Career Guidance Session Senior Five 2022
Career Guidance Session Senior Five 2022
Career Guidance Session Senior Five 2022
Knowing about yourself is the basis of career decision-making. What are your
interests, skills, and values? What is important to you about your work? What are
your personal traits and characteristics? Ask yourself:
Learning about the careers, types of jobs, educational requirements, and job
functions are important in understanding the careers that fit your interests and
goals. You may ask yourself:
Take what you have learned about yourself and piece it together with the reality
of the world of work. Begin to evaluate career options that are practical for you.
Use decision-making and action planning skills to identify successful career and
life plans. Some important questions include:
Do I have the resources to pursue these options?
What challenges might be presented during my educational pursuit? In the
job market?
What else do I need to know to identify my career objectives?
Do I need to conduct more self-assessment or career research to make a
career decision?
where will i study from and at what level?
Why is Career Exploration
Important?
Benefits of Career Planning
While in A level:
Clarify short and long term goals
Fewer transfers and switching of combination
pass UACE on time
More motivated and goal focused
Higher academic achievement
After A level:
Better entry course with higher opportunities
More satisfied with chosen career Course
Less career change and faster career advancement
The consequences of NOT planning are
costly…
Absence of Career Planning is a major cause of:
Switching subject combinations
The feeling of being trapped in a combination
school transfer
Dropout
Extended year(s) in A level
Run out of Financial Aid
So… what is the answer?
Other things you must know before
choosing your career
1) Self discovery
who are you?
who do you want to become?
what do you want to excell at?
where do you belong?
Knowing yourself sets the stage for choosing careers
that are right for you. It makes sense to choose a
career that fits your personality strengths, values,
interests, and skills.
2 career exploration