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Vocational Counselor

rangarajan — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 17:03:50 +0000

Counselor is an individual who has the responsibility of advising his clients/aspirants regarding their career counseling and also suggests the best among the choices with respect to their potential and talent in order to make them shine in that particular field. Counseling is a dutiful job, and it needs a lot of patience in hearing the candidate’s perspectives with a view to find an effective solution. Counseling not only relates to careering, but it also means advice/guidance for personal life   and issues too. Counselors are adopted in various fields like educational institutions, private firms, hospitals, etc. Vocational Counselors are those who were otherwise called as employment counselors, in the sense that they act as the mediator between an employer and an applicant who is willing to be employed.
Responsibilities of a Vocational Counselor:
·         They need to interview the applicant to know their personality, educational qualification, aptitude knowledge and their area of interests.
·         They should guide the candidate regarding the skills expected for the post which they are looking for.
·         They have to make the candidate discover his/her true potential.
·         They need to provide training for their clients to build them for a job.
·         They must instill the positive thinking in every single individual undergoing counseling with them.
·         Market competition and expectation should be taught to the clients so that they can shape them up accordingly.
·         They can refer the candidates to a company HR after the completion of counseling.
Scope of Vocational Counselors:
Vocational Counselors can find immediate jobs in educational institution and social service providing firms. They acquire an administrative role in such firms. They can also go for a government institute as public service providers.
The educational Requirements:
At least they should have completed their Bachelor Degree in social work and sociology or any other course. They should have a good command over the spoken as well as written communication.

Which Job suits you? Where should your Career Begin?

ajju — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 10:11:42 +0000

Having finished your graduation, you are unsure of “Which Job Suits You?” as you move on to many interviews and rejections. Well, this should not have happened if you have self awareness and a good bit of planning. Ok, it’s high time to do that. Let us now focus on to find the answers for your question. The solution to this question may not be simple. Yet that is the question of many of the new grads. Ok let’s find the solution. Here goes!

1) Constructive Thinking – The key to open doors for you:

It’s really hard not to get a job, and you desperately are in need to build a career. Think! You have a degree, a qualification that has given you some knowledge, regardless of how marketable it is but for sure all the subjects and courses you have gone through in your degree mean something to many employers out here or abroad. Think so hard and surf the net to get ideas to hone your skills according to your qualifications. When you have ideas you are not lost in the game.

2) Respect your Interests and develop passion:

Pick a job that suits closely with your interest and knowledge. Think if you like to work in an office environment? Or a travelling environment. Whatever you select, list out the industry that will suit your expectations and needs. No job is petite if you have the appetite to know which job suits you? Interest and passion can help you find solution for your quest.

3) Begin Your Career Someplace:

You are lucky enough if you have got the job that suits your criteria’s. But still there are many who don’t find jobs that match their list. They start looking for simple and effortless ways. Remember there is no cut short way for finding which job suits you. In reality it’s good to fetch a job at someplace even if it doesn’t match with your criteria. Swallow your ego and go ahead in your search for which job suits you? Who knows – May be this job will suit your every requirement sooner.

4) Go ahead- It’s all a Journey :

There are always many lessons to be learnt. Those careers that appear scrabbling around you are really opportunities. We need to be aware of them and learn from it. Who knows a software engineer qualified person may shine well in the auditing field. Love the job you got and as you move ahead you will know people and requirements and also your strengths,interests etc and move ahead to find more and more solution for the question Which job suits you?

First Step to Success in a Job

ajju — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 10:03:08 +0000

Teens who have just completed college and out of their happy college days have to face the new challenges of the world, the toughest thing of their life to find an employer who can nourish their ever growing talents. Teens find these moments to be the more anxious and nervous times of their life as they start questioning to themselves like “Will I survive all these?” Well! Here is the important step you must do to make you through this phase of life with so much ease

Right Approach and Attitude: First Step to Success

With the right attitude and approach, one can break heavy rocks in to tiny pieces of stones. Right and positive attitude at the right time wins. How to get the right attitude? Right attitude can be achieved by getting guidance from the right people.

Yes! First get peer guidance and decide on your career path that suits very well to your abilities. Then get the knowledge of all the career options in your chosen career path and select the right person in the particular field and get the guidance from them on the future outlook of your decision.

If you don’t have any one to help on this opt for career counselors who can provide you lots of insights in making the choice of your career.Once the choice of career and career path is done, it’s pretty easy to select the employer and develop your knowledge according to the employer requirements and achieve your goal making yourself through the interview by your outstanding performance.

For more on career tips read articles in the Career Development Section of this website.

Art of Captivating Interviewers and Winning Interviews

ajju — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 09:11:57 +0000

This article will well suit all interviews in general. At the same time , your resume makes it through the heavy piles of resumes to the company which you dreamt to be the place of your great career life, there also exist a pressure on your mind to win it all for you. But here is all the simple steps or tips to make your dreams come easy.

Essentials Before attending the Interview:

1) Make yourself familiar about the basic and most common interview questions such as “tell me about yourself”, and all the dozy questions like “ whats your worst quality?”. The apt way to answer these questions are to make an assessment of your skills and your past career path with perspective to the current position for which you are interviewed.

2) Think and be prepared about atleast 2 to 5 business accomplishments and practice tersely communicating the challenges and outcomes of each accomplishments.

3) Prepare some appropriate questions that you would think would be asked in the interview by doing a brief analysis of the company and the market in which it operates.

On the Interview day:

1) Dress yourself in neat, formal attire and arrive in time.

2) Carry a good briefcase with all your detailed certificates and appreciations.

3) Begin with a strong handshake and speak confidently even if you feel nervous.

4) Refrain from talking continuously without giving space to listen the interviewers words.

5) Avoid saying negative things.

6) Pay attention to all gestures or the non verbal signals of both the interviewer and yourself.

7) Do take a moment to think if you don’t know any answer spontaneously.

8) Never bring the topic of money by yourself. Let it be the interviewer who talks of it first.

Finally,

After the Interview is Over:

Say thank you or give them any mementos meaning “Thank You” and do a follow up check with the HR for the status of your offer.