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It has become the practice for high schools in United States to observe Career Days for senior students for many decades now. On this day high school students are introduced to various careers open to them by local business professionals in the school. However, these days are proving insufficient to enable the students of high school to plan their future. That is why most middle-aged adults and youngsters seek the personal guidance of coaches in career development.

Personal coaches in the field of career development offer a very essential service to people who are late planners of their careers. A lot remains to be done to help the youngsters in career development. When the best career options are enumerated for students of high schools, it helps them develop a better understanding of the careers they would prefer, resulting in more efficient planning and more enrollments in colleges leading to a more productive future society.

For many high schools, the practice of a Career Day has taken the form of a whole Career Week to tackle these issues. A couple of days in this week are utilized to introduce the seniors to various career pathways by seasoned community professionals. The assessments resembling those by personal coaches in career development are taken up during the remaining week.

These assessments help the students of high school to become aware of their strengths and weaknesses and also to explore where their values and interests lie. These assessments are then fed to a computer system. The system generates a report outlining the best career options for that particular student. The students then go through further training via Handbook of the Occupational Outlook.

The Handbook of Occupational Outlook is a top rated career development tool for personal career development in the arsenal of high school. The Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics of the United States has put this publication in electronic form as well as in the book form. This enables the students to access valuable information about details of career, industry outlooks and job prospects for the future, the education required and average salaries.

When these assessments of career development of high school students are over, they undergo interviews with either the counselor of the high school or the coach of career development. These students are led through the interviews to explore fully the career options, have discussions with the coaches and reach decisions about the field in which they want to make their careers. Then several resources are provided to the student of the high school to give him a start on his career development path.

Another aspect of activities of career development is that the counselors or the coaches of personal career development visit the senior classrooms and take important sessions on goal setting and its importance in career development. These students get resources to set their goals practically and begin to pen down their plan for personal career development.

Although personal career development concept and its importance is not new for students of high schools, plans for personal career development education are being put into place by schools only now. These initiatives will prepare more and more students of high schools to begin careers or education as soon as they finish high school, thereby leading to a more productive future society.

Everybody remembers their first job. Maybe you flipped hamburgers as a student at the local burger joint. Maybe you delivered pizzas to the good citizens of your town. Maybe you bagged and carried out groceries at the local grocery store. There are tons of these types of student jobs out there.

In fact, after you have one of these student jobs, you will most likely be motivated to work harder and get yourself to college to educate yourself, so you are not stuck in a ‘student’ type job forever. Most major corporations will not hire a 16 or 17-year old kid who doesn’t have a high school diploma.

And don’t worry if your job isn’t the most prestigious or glamorous. Just think of the real-world experience you are gaining, and how good this job will look on your resume when you present it to potential employers in the future.

There are drawbacks to any job of course, but always look at the bright side. Compare the attributes of working in a customer service position to those of a ‘cubicle’ job. Both have advantages and disadvantages, so you simply need to pick the one that works best for you. Some might think a cubicle type job would bore them to tears, but on the bright side, you won’t have to deal with irate customers, etc. which would definitely be a part of the customer service position.

In past times, students just arriving at college and looking for a job might find work waiting tables, delivering food for a pizza or oriental restaurant, or working at the video store. While you won’t get rich at any of those, they will pay the bills for you. And with today’s technology, you have even more opportunity. You no longer have to get black fingertips after scouring the newspaper want ads. No need to waste gas driving on street after street looking in the windows for “Help Wanted” signs. These days, all you have to do is find yourself a computer and start searching. There are many, many places to look for work on the Internet. Sites like Monster and CareerBuilder are certainly two of the most well known sites, but there are PLENTY more out there. And aside from the global sites, there are sites that are more regionalized for your area. Most local newspaper sites also have an online classified ads section, and some even have a separate section for job seekers.

There are many advantages to job-hunting using the Internet. Besides the obvious time saving, the other major upside is the amount of ‘territory’ you can cover. You can literally look for jobs ANYWHERE. You can find part time and full time jobs, temporary positions, contract work, shift work, and more. Whatever type of work you are looking for, you will be able to search for it, and more often than not, FIND IT!

Some of the job-hunting websites even have sections that allow you to post your resume or information about yourself, and potential employers will browse those listings when they are looking for help. That’s right, they come looking for you!

Technology has made the work of looking for student jobs virtually pain free for you! Just get that resume updated and start looking!

As teachers and counselors, you help students explore careers.

You aid your students as they search for meaning, purpose, and direction.

You see their talents.

You know their interests, abilities, and skills.

You help students plan for the future.

You understand students. You know that students -

Are curious

Love colorful, multimedia presentations

Use their senses and imaginations in career exploration

You have searched for tools that will help you unlock their potentials.

Tips for Finding the Right Career Tool

Career tools help your students explore who they really are. Career tools include career tests, assessments, games, web sites, and books. Career tests answer the question “Who am I?” Career assessments point out your students’ likes, dislikes, or interests. Kid career tools should be fun, educational, and not boring.

Search for the resource that meets your students’ needs. Look at the benefits. Find tests, assessments, games, web sites, and books that are -

Eye appealing

Easy to use

Full of resources

With the right resource, students are ready and willing to -

Explore

Investigate

Learn

Ask questions

Enjoy discovering who they are

Gain knowledge, wisdom, and understanding

An effective career tool motivates your students to explore careers. Creative career tools build a foundation for more detailed career exploration.

Step One: Select a Career Test

How do you choose the right career test? Look at 3 major areas -

Format, e.g. Printed, CD-ROM, or on-line

Cost -$10, $12, $15, $20 or more

Resources – Information on interests, skills, and careers

When you look at a career test, ask yourself the following questions -

What do your students prefer? Printed or on-line career test?

What is your budget for the tests?

What resources do you have? Do you have a computer lab?

Find career tests that your students are interested in and that provide valuable information about careers and your student’s interests. Look at career tests that use well-known career models. Match students’ interest clusters to career or job codes. Use newer color-coded career tests that simply career models. The use of colors improves attention span, concentration, memory skills, and understanding. As students grow older, continue to use career models expand their knowledge of careers and college majors. There are a variety of career tests for youth, college students, and adults.

Step Two: Explore Career Web Sites and Books

Career tests prepare students to explore careers. Gather information about fun, informative, and attractive career exploration web sites and books. Look for web sites and books that provide career information about -

Tasks

Wages

Career outlook

Interests

Education

Knowledge

Skills

Similar careers

Examples of kid career explorationweb sites and books are -

Career Ship

What Do You Like

Eek! Get a Job

GetTech.org

LifeWorks

Young Person’s Occupational Outlook Handbook

Career Ideas for Kids Book Series

I Want To Be Book Series

Career exploration is a process. As teachers and counselors, use resources that make your journey enjoyable, educational, and effective. Plan successful kid career exploration expeditions.

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Simply getting a college degree will definitely play an important role in landing a job or advancing a career, but these days it often won’t to be enough. There are specific steps every student should take while in school, so that they are properly positioned for post-graduation career opportunities.

Some of the key things to consider as ways to jumpstart your career while still in school include:

Setting Your Own Personal Learning Agenda

While in college your goal should be to focus on personal and professional growth, not just grades. You need to take control of your learning path and make sure that as you work your way through your degree courses, youre focusing as much on what will happen after you graduate as you are on acing your assignments. In addition to classroom work, consider such things as:

• Getting to know staff in career services before your senior year.
• Carefully choosing internships and volunteer opportunities.
• Participating in extracurricular activities that help develop leadership and other “soft skills.”

Using Your Course Assignments for Additional Purposes

Keep an eye out for assignments that have career-development and networking potential. Whenever possible, use your assignments to connect with potential employers, clients, and/or colleagues.

Generally, people are amazingly accessible to and supportive of students doing research for a class assignment. Do a dynamite job on an assignment and then send a copy of it to the person you worked with, thereby dazzling them with your smarts and initiative and building a professional relationship in the process.

Creating Your Own Learning Assignments

As you study your way through your degrees core courses, youll be expected to master a substantial amount of knowledge in your degree field. However, youll also want to build some key professional and/or business skills during this time. This could occur in or out of the classroom.

So, think about how you can improve yourself — through classes or otherwise — in critical areas such as:

• Writing
• Public speaking
• Leadership
• Time management
• Money management and basic financial concepts

Exploring The Many Different Ways Your Degree Skills Can Be Used

Many people take their careers in directions quite different from what you, as a college student, might expect of someone with your major. Learn about these sometimes unexpected career paths:

• Pepper guest speakers with questions about their careers.
• Conduct as many informational interviews as you can.
• Join LinkedIn special-interest groups and consider joining professional associations.

This is a guest post from Bryant & Stratton College Online, which will host a free webinar on Wednesday, August 11, 2010, from noon to 1 p.m. EST to discuss these tips and several others that will help students jumpstart their careers while still in college. To register visit https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/719530984.

The “Jumpstart your Career” webinar is the first in a three-part series. A “Build Your Professional Brand” webinar is scheduled for Tuesday, August 24 from 2 to 3 p.m. EDT and a “How to Build a Resilient Career” webinar is set for Thursday, September 16 from noon to 1 p.m. EDT.

IT training provides a valuable career option for majority of the student’s population in India. Various IT career programs are available for students to shape a promising career in IT sector. The job market scenario keeps changing from time to time and competition also becomes tougher day by day.

Various career programs in IT are open for those students who aspire to become IT professionals.

Some facilities provided by IT training in India include enterprise learning solutions, project training, industrial training, Cisco certification etc. Enterprise learning solutions have become a key importance on the anvil of quality IT education in India. Most of the IT institutes in India also provide facility for project training. Through project training, trainees can enhance their practical knowledge about their study program.

Benefits of undergoing IT training in India

Indian IT institutes provide major emphasis upon the application and practical training aspect of IT training to make the students industry-ready from day one. Secondly, The courses conducted by reputed IT institutes as part of its Networking and Hardware Programs in India equip students with necessary knowledge and skills to clear various global certification exams on hardware and networking courses that include A+, N+, CCNA, MCTP, RHCE, etc.

Most of the reputed IT institutes have a team of placement professionals who offer employment support through regular interface with the industry. Indian IT study centers also provide facility for group’s expertise across diverse business domains within and beyond the IT space. Leveraging a team of seasoned multi-certified faculty members Indian IT institutes have the capability to deliver customized training solutions for any organization in any location within India. So, whether one undergoes software training program or IT students will avail of the facility to undergo quality and industry relevant IT training in any of the IT study centers in India.

Available career options in IT sector- A glance

There are multiple career options in IT sector. Once you complete a particular IT course numerous IT jobs which are relevant to your skill are available in the job market. For instance jobs related to software courses include software engineer, software developer, software architect, software programming, analyzing, support etc. Jobs related to hardware and networking courses include system administration, network engineer, network security,