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What is Career Counselling?
Career Counselling also known as Career Guidance or Career Planning is a process that focuses on helping one understand more about own self, personal interests, aptitude, skills, personality and more so that one can take an informed career decision. Career Counselling helps in getting rid of the confusion related to stream selection, subject selection or broad career selection in students. For professionals, Career Counselling helps in choosing the right path for career growth or career change.
What should I keep in mind before selecting a Career Counselling Service ?
1. A Qualified Career Counsellor
A good career counsellor is a highly approachable person, he is a keen listener, a great observer and a person with high problem solving and analytical skills. In today’s time Career Counselling is a well-developed field of study and one must look at a qualified Career Counsellor. He/She should carry various Certifications available in the field and prescribed by Career Counselling bodies as it ensures his or her knowledge is updated as per the needs and requirement. He/She should also be a continuous learner as Career Counselling requires continuous research to stay updated.
2. Should provide safe & secure environment
Career Counselling requires the candidates to feel safe and secure so that they can openly discuss their problems and issues with the counsellor. It is important that candidates feel at ease and comfort during the entire process.
3. Use of scientific tools and psychometric assessments
Career Counsellor should be qualified to conduct the psychometric assessments. Psychometric Assessment is a scientific tool which helps both the candidate and the counsellor get deep insights into candidates personality, skills, aptitude, interest and more. Career Counsellor should be capable of interpreting these assessments and should also relate them with his or her observations from interactions with the client.
Do I need Career Counselling ?
Career Counselling should not just be about the need. It is something one must take in order to stay focussed, clear about the goals and to be on the right track. Career Counselling not only helps the candidate but also helps the parents and family in the long run.
Career Counselling helps one in very many ways:
Helps in identifying strengths & weakness
Helps in selection of the right stream to students
Helps in providing information about new age careers
Helps in finding the right balance
Helps in changing the unwanted behaviour patterns
Helps in removing career confusion and frustration related with it
Helps in setting the right targets in life
Helps in removing the parent-child divide
Helps in achieving your career dreams
Helps in selection of right path if you are an executive
Helps in understanding the right parenting style to parents
So, if you are looking for any of the above or just the right advice then you should definitely consider career counselling.
What is the right age/time for Career Counselling for students?
The right time for students to opt for career counselling is between the age of 13 to 17. Earlier the better. Research says that teenagers go through to continuous change and need constant guidance and support. During the age of 13 to 17 teenagers go through emotional change, physical change, fitment pressure and social pressure. So, it is imperative that we provide them not only the guidance but also the rationale and logic why something is being suggested to them.
For students in college who are still struggling to identify what they will like to do in life and struggling to find out the right purpose, career counselling can be of immense help in answering these questions.
What is Success Coaching and how does it help students & working executives?
According to WakeUp Call Coaching, “Success Coaching is a powerful relationship in which client and Success Coach work to improve the quality of the client's life. Through dialogue, inquiry, goal setting, accountability and general motivational techniques, the Success Coach supports the client to assume full responsibility for creating a fulfilling life.”
Students : Success Coaches are responsible for providing appropriate academic and non academic support to students applicable to various aspects of the student's life tasks: academic, personal, social, and career. They are here to assist and guide towards successful transition to college life.
Working Executives: Success Coaches are responsible to provide the right guidance to working executives in resolving their issues regarding personal, emotional and career growth. Executives often during their mid 30s struggle to find the right balance in their personal and professional life and Success Coach can be an immense help in such a scenario. Success Coach can provide the right direction for executives on how to go about career growth or career change.
Who is Mr. Abhishek Gupta ?
Though, this website provides entire personal and professional journey of Mr. Abhishek Gupta. But to put simply Mr. Abhishek Gupta is a renowned Speaker, Career Counsellor and Success Coach. He carries the experience of speaking at over 400 Career Workshops and Guiding 16000+ clients. Mr. Abhishek Gupta is a qualified Career Counsellor with several certifications and awards in the field. He is Green Belt Holder in Career Counselling and is a Certified Global Career Counsellor from University of California Los Angeles. He is also an Alumni of Anderson School Of Management, UCLA. Mr. Abhishek Gupta is the recipient of Golden Star Best Innovative Career Counselor Award 2018 and World Education Conclave Award 2018. A member if National Career Development Association USA, he is a continuous learner and is currently also pursuing CCSP from NCDA, USA.
What to expect in sessions with Mr. Abhishek Gupta?
Global Career Counselor, Mr. Abhishek Gupta is a great listener. He has all the patience in the world you would expect from a great career counselor. He will be patient yet witty and will make the parents and the child not only feel heard but also feel involved. His knowledge, experience and motivation skills makes the child feel secure and comfortable from the session go. You should expect a highly interactive conversation with loads of fun, introspection and retrospection.
His sessions will include: Session with Parents, Session with the Child, Psychometric Assessments and then Final Concluding Session to provide asnwers to your specific questions pertaining to :
Stream Selection
Career Selection
Right Courses both in High School & College
Profile Building & Assessment
Right Parenting Style
Financial Planning & Management for Child’s Education
Right Tests to prepare & much more