Corporate culture and governance
 Study of prospective Cos with regard to role and expectations
 Updates through newspaper/magazines with particular ref to
employment column for openings and skill required
 Updates with career portals and social media may be added
advantage

9. Career Decision making
 May also involve
 Family expectations
 Peer group pressure
 Help from professional career counselors on one to one basis may be
another option
 Finally decision must be made on
 Interest
 Goal
 Skills and
 Potential