Career planning
- 1. CAREER COUNSELLING ON “CAREER PLANNING” DR. NIDHI SRIVASTAVA (COUNSELLING PSYCHOLOGIST, PSYCHOTHERAPIST AND EDUCATOR, MEMBER OF BCPA and CCI)
- 2. What Is Career Counselling Definition: • Career: A career is an individual's journey through learning, work and other aspects of life • Counseling: A process to help individual or a group of individuals to solve their problems as well take right decisions
- 3. Career counseling • Career counseling is done in the school or at the advisor/client's home on a one on one basis • Requires confidentiality most of the time • Career counseling is more like an informal chat between a client and an advisor • One can use visual aids, storytelling, and flip charts as additional aids • Career counseling must be two ways
- 4. Six steps of effective counseling • GREET the clients (establishing rapport) • Gathering information from clients about their life • TELL (advisor information) : Specific information, can be retained longer, especially if the client is encouraged to ask questions • HELP the client : The decision-making or problem- solving moment • EXPLAIN to the client : Once the client has made a choice , the advisor help the client remember key information specific to that decision • RETURN/REFER : Return visits or referrals should be planned
- 5. Why need career counseling • To assist an individual to understand self • To enable the individual about the available options • To improve the individual ability to make decisions and changes accordingly • To empower the individual to enhance the knowledge, skills and attitude to fit career choice • To assist the individual in career placements
- 6. Career counselling process • Counseling is a psychotherapeutic process, which has several stages through which a person can successfully achieve his goal. in the process of counseling a counselor develops a friendly relationship and ease of communication with the client for the development of self understanding through which the client can take initiatives for future betterment
- 7. Establishing Initial Structure • counseling has to be done in the peaceful place there should not be any kind of disturbance that can interrupt and create any chaos between client and counselor. everyday counseling must be start at a fixed timing otherwise it could be the first flaw of the process, because time management is an integral part of counseling. the counselor should gather and organize the information about the client and outline the key components of the counseling process. that includes planning the counseling strategy and self role induction.
- 8. Rapport Development • the counselor’s role is more like a guide, counselor does not impose his decisions on the client he always let the client choose the best possible solution for himself from the available possibilities. In rapport development counselor does not judge his client because clients can quite the process if he thinks the counselor is criticizing or evaluating his decisions/actions. Initially or later in the process, counselor should avoid ordering, advising and arguments in the process these things kills the effectiveness of the process.
- 9. Know Your Client • once the counselor gathers all the information about the client, he should start outlining the basic elements of his clients mood, to understand the mindset of the client, if the client is emotionally unstable, counselor can share his experience’s to provide moral support and creating emotional link and if the client is involuntary then counselor can outline the process of counseling to the client or If counseling process is designed for a child then counselor can use humor and engage the child in different activities.
- 10. Identifying The Problem • problem identification is the mutual effort of counselor and the client, they both work together to find out the problem that the client has been facing. Here, majority of work is done by the client. The counselor acts as a facilitator to the client. After the problem is identified, the counselor starts working to know that is it the real problem of the client or not?
- 11. • counselor may also refer the client for group counseling services to provide assistance to the individual to achieve more and grow personally and socially and get better educational and vocational development.
- 12. Exploring Self Perception And Behavior • To know the behavior of the client there are many tests and other source of information through which accurate results can be achieved. Cumulative Record helps to know all the basic information of the client including his family background and educational settings. Questionnaire tests can be administer according to the need of the counseling process, rating scale can be used for the behavior of the client, case study is also a very important element for some critical and emotionally disturbed client, and counselor could also make some observations on the client’s behavior during the session. Interview is the most commonly used tool for counseling. Through Autobiography counselor can get the details of personal information, Family background, Personal history, previous counseling experience & Client's current life setting etc
- 13. Decision Making • This is the step in which gathered information about the client is evaluated to find the best solution of the client’s problem. For Decision making all the relevant information is gathered and arranged according to the priority of actions. Then the effectiveness of the information used is analyzed. Appropriate Choice of decision and solution’s are made according to the importance of action.
- 14. Plan Of Action • Plan of action is a step to achieve desired goal. To obtain the desired result the client is meant to do what is planned through the counseling session with the counselor. This step is very specific it only tells the client how to maintain and made necessary modification in his behavior. Plan of action must not be complex it should be simple and specific to achieve the goal for successful development. For example; a client should not be told to go through several steps to implement the action. All the details and other information must be discussed during the decision making step.
- 15. Follow Up • The process of counseling is a continuous process; it does not end with the counseling session, it proceeds with the implementation of the plan of action and evaluation of results. After the counseling process, counselor should encourage the clients as he implements on the action that is planned in the counseling session. Counselor should make observation on the actions of the client and make some changes if necessary to make the plan successful through which client can achieve his goals.
- 16. Termination • The Termination Stage is the final stage of the counseling process, but it is as important as the initial stage of counseling. The counselor discusses the whole process of termination with his client. If the solution is found then the process is terminated, but it depends on the counselee' if he is satisfied with the whole process he can stop or proceed it further. The client can consult his counselor anytime he wants.
- 17. CAREER PLANNING Career planning is a deliberate process of knowing who you are so that you can be sure of where you want to go or what you want to be at some defined point in the future.
- 18. FIVE STEPS OF CAREER PLANNING • 1st Step: Self-Assessment • 2nd Step: Explore Work/Career Options • 3rd Step: Narrow Down List of Work/Career Options • 4th Step: Decide or Choose the Best Option • 5th Step: Set a Career Goal
- 19. 1st Step: Self-Assessment Knowing and understanding of self better to know if you are in the right job/career or you want to go to another job.
- 20. • Attitude • Interests • Personality • Needs • Values • Skills
- 21. 2nd Step: Work/Career Exploration Matching and aligning what you want to do on one hand, and with the various opportunities, on the other.
- 22. Where to explore • Look at opportunities within your organization and its subsidiaries • Look at career opportunities in other organizations and in other industries • Look at entrepreneurial and self employment opportunities • Look at jobs/careers of people you know of those you read about or see
- 23. 3rd Step: Narrow Down List of Work/Career Options List down three to five career options that is match with your interest, personality, needs, values and skills, on one hand and the opportunities and limitations, on the other.
- 24. 5 Career Options Sample 1. Field engineer or IT Specialist 2. Pursue graduate 3. School instructor 4. Hardware business owner 5. Company Manager
- 25. Kinds of Career Paths • Steady State – requires a life long commitment to one career and is characterized by a steady improvement in knowledge and skills.
- 26. • Linear - constant upward mobility in which there is a steady increase in power, responsibilities over the work of others, and financial rewards.
- 27. • Transitory - constant seeking for variety or independence. Jobs tend to be short term and mobility is generally lateral.
- 28. • Spiral - regular changes, usually every five or seven years. Mobility is usually lateral, and may be initially downward.
- 29. 4th Step: Decide or Choose the Best Option This step will let you choose the best from among the list of 3-5 options. – Description of your ideal job – Personal Mission Statement – Job Requirements or Qualifications
- 30. 5th Step: Set a Career Goal This process will give you focus and it will motivate you to overcome obstacles that will keep you from achieving your goal.
- 31. What makes a goal good? 1. Specific 2. Measurable 3. Attainable 4. Relevant 5. Time-bound 6. Action-oriented
- 32. Barriers to Goals and Plan Self-imposed or psychological barriers • Negative self-image • Negative attitude (bitterness, selfishness, rebellion, crab mentality etc.) • Negative emotions (anxieties or fears)
- 33. • Victim mentality (feeling of incapacity) • Intrapersonal conflicts (torn between two or more values) • Personality traits (indecisiveness, aggressiveness, competitiveness) • Habits (procrastination, cramming) • Negative thought against other people (biases and prejudice)
- 34. Prepare for setbacks and successes; ensure your career 1. Keep an ongoing file of all your accomplishments. 2. Be prepared for any contingency by maintaining an updated resume. 3. Sharpen your communication skills. 4. Build a network. 5. Become indispensable or close to it. 6. Remember that professional education and self-development are never-ending. 7. Prepare for an alternative career. 8. Work on being pleasant and courteous.
- 35. The purpose of life, after all, is to live it, to taste experience to the utmost, to reach out eagerly and without fear for newer and richer experiences. - Eleanor Roosevelt
- 36. Summary: 5 Stages of Career Counseling Stage 1: Initiation Stage 2: Exploration Stage 3: Decision-Making Stage 4: Preparation Stage 5: Implementation
- 42. Thank you CONTACT TO CHHYA HEALING 8860446680