Why Career Counseling Is Necessary for Students?

Posted by Evalee R.
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Career Development
Jun 29, 2017
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Image The world is becoming technologically advanced,offering you with plenty of career options.With multiple career options available globally,it becomes difficult to choose a career.That's where career counseling has become so important.Let's first have a brief description of it.Career counseling is the process in which your skills and interests are analyzed by the counselors and accordingly you are explained about career options.Engineering, Medical, Mass communication, event management, marine, information technology, arts, music, etc. are the top fields which the youth prefer to build their career in. 

Taking guidance of a career counselor is much necessary when the candidate is not firm on choosing a career.While picking the right career can help you to progress, a wrong choice can  disturb your life entirely.Choosing a career not of your interest maybe harmful for your career life. Therefore,it is important to understand why there is a need of career counseling for students.

  • Making the right choice of Career

For choosing the right career,there is a need of career counseling as it guides students to discover their area of interest and potential in different subjects. Career counseling has been included in the academic programs at the school and college level where the student undergoes several aptitude tests.If not,then you need to take an individual appointment with a career counselor.Aptitude test is basically a multiple-choice questionnaire for which the student need to prepare as it is based on general IQ.

  • Eliminating confusions

In spite of having a clear idea of what the candidate wants to achieve in life,there are chances  that the candidate may get confused because of wrong advice at home or outside.No other person than the counselor can provide perfect counseling as he guides only on the basis of interest and aptitude of the candidate.Career counseling does help the candidate to clear all the confusions and doubts which they have in their mind and they get a clear view of what they have to do in the future.

  • Show the correct direction

Career counseling is necessary for students to build and achieve their dreams and goals.Three major factors which are important while choosing a career are: area of interest, aptitude and the personality of the candidate.Only through counseling you can have a career in parallel to these factors.

  • Support and Motivate the candidate

A career counselor also provides essential moral support to candidates and them.Candidates need to feel motivated to achieve long term goals.This creates a positive impact on them for the overall performance. 

  • Further Job Satisfaction

Choosing the career which suits your area of interest, aptitude and personality is the first step towards a successful career planning. The primary motto of career counseling is to guide candidates with choosing the career in the field in which they can easily implement their skills and knowledge.Having a right career path will surely provide the candidate with further job satisfaction as he/she will be working in a chosen field.

People still are not aware of the importance of career counseling and they still consider as a time-consuming process. It is advised to consult a career counselor to make right career moves, then blindly doing what the entire herd is doing.The bottom line of career counseling is to provide the candidate with the needed guidance which would surely help him/her in taking the correct decision with regard to their career.

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