Career choice, Study notes of Career Counseling

Download Career choice and more Study notes Career Counseling in PDF only on Docsity! Connexions module: m21822 1 Career choice ∗ gert bezuidenhout This work is produced by The Connexions Project and licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution License † 1 ENGLISH HOME LANGUAGE 2 Grade 9 3 PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT AND EMPOWERMENT 4 Module 15 5 CAREER CHOICE 6 ACTIVITY 1: 6.1 To choose appropriate information from various sources and individuals and synthesise contributions with own ideas into a coherent presentation on 6.2 (a) own career choice, 6.3 (b)available work for the disadvantaged, and 6.4 (c)employment which concerns human rights and the environment 6.5 [LO 5.3, 4.1] Career-Proling As an individual you need to apply introspection. Introspection is a process of getting to know yourself, by thinking about what you like, what you want out of life and what type of personality you have. You need to research various aspects of careers and various job possibilities, for example: your talents, your likes and dislikes, your dream(s), your subjects, job availability and work-related salary. • Use the following to complete information that would be required in an introspection form: • Subjects you take continued on next page ∗Version 1.1: Apr 15, 2009 11:04 am GMT-5 †http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ http://cnx.org/content/m21822/1.1/ Connexions module: m21822 2 • Subjects that you are good at • Subjects that need attention • Likes • Sports • Skills • Dreams and ideals • Talents Table 1 • • You may ask your Life Orientation teacher for help with introspection. • • Please do not hesitate to go to a university or college and do a Career Assessment there or visit a *professional Career Counsellor. *Take Note - You may have to pay for the services of a Career Counsellor Preparatory Activities for Presentation of Career Choice 1. Draw up a list of questions you would ask a professional (in your career eld) about the work, qualications, subjects needed, salary, perks, likes or dislikes, promotion possibilities, job availability, etc. 2. Research the availability of work for the disadvantaged by giving a denition of the term disadvan- taged and draw up a list of questions you would ask a local NGO or government department. 3. Draw up a list of possible careers which concern the environment or human rights e.g. Lawyers for Human Rights. INFORMATION ON CAREER CHOICE Write a brief introductory paragraph on your career choice. List the subjects and qualications needed for this career: List your talents, likes and dislikes in columns: • Sources of information: http://cnx.org/content/m21822/1.1/