Career Guidance is about listening to people; understanding what excites them, what makes them tick, and helping them to develop in a way that realises their full potential and suits their lifestyle. This process is not only rewarding for the individual who has finally understood how to reach their lifelong ambition, but for the consultant who helps each client achieve their goals as well.

How is this achieved, you ask?

First you must explore your strengths and weaknesses so that you can exploit your natural talent, and this process can take place simply by answering a few questions. A directed conversation (or interview as it is usually called) can help reveal hidden capacities, making you aware of what potential you have and helping you to use it to your advantage. Simply by answering a few open questions such as, why you like a certain subject, - not just which one you prefer, your consultant can be made aware of your motivating factors and what your true thoughts are.

Secondly, your imagination must be set free and your dreams and aspirations made known. After all, everyone is the same; we are all spurred on by the desire to live our dreams.

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Finally, your abilities and aspirations are matched to find a suitable course of employment to enhance your life. Along with reliable up-to- date knowledge about what is available and being informed about the current job market, this enables you to make decisions and choices. Through counselling, listening to opinions, examining prejudices and expectations you can be helped to come to your own decision about what is the right path ahead. Careers guidance can give you signposts of the most beneficial routes for your circumstances; but in the end, the final decision is yours as to how creative you are with the journey of your career.

In this modern sophisticated environment, some may feel that physical evidence is necessary. Psychometric test are available to help you understand and perhaps quantify your abilities, aptitudes and strengths.

Through both tests and discussion you are helped to examine yourself in the following terms:

  • General Intelligence
  • Interests
  • Aptitudes
  • Personality
  • Work Ethics
  • Background -Family and Educational
  • Ambition

After collecting together all the information which makes you a special unique individual, an impartial advisor can look with clarity at where your potential might lie. If this individual has the knowledge of the requirements of many careers, it is then possible to match them together. Psychometric tests do this with the aid of a computer, but human instinct and personality play a big part in the decision making process and the individual touch helps the whole process come alive.

Careers guidance is a process which may take one interview session or a few years to formulate. Do not expect instant results but expect to move forward at the right pace for you.

In the end an action plan needs to be formulated for the near future with steps to move you forward little by little to your ultimate goal; achieving success and happiness through the right career for you!

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