After important milestones in education each one of us faces this question ˜what next' after class 10th, after class 12th and after graduation. Career counselling can help in all the major milestones in one's career. Firstly, to decide a stream and subject combinations, to decide the graduation course, and then, to decide the post graduation and career option !
In school a 16 year old is faced with the choice of various streams - Humanities, Science with mathematics, Science with biology and Commerce, and the only career guidance he has is the opinion of his parents, his teacher's judgement based on his marks and the comments of his friends and neighbours. A student with his subject combinations is flooded with agencies providing various entrance preparation and colleges luring his / her attention. Thus, the child is left perplexed about his/her career choices.
It is at this point that a career counselling can help the child sail through these turbulent times.
Prudence School, Dwarka - 22 took an appreciative initiative to invite expert counsellors from MINDLERS, a venture run by alumni from Harvard, ISB, IIT and world's leading psychometrician. Mindler is a comprehensive career guidance & mapping platform used by both students & career coaches/ counsellors. They identify the unique qualities of each student and create roadmaps for their future.
The enterprising Resource Person , Mr Prikshit Dhanda impressed the pupils to organize their thoughts and ideas on career related skills . He introduced the working strategies of MINDLERS which uses a machine learning platform to help students choose the career path best suited to them. The resource person kept the students glued to their seats with his encouraging talks about coaching and counseling students for a bright future. Understanding students' aspirations along-with their aptitude and motivating them to achieve excellence , he boosted the morale of the participants and showed them new directions stressing on the fact that human capacities are infinite and can never be measured. Every person has unique characteristics, for everyone has his or her own strengths and weaknesses.
On the whole, the counselling session proved to be beneficial for the students as they stayed engrossed , discussing in length about their future prospects even after the conclusion of the orientation .