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Career Choice for a Skilled Economy For youth in Sri Lanka

Career Choice for a Skilled Economy For youth in Sri Lanka. Why career guidance needs for youth?. They never plain their future. Follow the crowd. i.e. choose the career for influence of others or media. Get tempted by current trends or accept the parent’s verdict by force.

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Career Choice for a Skilled Economy For youth in Sri Lanka

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  1. Career Choice for a Skilled Economy For youth in Sri Lanka

  2. Why career guidance needs for youth? • They never plain their future. Follow the crowd. • i.e. choose the career for influence of others or media. • Get tempted by current trends or accept the parent’s verdict by force. • Select a career in dejection. • Jump into any career. • Are totally away from realities due lack of counselling facilities. • Fail to “Discover their Lives” due lack of motivation. • Negative Result, due unavailability of proper career guidance for youth • “There is a mismatch between job aspiration of youth coming out of the Sri Lanka education system to enter the job market and actual opportunities available for them in the economy”. - Institute of policy Study in Sri Lanka , 2012

  3. Notation of ‘career guidance’ • Helping individuals to choose between the full range of available opportunities, in • relation to their distinctive abilities, interests and values. • There are four (04) different patterns of careers. • 􀂃 Transitory - Change profession frequently, without any period of stability. • 􀂃 Steady state - Follows the selected profession consistently, which selected early • in life. • 􀂃 Linear - Upward developing of field chosen early in life • 􀂃 Spiral - Individual develops in a given field for a length of time and then • moves on to another, related or unrelated area on a cyclical basis • Ultimate aim of “Career Guidance” is to enable individuals to find worthwhile employment and contribute to the economic development of Sri Lanka.

  4. How to make a career choice? • Choice about your career and working life is among the most important decisions you must make . Online Help note: There is noting called as 2nd level Jobs. • Choice a career that matches the interest, skills and values of you. It should significantly increase the chance for success and personal happiness of you. • Online Help • Decide “What do you want to study and where? “ • Online Help – What to study ? |Where to study ? |Level of recognition of the course also important • Goal – How to reach it? Risk involved, alternative options Online Help • note: There is no substitute for hard work • Job expectations: To be decided on salary, status, discipline, command, foreign opportunities or challenge Online Help

  5. Career planning and selection • National career guidance and counselling center established under the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Skills Development to guide for career planning of youth. • Online Help • Register online now for a training program of an institute registered under the Tertiary and Vocational Education Commission (TVEC) in Sri Lanka. • Monitor progress • of • online registration

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