Career guidance is making plans, examining requirements and matching skills for a productive occupational selection. if you are asked -"what do you want to become when you grow up? " I am sure your immediate response would be in the accountant, lawyer, doctor, governor, banker, engineer or president categories. Are these the only jobs available? Do you known what it takes to acheive them? You can achieve all with minimal efforts if you are determined to gives what it takes. Now is the time to start planning your future because if you wait till graduation, you will repeat the mistakes of your great-grand parent. A quote by Daine Ravitch "The person who knowns "how" will always have a job but the person who known "why" will always be his own boss" so this toolkit will help you in you in choosing the best career of your choice.
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If you use the right tool, you are sure of getting the desired result. Career tools include:
STANDARDIZED TEST
These are used to...........
i. measure skills, aptitudes and abilities for different jobs;
ii. assist in appropiate academic placement/assessment;
iii. identify aptitude for possible career choices;
iv. examine personal characteristics for effective planning;
v. identify gifttedness of those with special learning problems.
CAREER DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMMES
These tools are designed to...........
i. foster awareness of career alternatives;
ii. assist with occupational selection;
iii. reveal individual personality;
iv. develop human relation skills;
v. understand the importance of work-related accomplishment.
Why Career Guidance
Career guidance helps in analyzing personality type so as to.....
i. gain an understanding for personal characteristics.
ii. guide and classify people into different levels appropriately.
iii. obtaining a measure of a ability to make rational decisions.
iv. determine positions one can fill and evaluate beneficial programmes.
Every career is important but choice is yours........
I am the CEO of 9JAGISTLAND.My name is Adedeji Timothy and my co-owner is Oyekola Damilare.This blog is born out of our passion to educating to people in all aspect of internet life.We are enthusiastic about writing posts and articles online.
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