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Young Graduates Expectation In Career Planning
CHAPTER 11.0INTRODUCTION
“Today’s graduates show a lack in dynamism and edge to survive the requirements of the evolving job industry”. “If you have a degree but remain unemployed, then it is time to change your attitude”.That is the advice given from Human Resources Minister Datuk Dr S. Subramaniam.When making important career or education decisions, it is important to recognize a few keycharacteristics about yourself so that you make choices that are well suited for you. Specifically, it ishelpful to clearly understand what you are interested in, what your strengths and abilities are, whatyour personality type is, and what is valuable to you. Having self-awareness about these attributeswill help you in deciding between a careers or furthering your studies.“Career planning is a lifelong process, which includes choosing an occupation, getting a job,growing in our job, possibly changing careers, and eventually retiring. According to recent studies,half of the men and women who went to work this morning feel they are in the wrong career field. Not just that they feel they would like a different job, but they feel they are in the wrong career altogether. Another study indicated that 52 percent of those working in the information technologyfield said they would rather be doing something in the liberal arts”, said
 
Crown Financial Ministries.These statistics merely reflect the fact that people base their career decision making on faultyfoundations, the world's perspective of determining a career. Some of these include choosing a job because: it pays well, it's the first/easiest you can get, it's offered to you, you have friends who work for the company, you've done that kind of job before, the job sounds good or has a good title, your  parents do that job, or it will fulfill your parents' unfulfilled dreams.
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CHAPTER 22.0OPTIONS AFTER GRADUATING
Graduating from university is an exciting time but it can also be daunting as people consider their next steps in life after their degree. In the current economic climate it is natural that younggraduations are considering their options after graduated even more closely. After they havegraduated from the universities, several options have open to them and choosing the right path is notalways an easy thing to do. Therefore, they should explore each one to work out which is the bestroute for them. The main options for students after they graduate from studying in the universitieswhich include finding a job, further study at postgraduate level, setting up a business or rest fromany commitment for a while, and some of them also think about getting married and settle down.But whether they are looking for a career, taking courses or any other type of opportunity, they mustget organized as soon as possible when they are still a final year student and take the advantage fromthe available opportunity even there is likely to be a lot going on in your final year such as lectures,essays and exams.However if you are not sure about your first step as a graduate, talking through your options canhelp you come up with ideas. Even if you have decided what you want to do, getting advice is stillworthwhile. For example if you are looking to get a particular job, will a postgraduate qualificationimprove your chances? Or would it be better to get some work experience? So if we are still confuseand cannot make our own decision, we can get some help and advice from the university or collegecareers services which they can advise you on options to further study and provide some tips onwhere to look for career ‘leads’. But for those who are looking to go straight into a job after graduation, it will be better if they register with the careers services as soon as possible. If you areconsidering furthering your study, it is better to start thinking about your options as early as possible, at least 18 months before we start our postgraduate course.
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Besides that, several young graduates choose to be an entrepreneur as their career option after graduating by setting up a business. In addition, many universities offer support to students andgraduates who want to start their own business. This will give them the option to developentrepreneurial skills as part of their course, or running extra-curricular advice sessions on starting a business. Some universities also provide an ‘incubator’ service to help graduates get their businessoff the ground.Even though there are many options out there, some of them prefer taking a rest after theygraduated. Whether they go abroad or stay in the oversea, a resting period can be a good opportunityto broaden their horizons.
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rizalstarz

Its a group assignment, I am not sure what the names of the authors. Sorry

reply05 / 14 / 2012
Toàn Nguyễn Trọng

Could you tell me who is the authors of this text, please?

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