Career Guidance: Steps to Success

1. LIBRARY, KENDRIYA VIDIYALAYA DANAPUR CANTT.(FS) CAREER GUIDANCE

2. STEPS OF PRESENTATION • WHAT IS CAREER GUIDANCE? • CAREER OPPURTUNITIES • SELF ANALYSIS • MOTIVATION TO WORK AND THE ATTITUDE TO WORK • IDENTIFY A COMFORTABLE ENVIRONMENT ACCORDING TO YOUR PREFERENCE • P E R S O N A L R E S O U R C E S O T H E R FACTORS • SPECIALIZED SKILLS • CAREERS AFTER GRADUATION • CAREERS AFTER POST GRADUATION • SELECTION PROCEDURE IN GOVERNMENT & OTHER SECTORSSELECTION PROCEDURE IN GOVERNMENT & OTHER SECTORS

3. What is career Guidance? Career guidance refers to services and activities intended to assist individuals, of any age and at any point throughout their lives, to make educational, training and occupational choices and to manage their careers. Such services may be found in schools, universities and colleges, in training institutions, in public employment services, in the workplace, in the voluntary or community sector and in the private sector. The activities may take place on an individual or group basis, and may be face-to-face or at a distance (including help lines and web-based services). They include career information provision (in print, ICT-based and other forms), assessment and self-assessment tools, counseling interviews, career education programmes (to help individuals develop their self awareness, opportunity awareness, and career management skills), taster programmes (to sample options before choosing them) and work search programmes.

4. C A R E E R O P P O R T U N I T I E S • THE CHOICE OF CAREER IS POSSIBLY ONE OF THE MOST CRITICAL DECISION TO MAKE; YET, FOR SEVERAL REASONS, IT IS MOST OFTEN MADE ON THE BASIS OF CHANCE AND NOT CHOICE. THOSE WHO DO NOT MEET THE HIGH EXPECTATIONS OF MARKS, GRADES AND CUT-OFF PERCENTAGE HAVE NECESSITY TO OPT FOR WHICHEVER SUBJECTS THEY ARE ELIGIBLE TO STUDY AND THEN TO START LOOKING FOR CAREER OPTIONS WITHIN THESE AREAS.

5. SELECTION OF A CAREER BEGINS WITH AN ANALYSIS OF ONE’S TALENTS AND LIMITATIONS. IT ALSO REQUIRES A CLEAR APPRAISAL OF THE FUTURE JOBMARKET. • CAREEER PLANS REQUIRES METICULOUS THOUGHT AND PLANNING. KEEPING IN MIND ONE’S GOALS AND A CLEAR IDEA OF THE EXPECTATIONS FROM THE CAREER OF CHOICE.

6. S E L F – A N A L Y S I S • MANY OF YOU ARE UNAWARE OF YOUR TALENTS AND SKILLS AND SO MAKE LIMITED USE OF THEM. • TO ENABLE SUITABLE WORK CHOICES, IT IS IMPORTANT TO IDENTIFY YOUR TALENTS AND POTENTIALS.

7. MOTIVATION TO WORK AND THE ATTITUDE TO WORK • MONEY • INTELLECTUAL STIMULATION • SOCIAL CONTACT • SELF IDENTITY • POWER AND STATUS RANK YOUR MOTIVATERS ACCORDING TO YOUR PRIORTIES AND CHOOSE YOUR CAREER.

8. IDENTIFY A COMFORTABLE ENVIRONMENT ACCORDING TO YOUR PREFERENCE B U S I N ESS A R E N A G O V E R N M E N T A C A D A M I C N O N - P R O F I T O R A G A N I Z A T I O N F A S H I O N H O T E L SIZE OF THE ORGANIZATION WHETHER IT IS LARGE, FORMAL, PRESTIGIOUS, SMALLetc.

9. P E R S O N A L R E S O U R C E S • SKILL • TALENT • ABILITY STRENGTH AND WEAKNESS HELPS TO TARGET THE AREA OF POSSIBLE JOB OPPORTUNITIES

10. O T H E R FACTORS FINANCIAL EXPECTATION CURRENT CAREER TRENDS SUBJECT CHOICE

11. SPECIALIZED SKILLS • LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY IS EQUALLY IMPORTANT • COMPUTER PROFICIENCY IS AN ADDED ADVANTAGE

12. PCM (Physics, Chemistry& Mathematics) ENGINEERING COMPUTERS ARCHITECTURE BUILDING & CONSTRUCTION CIVIL AVIATION/PILOT ARMY NAVY AIR FORCE PARAMILITARY SERVICE MERCHANT NAVY PHARMACY AGRICULTURE FOOD PROCESSING LEATHER TECHNOLOGY FOOTWEAR TECHNOLOGY PACKAGING TECHNOLOGY PLASTICS TECHOLOGY PRINTING TECHNOLOGY GEMS & JEWELLERY METEROLOGY OCEANOLOGY MINING & METALLURGY ASTROPHYSICS

13. PCM (Physics, Chemistry& Mathematics) ENGINEERING COMPUTERS ARCHITECTURE BUILDING & CONSTRUCTION CIVIL AVIATION/PILOT ARMY NAVY AIR FORCE PARAMILITARY SERVICE MERCHANT NAVY PHARMACY AGRICULTURE FOOD PROCESSING LEATHER TECHNOLOGY FOOTWEAR TECHNOLOGY PACKAGING TECHNOLOGY PLASTICS TECHOLOGY PRINTING TECHNOLOGY GEMS & JEWELLERY METEROLOGY OCEANOLOGY MINING & METALLURGY ASTROPHYSICS

14. PCB (Physics, Chemistry& Biology/Zoology) MEDICINE DENTISTRY PARAMEDICAL SEVICES NURSING TRADITIONAL SERVICES VETERINARY SCIENCE BIOTECHNOLOGY GENETIC ENGINEERING MICROBIOLOGY MARINE BIOLOGY HOME SCIENCE FOOD PROCESSING NUTRITION & DIETETICS AGRICULTURE DAIRY FARMING POULTRY FARMING HORTICULTURE& FLORICULTURE AQUACULTURE ANTHROPOLOGY ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE FORESTRY TEA INDUSTRY RESEARCH TEACHING

15. Physics, Chemistry & ComputersINFORMATION TECHNOLOGY/ COMPUTER APPLICATION SPACE SCIENCE CHEMICAL ENGINEERING MULTIMEDIA ENGINEERING DESIGN (Graphic, interior & industrial) TECHNICAL WRITING FOOD TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH TEACHING

17. HISTORY CIVIL SERVICES ARCHAEOLOGY MUSEOLOGY ART RESTORATION TRAVEL & TOURISM TEACHING ECONOMICS CIVIL SERVICES(INCLUDING INDIAN ECONOMIC SERVICE,INDIAN STATISTICAL SERVICE) MANAGEMENT/FINANCE- RELATED CAREERS (BANKING,CHARTED ACCOUNTANCY,COMPANY SECRETARY,COST & ACCOUNTANCY, FINANCIAL ANALYSIS) FOREIGN TRADE OTHER FIELDS LAW PLANNING/SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATIONS ADVERTISING & TEACHING

18. SOCIOLOGYSOCIAL WORK MANAGEMENT SPECIAL EDUCATION CIVIL SERVICES TEACHING RESEARCH PSYCHOLOGYCOUNSELLING MANAGEMENT SPECIAL EDUACATION SOCIAL WORK TEACHING RESEARCH PUBLIC RELATIONS MASS COMMUNICATIONS GEOGRAPHYCIVIL SERVICES GEOGRAPHICAL / DEMOGRAPHIC SURVEY MINING ORGANIZATIONS GEOLOGY METEROLOGY TEACHING

19. POLITICAL SCIENCECIVIL SERVICES POLITICS LAW JOURNALISM SOCIAL WORK TEACHING ARTS & HUMANITIES (GENERAL)PERFORMING ARTS LIBRARY SCIENCE TEACHING BUSINESS MANGEMENT HOTEL MANAGEMENT PHYSICS EDUCATION & SPORTS AIRLINE/CABIN CREW SECRETARIAL WORK MEDIA & COMMUNICATIONS PUBLISIHING PUBLIC RELATIONS

20. COMMERCEBUSINESS MANAGEMENT BANKING CHARTED ACCOUNTANTS COST ACCOUNTANCY COMPANY SECRETARY ACTUARIALSCIENCE (INSURANCE) STATISTICS OPERATIONAL RESEARCH MARKET RESEARCH ECONOMICS FOREIGN TRADE LAW ADVERTISING CIVIL SERVICES (INDIAN ECONOMICS SERVICE, INDIAN STATISTICAL SEVICE, INDIAN AUDITS & ACCOUNTS,RAILWAY/ DEFENCE ACCOUNTS SEVICE ) LIBRARY SCIENCE HOTEL MANAGEMENT SECRETARIAL WO JOURNALISM TEACHING PUBLIC RELATIONS PUBLISHING

21. CAREER CLUSTERS -1 concerned mainly with business situation Accountancy Advertising Apex financial Institution Apparel marketing & Merchandising Banking Biotechnology Chartered financial Analyst Civil services Company secretary Computer application Dentistry Economics Engineering Film production Food technology Forest service Hotel management Insurance Interior decoration and Interior design Journalism Law LibraryScience Management Medicine Modeling Nursing Pharmacy Public relations Publishing Stock broking Tourism

22. CLUSTER B CONCERNED MAINLY WITH SOCIAL SITUATION LAW LIBRARIAN MANAGEMENT MEDICINE MENTAL RETARDATION MODELLING NURSING PARA MEDICAL OPTION PSYCOLOGY PUBLIC RELATION SOCIAL WORK SPEECH THERAPY TEACHING TOURISM ADVERTISING AIRHOSTESS BEAUTICIANS CIVIL SERVICES DENTISTRY DIETITION ELECTRONIC MEDIA FASHION FILM PRODUCTION FOREIGN LANGUAGES FOREST SERVICES HOTEL MANAGEMENT INSURANCE JOURNALISM

23. CLUSTER C CONCERNING WITH PRACTICAL WORK BEAUTICIAN / HAIRDRESSING CATERING COMMERCIAL PILOT DEFENCE SERVICE DIETICIAN FIRE ENGINEERING GEMMOLOGY GEOLOGY MARINE ENGINEERING NAUTICAL SCIENCE NURSING PARA MILITARY SERVICES PHARAMACY PHOTOGRAPHY

24. CLUSTER D INVOLVING ARTISTIC/ CREATIVE WORK ACCESSORY DESIGN ACTING BROADCASTING CHOREOGRAPHY COMMUNICATION DESIGN COPYWRITING DANCING FASHION DESIGN FILM SET / THEATRE DESIGN FINE ARTS JEWELLERY DESIGN HAIRDRESSING INDUSTRIAL DESIGN INTERIOR DECORATION MUSIC PHOTOGRAPHY SCRIPTWRITING VISUALIZER -ANIMATION

25. CLUSTER E INVOLVING OUTDOOR/PHYSICAL ACTIVITY AGRICULTURE ANIMAL BREEDING/TRAINING ARCHAOLOGY DAIRY SCIENCE FORESTRY GEOLOGY MODELLING PHOTOGRAPHY PHYSICAL EDUCATION POLICE SERVICE POULTRY FARMING REPORTING SOCIAL WORK SPORTS VETERINARY SCIENCE

26. SELECTION PROCEDURES TYPE 1 SELECTION PROCEDURE IS BASED UPON SUBJECTIVE TESTING CHARTERED ACCOUNTANCY COST& WORKS ACCOUNTANCY COMPANY SECRETARY TYPE 2 SELECTION PROCEDURE INCLUDES OBJECTIVE TYPE MULTIPLE CHOICE TESTING OF ENGLISH LANGUAGE QUANTITATIVE ABILITY GENERAL AWARENESS LAW -5 YEAR PROGRAMME DEFENCE HOTEL MANAGEMENT FOREIGN LANGUAGE EDUCATION (4-YEAR INTEGRATED B.A/BSC./BCOM+BED COURSE AT REGIONAL COLLEGES OF EDUCATION) MERIT BASED ADMISSION PROCEDURE USUALLY. ALL GRADUATE PROGRAMMES - B.A/B.COM. -MERIT BASED

27. TYPE -3 SELECTION PROCEDURE INVOLVES ASSESMENT OF TALENT SPECIFIC TO COURSE TO BE TAKEN UP. FINE ARTS COMMERCIAL ART INDUSTRIAL DESIGN COMMUNICATION DESIGN INTERIOR DECORATION MUSIC DANCING FASHION DESIGN ++ ACCESSORY DESIGN++ PHYSICAL EDUCATION PRIVATE PILOT LICENCE

28. TYPE - 4 SELECTION PROCEDURE INVOLVING TESTING OF ACADAMIC ABILITY OF OBJECTIVE AS WELL AS SUBJECTIVE TYPE MEDICINE DENTISTRY NURSING PYSIOTHERAPY OCCPATIONAL THERAPY AUDIOLOGY & SPEECH THERAPY OPTHALMIC TECHNOLOGY MEDICAL LABORATORY TECHNOLOGY VETERINARY SCIENCE, PHARMACY PROSTHTIC & ORTHOTIC ENGINEERING ENGINEERING( AEROSPACE,AGRICULTURE,CERAMIC,CHEMICAL,CIVIL COMPUTER SCIENCE ETC) ARCHITECTURE ITI COURSE INTERIOR DESIGN (5 YEAR COURSE AT CEPT AHEMEDABAD) SCRA (WRITTEN TEST INCLUDES TESTING MECHANICAL APTITUDE AND INTELLIGENCE) DAIRY TECHNOLOGY/SCIENCE AGRICULTURE, HOME SCIENCE B.SC.(USUALLY OPEN TO STUDENTS ON THE BASIS OF MARKS/MERIT) MARINE ENGINEERING/NATURAL SCIENCE COMMERCIAL PILOT(PRIVATE PILOT LICENCE)

29. CAREERS AFTER GRADUATION,USUALLY THROUGH A COMPETITIVE, EXAMINATION LEADING EITHER TO A PROFESSIONAL COURSE OR DIRECTLY TO A JOB A .PROFESSIONAL COURSES MANAGEMENT CHARTERED ACCOUNTANCY FINANCIAL ANALYSIS MASTER OF COMPUTER APPLICATION SOUND RECORDING/SOUND ENGINEERING PHOTOGRAPHY MOTION PICTURE PHOTOGRAPHY EDUCATIONAL(B.ED) COURSE/TEACHING SPORTS COACHING PHYSICAL EDUCATION FOOD TECHNOLOGY BIOTECHNOLOGY FOREIGN LANGUAGE COMMERCIAL PILOT ADVERTISING JOURNALISM PUBLIC RELATION TOURISM THEATRE/DRAMA FILM EDITING FILM PRODUCTION CA/CWA/CS HOTEL MANAGEMENT LIBRARY SCIENCE

30. B. DIRECTLY TO JOB BANK PROBATIONARY OFFICERS INSURANCE ASSISTANT ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICERS CIVIL SERVICES PARA MILITARY SERVICE CLERICAL CADRE TRANSMISSION EXECUTIVE FOR ELECTRONIC MEDIA APEX FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS FOREST SERVICE INDIAN ECONOMIC SERVICE ISS(INDIAN STATISTICAL SERVICE) INCOME TAX INSPECTOR/CUSTOMS/EXCISE LIBRARY ASSISTANT ENGINEERING SERVICE EXAMINATION MEDICAL SERVICE EXAM AIR HOSTESS DEFENCE AIR STEWARD

31. CLUSTER C CAREERS AFTER POST GRADUATION SPECIALIST OFFICERS IN APEX FINANCIAL INSTITUTION RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT JOBS PSYCHOLOGIST GEOLOGIST IN THE CENTRAL GOVT. CENTRAL GROUND WATER BOARD RESEARCH FELLOWSHIP THROUGH THE EXAMINATION CONDUCTED BY THE UNIVERSITY GRANTS COMMISSION AND THE CSIR NATIONAL ELIGIBILITY TEST FOR LECTURERSHIP TEACHING AT THE DEGREE LEVEL/+2 LEVEL M.PHIL PH.D. DOCTORAL PROGRAMMES IN DIFFERENT RESEARCH ORGANISATION ECONOMIST STATISTICIAN SCIENTIFIC OFFICERS CONSULTANCY IN DIFFERENT AREAS

32. Selection Procedure in Government & Other Sectors Agency • State Public Service Commission • UnionPublic Service Commission (UPSC)Recruitment by CompetitiveExamination Positions State Government Jobs National Defence Academy, Indian Military Academy, Naval Academy, Air Force Academy and Officers Training Academy.

33. Agency • Indian Administrative Services (IAS) • Recruitment By Competitive Examination Positions • Indian Administrative Service, India Foreign Service, Indian Police Service, Indian P & T Accounts & Finance Service, Group – A Indian Audit And Accounts Service, Group - A • Indian Customs And Central Excise Service, Group - A

34. Continued…. Indian Defence Accounts Service, Group – A Indian Revenue Service, Group - A Indian Ordnance Factories Service, Group - A (Assistant Manager, Non-Technical) Indian Postal Service, Group – A Indian Civil Accounts Service, Group - A Indian Railway Traffic Service, Group - A Indian Railway Accounts Service, Group - A Indian Railway Personnel Service, Group - A Posts of Assistant Security Officer, Group - A in Railway Protection Force (RPF)

35. Continued…. • Indian Defence Estates Service, Group - A Indian Information Service (Junior Grade), Group - A Indian Trade Service (Grade III), Group - A Posts of Assistant Commandant in Central Industrial Security Force, Group - A Central Secretariat Service (Section Officer's Grade), Group - B Railway Board Secretariat Service (Section Officer's Grade), Group - B Armed Forces

36. Continued….. • Headquarters Civil Service (Assistant Civilian Staff Officer's Grade), Group - B Customs Appraisers' Service, Group - B Delhi, Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Lakshadweep, Daman & Diu and Dadra & Nagar Haveli Civil Service, Group - B Puducherry Civil Service, Group - B

37. Continued….. • UPSC • UPSC • Recruitment to services & posts under the Union through competitive examinations • Appointment By Promotion And Transfer On Deputation/Transfer

38. Staff Selection Commission • All Group 'B' Posts in the various Ministries/ Departments of the Government of India and their Attached and Subordinate Offices All non-technical Group ‘C’ posts in the various Ministries/Departments of the Government of India and their attached and subordinate Offices 

39. Staff Selection Commission • The posts of Lower Division Clerks in the various Ministries/ Departments, including those participating in the Central Secretariat Clerical Service/ Indian Foreign Service (B), Railway Board Secretariat Clerical Service and the Armed Forces Headquarters Clerical Service. The posts of Grade ‘C’ and Grade ‘D’ Stenographers of the Central Secretariat Stenographers Service and equivalent Grades of Indian Foreign Service (B), Railway Board Secretariat Stenographers Service/Armed Forces, Headquarters Stenographers Service and to the posts of Stenographers in other Departments including Attached and Subordinate Offices The posts of Assistants in the various Ministries/Departments including Attached and Subordinate Offices of including in Central Secretariat Service /IFS(B)/Railway Board Secretariat Service/Armed Forces Headquarters Civil Service. The posts of Inspectors of Central Excise in different Collectorates of Central Excise,

40. Public Sector Jobs Private Sector Jobs • Inspectors of Income-Tax in different charges of the Commissioners of Income-Tax, Preventive Officers, The posts of sub inspectors in Delhi Police, Central Bureau of Investigation and Central Police Organizations.The posts of Divisional Accountants, Auditors and Accountants under the Office of Comptroller and Auditor General of India and other Accounts Departments and Upper Division Clerks in Attached and Subordinate Office of the Government of India. • Own selection Committees/ boards • Own Selection Committees/ Boards