It is your choice
UMA SRINIVASAN
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It is time to choose a career, How are you going to do it?
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PHOTO: C.V. SUBRHAMANYAM
Avid listeners: At a counselling session
Exam results are out and it is time for boys and girls to choose their career path. ‘So, what are you planning to take up?’ is the often-asked question.
With the innumerable career options and combinations of subjects available today, making a choice can be a tad simple if one is sure of his or her goal.
Identify your interest
Among other things, during the school years one discovers one’s own interests. All along career interests keep changing — from a cardiologist to a scientist.
But finally one sets one’s eye on a particular field. It can be a pilot, a sportsperson or an architect. While students are in the process of selecting their subject groups, parents play a pivotal role too. Trying to understand the child’s interests and importantly, being there.
If one is keen about fine arts, even with a very good score in mathematics or science, one may not fancy an engineering or medicine course.
Parent support
Instead of steering the mind of the student away from the desired courses, today one finds parents and teachers supporting children’s natural affinitiy towards a particular subject. To give the student the liberty to excel in his field of choice.
Tanya, a Std. XII student of St Francis Junior College is very clear in her vision to become a Chartered Accountant and she is very happy that her parents have been extremely supportive of her decision.
On the other hand there is increasing number of depression cases.
“Unfulfilled dreams of the parents should not be forced on their children,” reasons Dr Diana Montero, counselling psychologist. By insisting the teenage kids to live their unfulfilled dreams, the parents can indirectly lead children to depression. Forcing children to take up professions in order to honour family pride or prestige is certainly not going to make children happy in life, she adds.
Couselling
“Parents need to focus on their children more and have an open conversation with them about the different career options available,” advises Mrs. Seetha Kiran, Principal, DAV Public School, Safilguda. She also insists that the parents need to pay attention to the children’s views and ideas and give the required guidance to the child.
Career counselling programmes should be attended by both the parents and their wards to get in-depth knowledge about the various career options available.
So what is the success mantra, as you take baby steps towards your vocation?
Oodles of confidence, great communication skills, a positive attitude and undivided focus towards the goals. Stay happy, stay focussed.
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