A decision decides your career. The right one makes life beautiful.
You can’t make progress without making decision – Jim Rohn
Students must have a long-term plan; understand what kind of profession they would like to pursue, based on their SWOT Analysis. They require self-introspection and focus on research. This helps to know about various careers, courses related to those fields, best fit universities, and admission requirements.
Career counseling can begin as early as grade 8 and should ideally continue till class 12. It should be an integral part of the academic curriculum so that students understand its importance and start collaborating with their counselor. An early start to career counseling is a must as life is full of challenges in this day and age. The career counselor has a major role to play in helping students make the right decision.
With the change in the Indian education system and it moving in the global approach, it is very important for students to understand “Liberal Arts”. Liberal Arts Universities offer a variety of subjects in Major-Minor format. These universities not only focus on the specialised area chosen by the students but also give them a lot of exposure to various other fields. This helps students to understand their strengths and weaknesses, and then choose their specialisation.
This new-age development in the field of education is very lucrative to students as they are not pressurised in choosing at the beginning, they can explore the possible options and choose wisely.
Hence, decision-making is the key to the entire process of career & college counseling and students need to understand this at a young age making this a meaningful collaboration.
