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WORKSHOP ON CAREER GUIDANCE & COUNSELING 18-03-12 3:30- 4:30 CAREER COUNSELING COMMITTEE

WORKSHOP ON CAREER GUIDANCE & COUNSELING 18-03-12 3:30- 4:30 CAREER COUNSELING COMMITTEE. The Need for Career/Life Planning.

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WORKSHOP ON CAREER GUIDANCE & COUNSELING 18-03-12 3:30- 4:30 CAREER COUNSELING COMMITTEE

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  1. WORKSHOP ON CAREER GUIDANCE & COUNSELING 18-03-12 3:30- 4:30 CAREER COUNSELING COMMITTEE

  2. The Need for Career/Life Planning We guide our boys and girls to some extent through school, then drop them into this complex world to sink or swim as the case may be. Yet there is no part of life where the need for guidance is more emphatic than in the transition from school to work - the choice of a vocation, adequate preparation for it, and the attainment of efficiency and success. (Frank Parsons)

  3. Traditional Assumptions • There are a series of individual attributes or traits that draw people to certain occupations. • These attributes or traits are pivotal to effective and desired decision-making. • Occupations that match the vocational interest of individuals are accessible to them. • Occupations are stable enough in their characteristics for assessment instruments that match the traits of individuals with occupational characteristics are useful over time. • Once secured individuals have the capability to stay involved in desired occupations or career trajectories.

  4. SocietalContext Counselling and Guidance Within a Context of Uncertainty Family Self-identity Career Personal

  5. Societal Contexts • Rapidly Changing Social, Cultural and Economic Realities • Poverty/Structural Unemployment • Violence • Migration • HIV/AIDS • The Education System • Globalization

  6. CCC SERVICES One of AOU aims for its students is to prepare them for their future careers and help them face the challenges of the Omani job Market. The Center for Career Counseling, which is responsible for improving students’ skills in the various future work fields, builds on a number of strategies and will be involved in many activities and exercises that will increase students’ abilities to face the challenges of the Oman job Market. First, the office provides individual and group counseling of current students and Future graduates. Also, it organizes Workshops and Seminars on job search techniques, self-marketing skills, providing access to employers’ reference files and occupational information. In addition, the office will maintain and update a vacancy list of current jobs in the market and will establish links with employers through the career fair and various presentations organized by CCC. Moreover, it will create a Career Guide manual for use by potential graduates. In accordance with current working life requirements, the Center for Career Counseling will select on-line techniques to present helpful facilities. Students will be able to visit the office website where they can find all the information which is related to the office itself and to them as well.

  7. What is career counseling • Counseling is the means by which one person helps another through purposeful conversation. • Counseling is a method of identifying practical solution to an identified problem.

  8. Need for career counseling To survive in this competitive environment in world, it is not important to be the best, but also to keep evolving to say the best.

  9. Components in Career Counseling a. Career Planning: Career profile / path, develops performance, stress management, etc., b. Career Management: Training, skill enhancement programmes etc.

  10. The goals to achieve in Guidance 1.Exploring self 2.Determining Values 3.Setting goals 4.Explore the world of work 5.Improving efficiency 6.Building relationship 7.Accepting responsibility for the future To excel in the above factors, one has to have proper guidance and motivation in an appropriate manner

  11. SWOT Analysis: Individual, Companies, Strength Weakness Opportunities Threats

  12. Factors must remembered while selecting a career a.Intelligence b.Personality c.Interest d.Aptitude e.Gender f.Age g. Soft Skills

  13. Training Methods • Self Learning • Group Discussion • Case Study • Small Group Discussion • Mentoring and Coaching • College level Learning Workshops and Seminars • Class room teaching • Online Testing

  14. Related Resource Topics for Career Counseling • How to prepare Curriculum Vitae / E-Resume • Tips for better performance in Interview • Stress Management • Personality Development • ITES – an overview • Group Discussion • Soft Skills for Successful Career • Career Counseling and Guidance (particularly for Placement Officers) • Leadership Skills • Negotiation • Time Management • Team work • Motivation

  15. How to prepare Curriculum Vitae / E-Resume • Curriculum Vitae (C.V.) • Importance of C.V. • Types of C.V. • Contents of C.V. • Model C.V. • Covering Letter • E-Resume • C.V. Writing Tips

  16. Tips for better performance in Interview • Definition for interview • Types of interview • Preparation for interviews • Performance during and after interviews • Some Tips for interviews • Do’s and Don’ts • Interview questions • Important Job sites

  17. Stress Management • Stress means……… • Effect of Stress • Source of stress • Reducing Stress • How reduce stress during interview

  18. Personality Development • What is personality • Types of Personality • Personality Development • Requirement towards the development of fine personality • Keys to success

  19. ITES (Information Technology Enabled Services) • ITES • Various ITES Sectors • Voice and Non-voice Call Centres • Call Centre expects ….. • Important areas of training • Medical Transcription

  20. Group Discussion • Definition of Group Discussion • Prerequisites of a Group Discussion • Benefits in Group Discussion • Salient features • Do’s and Don’ts in Group Discussion • Accept criticism • Suggestions • Topics frequently discussed

  21. Soft Skills for Successful Career • Soft Skills with special reference to ITES • Importance of Soft skills • Communication Skills • Writing Skills • Body language • Presentation skill • Team work • Leadership skills • Time and Stress Management

  22. Career Counseling and Guidance (particularly for Placement Officers) • What is counseling • Common factors for counseling • Elements of counseling • Counseling process • Counseling skills • Personal qualities of counselor • Difference between counseling and guidance

  23. Leadership Skills • Leader • Leadership • Leadership Styles • Leadership Qualities • Ways to develop leadership qualities • Causes for leadership failures • Display your leadership by …..

  24. Negotiation • Negotiation • Steps in negotiation • Skills required for Successful negotiation • Approaches to negotiation • Tips to make you a better negotiator

  25. Time Management • Time • Time Management • Principles of Time Management • How to plan your day • Problems and Solutions for Successful Time Management • Tips for Successful Time Management

  26. Motivation • What is motivation? • Why motivation? • Importance of motivation • Better motivation • How to be motivated?

  27. Team Work • What is team? • Team building • Key actions in team building • Successful team behaviour • Key factors to successful performance of a team – S.C.O.R.E Strategy Clear Roles and Responsibility Open Communication Rapid Response Effective Leadership

  28. Questions? Thank You

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