According to Anton Dreyer, an Industrial Psychologist in private practice, a lack of knowledge of the career world often creates problems when it comes to career guidance. Anton has practical experience in a variety of industries in different career sectors.
Based on his vast experience, Anton explained that the first issues which need to be determined during a career guidance session are psychometric attributes such as aptitude, interest, personality, motivation, etc.
According to these attributes you need to decide where you will fit into the career world and what type of training you require for your future profession. To make the correct choices, you need comprehensive knowledge of the career world and the requirements of the specific sector you are interested to work in.
The press regularly reports that a very low percentage of the population pursues tertiary studies. Even amongst those who enter into tertiary education, the fall out figure is high. In addition, more than half of the adult population indicates that they are not happy with the career choice they made.
Anton says it is clear that learners and students base their future study and career choices on limited or insufficient information. People often only look for career guidance after they’ve already enrolled for tertiary studies or started working and realise that they have made the wrong decisions.
When learners’ knowledge of their chosen career path is tested, it often transpires that their psychometric attributes do not match their career choice. The main reason for this is that their choice was based on insufficient or misleading information regarding the career world. This leads to unrealistic expectations.
Students need to know what value their school subjects will have in the career world. For instance, “what could I do with geography”? Or why are higher math results a requirement for becoming a pilot? What criteria do training institutions and employers base their selections on? What is an orthodontist and where could I study to become one?
The cost for the parents of a student who ends his studies in his or her first year or before finishing his studies is simply too high and could be avoided. When the wrong choice is made, the student doesn’t only lose valuable time, but also experiences a sense of failure.
Through Anton’s extensive experience he gained by working with students who made the wrong choices, he has identified the need for practical one-day career-planning workshops. During these workshops, psychometric testing processes are used, but specific attention is paid to the realities and demands of the real working world.
Based on his vast experience, Anton explained that the first issues which need to be determined during a career guidance session are psychometric attributes such as aptitude, interest, personality, motivation, etc.
According to these attributes you need to decide where you will fit into the career world and what type of training you require for your future profession. To make the correct choices, you need comprehensive knowledge of the career world and the requirements of the specific sector you are interested to work in.
The press regularly reports that a very low percentage of the population pursues tertiary studies. Even amongst those who enter into tertiary education, the fall out figure is high. In addition, more than half of the adult population indicates that they are not happy with the career choice they made.
Anton says it is clear that learners and students base their future study and career choices on limited or insufficient information. People often only look for career guidance after they’ve already enrolled for tertiary studies or started working and realise that they have made the wrong decisions.
When learners’ knowledge of their chosen career path is tested, it often transpires that their psychometric attributes do not match their career choice. The main reason for this is that their choice was based on insufficient or misleading information regarding the career world. This leads to unrealistic expectations.
Students need to know what value their school subjects will have in the career world. For instance, “what could I do with geography”? Or why are higher math results a requirement for becoming a pilot? What criteria do training institutions and employers base their selections on? What is an orthodontist and where could I study to become one?
The cost for the parents of a student who ends his studies in his or her first year or before finishing his studies is simply too high and could be avoided. When the wrong choice is made, the student doesn’t only lose valuable time, but also experiences a sense of failure.
Through Anton’s extensive experience he gained by working with students who made the wrong choices, he has identified the need for practical one-day career-planning workshops. During these workshops, psychometric testing processes are used, but specific attention is paid to the realities and demands of the real working world.
