The most frequently asked question among kindergarten children is what do you want to be? But while they are in the garden, everything is simple: a nurse, a teacher, a salesman, a businessman. However, the years go by, school ends, and a choice must be made. In this case, career guidance for the student will help. It is usually carried out in educational institutions, but you can deal with this issue on your own.
How can school help?
Of course, now almost every school has a psychologist. High school students sometimes mistakenly assume that this is some kind of magician: he will hand out a test, and this will be a panacea for all future problems. It is worth remembering that the psychological career guidance of schoolchildren is very important, but is not a panacea. The main reason for appeals are such questions as "Am I doing the right thing?", "Am I choosing the right profession?". What is really happening? Let's analyze the five main stages.
First stage: desires
The psychologist offers to figure out what the individual wants. After all, interests, inclinations and talents are priority. A very important point: what do you like? Technique or animals, andmaybe even space. It is very important at this stage to make a list of the conditions of your work. It should include an adequate number of hours of work, preferably an office or traveling, the presence of business trips, the desire to work with people or exclusively with technology, etc.
Second stage: analysis of your capabilities
Vocational guidance for a student helps to pay attention to those school subjects that were best given. It also helps to assess the level of communication and intellectual abilities. Of course, for an adequate assessment, it is better to ask the people around.
Personal qualities are no less important. These include responsibility, punctuality, speed of thought, creativity, teamwork. It is also worth assessing your physical and physiological capabilities.
Third stage: learning a profession
Teachers are often concerned about the problems of vocational guidance for schoolchildren. This is due to the fact that a child cannot always clearly assess the situation about the demand for a profession in a particular city. It is also very important to assess what professional qualities a person has, whether they are suitable for the chosen profession. For a deeper analysis, we can recommend the study of professiograms.
You can study information about the profession immediately with its features, prospects and requirements. You can get acquainted with the required professiogram via the Internet.
However, you should remember that in order to better learn about the profession, you need to look at it from the inside. You can ask friends to take the childfor one day at work and entrust him with some of the simple tasks. If expectations coincided with reality, then doubts about choosing a profession can be discarded.
For a better understanding of oneself, psychologists offer to go through I. Kohn's "Who am I" technique. It consists in the fact that the recipient is invited to write on the topic "Who am I?" and "Me in 5 years." This exercise well reveals the internal parameters of a person, namely:
- with whom a person identifies;
- what specific features distinguish it from others;
- the ability to make predictions about yourself.
Fourth stage: labor market analysis
Vocational guidance for schoolchildren makes it possible to analyze how much the speci alty is in demand today and what wages are. It will also help you choose the right university. Where can you find such information? The first is, of course, the Internet, but if this is not possible, then you can contact the employment service. They will tell you in detail what the situation is today, and also offer to take courses, it is important that they are free.
Fifth step: choice
Determining career guidance for schoolchildren is the most important thing. When choosing a profession, all of the above should be taken into account, since one profession can reveal talent, but absolutely not bring any pleasure. Choosing such a profession will lead to rapid professional burnout.
It may happen that the chosen activity will fully meet all the requirements, but will be unclaimed in yourregion. In such cases, it is worth considering whether you are ready to move, whether there is a material base for a certain amount of time.
If a student is at an impasse, he can always seek help from a psychologist or professional consultant. They will not decide where to go or what profession is best, but they will help you understand yourself and your desires.
Of course, career guidance for a student should be individual. This must be taken with all seriousness. If the feeling of the “necessary” profession has not come, do not despair. Often this understanding comes much later, when a person has some experience and more detailed knowledge behind him. The main thing that you should never forget is that no one knows better than yourself what profession is really “yours”. You can always take a step back for two steps forward.
