Educational and Career Guidance articles

Choosing a right career after 10th or 12th standard is very important. The whole preparation for the coming years and our future takes place at this time. It is better to brainstorm and decide what you actually want to do and trod the new path. You have to understand your own interest and take a decision after consulting your parents and teachers. They will guide you and help you take a right decision. Once the career choice is made, necessary steps can be taken to move along that path, prefer which competitive exams and seek admission in which college.

Stress usually creeps in when we are feared to face the interview and concentrate our energies on all possible outcomes. We can bust the stress by concentrating our energy in doing something more meaningful like preparation. Let us discuss points which reduces stress during interview -

I always thought of why everyone thought about goal setting and why it was important to set goals. Will we not reach our destination without any set goals ? I always believed what ever is destined to happen has to happen then why to waste time in setting goals. But now i have really changed my view as goal setting is an important part in career development or personal development. One cannot reach a desired destination without specific goals and planning.

As we think so will be our behavior. There is a direct connection between our thoughts and action. If we think positive it will be displayed in our behavior and if we think negative and try to look positive that will also be displayed in our actions. I have seen people thinking negative and smiling in front of me and sometimes praising me but i know those words do not come from heart and you can easily make out how happy the other person is with your achievements. Its always better to be true to ourselves and never become a impostor. Have a positive frame of mind and think positive.

Soft Skills training is the need of the hour. A lot of money is spent on acquiring hard skills but we over look the soft skills. Students add more and more degrees to their resume but when it comes to qualifying the interview very few gets selected. Whats the reason ? They lack proper communication skills. These candidates are not able to communicate their message to the interviewer hence they get dis qualified. We at Attitude School has addressed this problem at the ground level and have come up with a curriculum to suit the needs of today's job seeker.

Need a job ? Apply through job site. Gone are the days when candidates used to rush with their CV from one company to another looking for job. Now a days things have been made very easy. A job seeker can apply for job just at the click of a button. There are many job sites running online like monster.com, naukri.com, ebharatjobs.com – for experienced professionals and simplyfreshers.com – for freshers. These job sites can be accessed by any candidate from anywhere. They should have a well prepared CV to apply directly through the website.

Current education employ-ability gap in India is very challenging. Every individual is busy adding more and more qualifications in their resume. They just want a job by hook or by crook and rest else doesn't matters. Its ripe time that a candidate looks within himself and finds out, is it only the lack of qualifications which is responsible for his/ her unemployment or is it something else. Is it their wrong attitude ? Wrong way of self presentation ? Or poor communication skills which is responsible for their unemployment.

Group Discussion is a discussion among participants who have an agreed topic. Group discussion is basically carried out by institutes and companies to check the behavior of a candidate in a group. His leadership qualities, listening abilities and problem solving skills. They check his team spirit and confidence. Group Discussion can be classified into Four types :- 1. Factual Topics - Factual Topics are day to day affairs. 2. Controversial Topics - Controversial topics are argumentative in nature.

We all are aware of the proverb that success goes to those who strive hard for it. They don't wait for opportunity but create opportunities and achieve their goal. Whats the difference between people who are just speakers and those who grab every small opportunity and work with full devotion and determination, the difference is lots of people just speak and don't do it while those who do don't boast and are focused towards their goal. I have seen people waiting for the right day, right time and opportune moment to start a business or new work.

Today's corporate world follow ethics to be successful. There is no doubt that unethical business fails somewhere and has no consistency in the long run. To keep going company's principles, rules and regulations should be grounded or else its very hard to succeed. First 5 years are very hard to sustain for any newly formed organization. But once the organization builds trust and creates a good customer base no competitor can shake it and the company is bound to grow and prosper.