A presentation on choosing the right career for teenagers.

1. MAKING THE RIGHT CAREER
DECISION
OLAWALE JIBOKU
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2. YOU CANNOT BUT
THINK ABOUT THE
FUTURE, BECAUSE
THAT IS WHERE YOU
WILL SPEND THE
REST OF YOUR LIFE

3. WHAT IS CAREER
A career is the work a person does. It is the
sequence of jobs that an individual has held
throughout his or her working life, e.g.
occupation of nursing.
Career is a chosen profession for life. It
requires a willingness to get the training
needed to build your skills for the future.
The sequence of occupations, jobs and
positions held during the course of life.

4. WHAT IS THE PURPOSE OF
EDUCATION?
The purpose of education is to
make the individual develop his
various faculties that will make
him useful to himself and the
society.

5. Subject offered at the secondary school level
are grouped into commercial, science and
humanities (Arts).

6. Science based subjects are physics, chemistry,
Biology, Geography, Mathematics and
Agricultural Science.
Science based courses and careers
 Engineering and Technology
 Environmental science
 Medical science
 Agricultural sciences
 General and specific science

7. Commercial Subjects are Financial Accounting,
Commerce, Economics, Insurance, Office Practice,
English Language, Mathematics.
Commercial based courses and career
 Accountancy
 Banking and Finance
 Business Management
 Marketing
 Insurance
 Public Administration

8. Humanities or Arts subjects are Government,
Literature in English, Christian Religious
Studies, Fine-Art, Yoruba, Geography, English
Language, Mathematics.
Humanities based courses and careers
 Laws
 International relations
 Labour and Industrial Relations
 Mass Communication

9. BASIC ISSUE THAT AFFECT CAREER
CHOICE
 Knowledge of the job
 Self-Knowledge
 Parental and Peer-Group constraints
 Finance

10. R Realistic Mechanical careers
I Investigative Technical/Science careers
A Artistic Creative/Artistic careers
S Social Social service/people oriented careers
E Enterprising Business and sales oriented careers
C Conventional Office -based or Financial oriented careers
THE RIASEC TEST

12. REALISTIC
You are mechanical.
You like: Working with mechanical or electrical
equipments, building things, using tools.
You can be
•Engineer
•Architect
•Pilot etc.

13. INVESTIGATIVE
You are curious and science-oriented.
You like: science, technology, research, investigating or
studying natural science.
You can be a
•Chemist
•Physicist
•Dentist
•Engineer
•Psychologist
•Research or system analysts
•Surgeon/Physician

14. ARTISTIC
You are: Creative and artistic
You like: Painting, designing, singing, dancing, writing,
reading literature, listening to music.
You can be
•Artist
•Journalist/Reporter
•Musician/Singer
•Actor
•Interior Decorator
•Advertising Executive
•Public Relations Specialist
•Writer

15. SOCIAL
You are: Service-oriented
You like: Teaching, helping, counseling.
You can be:
•Counselor
•Social service worker
•Teacher
•Nurse
•Therapist
•Educational Administrator

16. ENTERPRISING
You are: Business oriented.
You like: Selling, persuading, directing,
intending, supervising, managing a business.
You can be a:
•Manager
•Sales person
•Market Analyst
•Broker
•Contractor
•Consultant

17. CONVENTIONAL
You are: highly organized.
You like maintaining orderly files/records,
designing systematic procedures.
You can be a
•Charted Accountant
•Banker
•Financial Expert
•Office Manager
•Secretary
•Data processor
•Credit manager

18. PROBLEMS OF WRONG CHOICE OF CAREER
1.Frustration in a work place, the person becomes a
workman who quarrels with his tools.
2.It could lead to loss of employment and unemployment.
3.Sense of uselessness and worthlessness.
4.A feeling of rejection and grief.
5. Persistent desire to change job.

19. BENEFITS OF RIGHT CHOICE OF CAREER
1. When right choice is made, you match on without
future regret.
2. Settled mind and joyful desire to work.
3.Handling of work challenges with skill and dynamism.
4. Efficient and effective prosecution of work.
5. Greater productivity to the benefit of the individual and
society.
6.Personal progress and mobility to greater heights of
responsibility.
7.Enjoyment of sense of personal fulfillment, a sense of
achievement and a sense of self-actualization

20. CHALLENGES OF CAREER DEVELOMENT
You have to rise up to the following challenges
1. Discover yourself.
2. Prepare yourself well academically.
3. Prepare well for JAMB and post JAMB.
4. In the higher institution mind your business,
there are a lot of distractions.
5. Collect sufficient information about your
proposed career.
6. Be computer literate.

21. An individual who prepares well for his career, will be
a. Viable and marketable
b. Demonstrate expertise, Confidence and professionalism
c. Enjoy gainful employment, have job satisfaction
d. Be happy and well adjusted
e. Enjoy rewarding experience
f. Prepared for adult life
g. Attain fulfilled adult life
h. Be financially stable
Finally

22. Having done everything that is required of you as
exposed in this Career Talk, there will be only one
thing left for you to do, and that is to

23. ARISE AND SHINE

24. THANK YOU