The correct choice of a profession by schoolchildren is the first and most significant step on the path of career growth. However, how to choose a suitable profession for a schoolchild who has not yet had time to get acquainted with all the advantages and disadvantages of this or that field of activity, and did not have time to answer the question, will he be able to realize with his abilities in this direction?
Family affair
Each family answers the question of the need for higher education in different ways, at the same time, in our country, it is mainly considered that only the lazy person does not go to a higher educational institution. Therefore, it is often the professional orientation of older students that the parents of the child analyze to which higher education institution they can send the child to study (so that, above all, there is enough material for this), but they do not take into account the interests of the child at all. Will he be able to cope with the burden on the medical faculty, will he have enough patience to complete his studies in physics and mathematics? All these questions are left aside by parents when there is a "real opportunity" to get an education in a certain specialty.
In addition, of course, only from the best motives, the parents of a schoolboy consider first and foremost highly paid specialties.
It should be borne in mind that not always a single diploma allows a graduate to become a successful manager, an insurance agent, a dentist. If a certain specialty educational institutions prepare too many graduates, the level of their training is reduced in the same way as the chances in the labor market.
Imagine that your child has already completed vocational training, will you be able to contribute to his job placement? If not, look for more popular and less popular specialties.
Measures for vocational guidance of schoolchildren
How to make a choice of a profession for schoolchildren by their choice? A schoolboy can only be interested. It is worthwhile to invite him to visit the open days of universities, which are held annually. Here he not only learns about the specialty features that he is going to study, but he will also get acquainted with his teachers. If the child, in his opinion, knows what profession he wants to master, and parents doubt his choice, he can invite him to attend the preparatory courses that many faculties conduct for high school students. During the training at such courses, the student will be able to check how correctly he chose the specialty, whether it corresponds to his abilities.
Despite the fact that the career counseling program is also offered for junior schoolchildren (which is stipulated in the curriculum), this career counseling does not start there,
Consultant for career guidance
In the event that the student and his family can not decide definitively about the choice of a career path, there is an opportunity to turn to vocational guidance specialists who, by conducting various tests and interviewing the student, will determine in which sphere it can be realized best. However, such a definition of the type of future professional activity does not guarantee that the future specialist will be in demand and successful. Alas, finally, the correctness of the choice of profession can only be confirmed by the student's own experience.