COURSE: Effective Decision Making

TOPIC: Interests & career

development
(Unit 2)

By:
Dr. Anjali Gupta
 Interest and Career Development
• Meaning & Nature
• Interest and Career
• Career vs job
• Career Development
• Importance of career counselling
 Meaning of Interest
• It is a feeling of liking and reaction towards a thing or a
situation.
• It is a subjective attitude motivating a person for doing a certain
task
• It is associated with feelings like enthusiasm , curiosity,
pleasure, enjoyment and satisfaction to be attached to the object
• Eg. I love travelling
• Few examples in the link to put in your resume to make it
attractive
• https://www.livecareer.com/resources/resumes/how-
to/write/10-examples-of-good-interests-to-put-on-a-
resume
 Interest and Career
• It is important to choose a profession/career that interest
you
• If you happen to enter a profession unknowingly or
without giving it a much thought ,still to have success or
to reach somewhere on a ladder, it is imperative to
develop liking towards certain issues that helps in giving
you some satisfaction and feeling of achievement in life.
• If you enter a profession which does not interest you at all
or you find yourself unfit for it, it is better to go for
another possible option and quit the existing one as fast as
possible.
 Career vs Job

• Career
– Sequence of positions that a person has held over
his/her life
• Eg. Career in medicine or in law

• Job
– Is an occupation through which an individual can earn
money
 Career Development
• https://www.slideshare.net/takyiwa_5/career
-development-ppt-23392328
 Aptitude Test
-Verbal Reasoning
-Numerical Reasoning
-Spatial Reasoning
-Mechanical Comprehension Test

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YerFp7SPOE8
 Success stories
Below is the link for case studies and success stories
(Importance of career counselling)

https://www.simplilearn.com/case-studies-and-
success-stories-ccr39-article