presentation on topic choice of career

2. Group Members
• H.Usman Hameed
• Shoaib Arshad
• Mohsin Ahmed
• H .Usman Hafeez
• Adeel Sajjad
• M. Shoaib Haider

3. Topic
Choice of career

4. Introduction

5.  Deciding a career
1-Interest
2- Abilities
3-Goals
4-Job
Steps for better future

6. Choosing A Career
 Choose a career that is something you really
like to do
 Do your research & choose carefully &
thoughtfully
 Make it meaningful to you
 Don’t follow others
 Find people who work in the field & learn
from them

7. Exploring your interest
Which of the
6 categories best fits you ?

8. Six career fields
Investiga
Realistic tive
Artistic
conventional
so
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Enterprising
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9. Realistic
Agriculturist Civil engineer
Mechanic Surveyor

10. Investigative
Scientist Astronomer
Pharmacist Veterinarian

11. Artistic
Musician
Architect
Graphic `
artist Writer

12. Social
Teacher
Health and workers
Liberarian
Police
Officer

13. Enterprising
Lawyer
Business
Man
Hotel manager
Saler

14. Conventional
Accountant Worker
Secretar
Administrator

15. Problems in choosing a career

16. TOPICS
 Parent’s will
 Parent’s restriction
 Materialistic effect
 Lack of education
 Life style classification
 Problems at school level
 Student’s immaturity
 Mental approach

17. PARENT’S WILL
 Some parent’s push their children in a certain
direction because they fell certain profession
has social status

18. PARENT’S RESTRICTION
 Use of internet
 Outdoor games restriction

19. MATERIALISTIC EFFECT
 Many parent couldn’t afford their child’s
interest field
 Often materialistic thinking of parent via
children force him to choose that field in
which he is not capable

20. LACK OF EDUCATION
 Related to illetracey or less educational views
parent could not guide their child in order to
achieve their perfect goal related to their abilities
and interest

21. LIFE STYLE CLASSIFICATION
 Classification of people life style standard in
third world countries on merit of wealth
1. Low class people
2. Middle class people
3. High class people

22. PROBLEMS AT SCHOOL LEVEL
 Teachers limited awareness for modern
profession
 Carelessness of school management

23. STUDENT`S IMMATURITY
 Taking guidance of inexperienced people
related a profession
 Considering enjoyable life of institution
 Prefering to become a white collar rather
than blue collar

24. MENTAL APPROACH
 Mental approach of a person greatly effect in
order to choose a right career
“Right decision at right time takes a man in
heaven of dignity”

25. How to choose a career?

26. Unawareness of a student himself
First of all at this stage a student even don’t
know what basically are the courses in a
particular field & in which field he is more
talented

27. NOW WHAT TO DO ?

28. STEPS
 Begin by determine what you like to do?
 Identify the skills

29.  Think the field broadly
 Consider cross field work
 Find people who work in the field & learn
from them

31. Become knowledgeable about your field
 Research several careers , not just one
 See a career counselor

32.  Scope out internet resources
 Networking
 Browse the career section of a local
book store

33. By following these steps
 Perfect career
 Happy life

34. Advantages of selecting a
career by yourself

35. Benefits
 Effective job search
 interviewing strategies
 Developing an effective resume & cover
letter
 Creating a healthy life balance
 Helps in achieving personal goal
 Give opportunity to use personal skills

36.  Feel comfortable
 Know what your employer wants
 Plays an important role in the progress of
company

37. Assess your skills
Academic Strengths
Reading, Writing, Speaking, and Listening
Creative Thinking
Problem Solving and Decision Making
Personal Qualities
Self-Esteem, Self-Management, Responsibility
People Skills
Leadership, Teamwork

38. Be able to answer basic questions
 why do you want this job?
 What are your strengths ?
 Your weakness ?
 What set apart from other candidates?

39. Network
 Able to communicate with people you
know about career information.
 It is an effective way to learn about the
type of training necessary for a particular
position, what it took to get into the field,
and the positive and negative aspects of
the work.

40.  More and more professionals are active on
online networks such as LinkedIn.com and
Doostang.com. Some professionals even
use Facebook to get in touch with others in
their field…as well as research potential
candidates

41.  Play an important role in the progress of
country

42. Career planning in Pakistan

43. Lack of career planning in Pakistan

44. Effects
 Lack of interest
 Hindrance in country’s development
 Demoralization
 Unemployment
 stress

45. Craziness of studying abroad
In pakistan it is a trend now that rich families
prefer to send their children abroad for study.
They don’t see whether in which institution
they are sending their child is a recognized
institution or a bogus one .
By doing such mischief they are spoiling the
future of their child …
Students must also research about it before
going there to study ….

46. Conclusion

47.  First of all question arises . Who should select
your career?
 Parents or a student himself ?
 Choosing a career path is one of the most
important decision that a person make in his life
time
 If you choose a career according to your own
interest you will not hesitate to explain your task
in front of others

48. NOW SIX FIELDS TO GO
 realistic
 Investigative
 social
 Artistic
 Conventional
 Enterprising

50. Advices
 Parents are well positioned to give their
children advice
How ?
 Strong determination
“ don’t wait for a perfect moment let a
moment and be a perfect ”

51. Benefits
 You use your natural talent
 Can gloom your knowledge
 Can earn a reasonable salary
 Transform your life into a comfortable zone
 if you select a field of your choice than you
can give full knowledge of that field to others
also

52. Examples

53.  When I think of what I want to do
in the future, a wide array of jobs
come in mind. Yet none stands out
as much as that of being a
restaurant owner. I find it to be the
perfect mix of business with
culinary arts. Every since I was a
little kid I’ve been playing with pots
and pans or helping my family in
the kitchen. I have carried this love
all my life in hope that in the future
I would be able to own my own
restaurant

54. Famous rock star
Salman Ahmad is a doctor by training and a
rock musician by profession

55. Quotes
”A good beginning, makes a good ending”
A chinese philosopher one’s said :
”Choose a job you’ll love and you will never
never have to work another day in your
life”

56. Questions ???