What is your Career Objective?

Selecting a career objective is one of the most important decisions you'll ever make.

Your ideal career objective is the one that allows you to use your skills, pursue your interests, and is needed in the labor market.

Your Interests

• Choose a career where you can do what interests you. Interests are often evident from childhood, so think back to what you loved to do as a child, a teenager and a young adult. Ask yourself what you would like to spend your days doing even if you were not being paid. Talking to people, finding out about things, traveling, or fixing and building things are all examples of interests that can translate into a career. Identify likes and dislikes that will affect your work life. For example, if you are an introvert, you might not want to work in customer service. If you enjoy physical work, preferably outside, you'll be very unhappy working in a cubicle.

Your Skills

• Skills are important to getting hired. Whether you already have skills doing what you love or need to explore training options, you must have marketable skills to pursue your career objective. Post secondary training is becoming the minimum requirement for most jobs now, so choose a major based on your interests. Another option for gaining the necessary skills to work in your chosen field is to seek out internship or volunteer positions. If you blend your skills and your interests, you are more likely to be enthusiastic about your career choice and to succeed when you start to look for work.

The Labor Market

• Analyze the labor market when choosing a career objective, but remember that what is in demand today may not be tomorrow. Be forward thinking. Don't make a career decision based only on the labor market. Talk to employers or experts in the field you are interested in to gather information to make a wise choice. Conducting informational interviews with employers in your chosen field is also a great first step in your job search. Always find out how your interests and skills will fit into the existing labor market and the workplace of the future.
  
  
   After reading this post, please comment and let us know what your various Career Objectives are!

What is your Career Objective?

Selecting a career objective is one of the most important decisions you'll ever make.

Your ideal career objective is the one that allows you to use your skills, pursue your interests, and is needed in the labor market.

Your Interests

• Choose a career where you can do what interests you. Interests are often evident from childhood, so think back to what you loved to do as a child, a teenager and a young adult. Ask yourself what you would like to spend your days doing even if you were not being paid. Talking to people, finding out about things, traveling, or fixing and building things are all examples of interests that can translate into a career. Identify likes and dislikes that will affect your work life. For example, if you are an introvert, you might not want to work in customer service. If you enjoy physical work, preferably outside, you'll be very unhappy working in a cubicle.

Your Skills

• Skills are important to getting hired. Whether you already have skills doing what you love or need to explore training options, you must have marketable skills to pursue your career objective. Post secondary training is becoming the minimum requirement for most jobs now, so choose a major based on your interests. Another option for gaining the necessary skills to work in your chosen field is to seek out internship or volunteer positions. If you blend your skills and your interests, you are more likely to be enthusiastic about your career choice and to succeed when you start to look for work.

The Labor Market

• Analyze the labor market when choosing a career objective, but remember that what is in demand today may not be tomorrow. Be forward thinking. Don't make a career decision based only on the labor market. Talk to employers or experts in the field you are interested in to gather information to make a wise choice. Conducting informational interviews with employers in your chosen field is also a great first step in your job search. Always find out how your interests and skills will fit into the existing labor market and the workplace of the future.
  
  
   After reading this post, please comment and let us know what your various Career Objectives are!

WORKSHOP! WORKSHOP!! WORKSHOP!!!

 THE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN RESOURCES IN COLLABORATION WITH THE CAREER SERVICES CENTRE INVITES THE ENTIRE STUDENT BODY, ESPECIALLY LEVEL THREE AND LEVEL FOUR STUDENTS TO A WORKSHOP ON THE THEME:

“The Job search Process: Expectations, Opportunities and Challenges.”

DATE: 15^TH NOVEMBER, 2011

TIME: 1:00PM – 3:00PM

VENUE: ARABA OTUA HALL

INVITED GUESTS INCLUDE EXPERTS FROM THE INSTITUTE OF HUMAN RESOURCES, GHANA AND 3E QUANTUM & ASSOCIATES (A PROFESSIONAL RECRUITMENT AGENCY)

WORKSHOP! WORKSHOP!! WORKSHOP!!!

 THE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN RESOURCES IN COLLABORATION WITH THE CAREER SERVICES CENTRE INVITES THE ENTIRE STUDENT BODY, ESPECIALLY LEVEL THREE AND LEVEL FOUR STUDENTS TO A WORKSHOP ON THE THEME:

“The Job search Process: Expectations, Opportunities and Challenges.”

DATE: 15^TH NOVEMBER, 2011

TIME: 1:00PM – 3:00PM

VENUE: ARABA OTUA HALL

INVITED GUESTS INCLUDE EXPERTS FROM THE INSTITUTE OF HUMAN RESOURCES, GHANA AND 3E QUANTUM & ASSOCIATES (A PROFESSIONAL RECRUITMENT AGENCY)

Tough Decisions

Do you find it hard to make decisions? Well researchers say:
The basic process that decision-makers use when confronted with a decision involves:

a) listing relevant choices,
b) identifying potential consequences of each choice,
c) assessing the likelihood of each consequence actually occurring,
d) determining the importance of these consequences, and
e) combining all this information to decide which choice is the most appealing (Beyth-Marom et al., 1991).

A lot goes into making the right decisions, therefore it is okay to be confused, but your confusion should not last long.
What can you do to help ensure you're making the right decision? It's easier to make the right decision when you know what you really want.
 How can we help? Drop in and let's get talking! We will help you;

• Set Realistic Goals 
• Take an Assessment Test
• Research and Explore your options positively
• Take a bold Step! Experience is the Best Teacher.

Tough Decisions

Do you find it hard to make decisions? Well researchers say:
The basic process that decision-makers use when confronted with a decision involves:

a) listing relevant choices,
b) identifying potential consequences of each choice,
c) assessing the likelihood of each consequence actually occurring,
d) determining the importance of these consequences, and
e) combining all this information to decide which choice is the most appealing (Beyth-Marom et al., 1991).

A lot goes into making the right decisions, therefore it is okay to be confused, but your confusion should not last long.
What can you do to help ensure you're making the right decision? It's easier to make the right decision when you know what you really want.
 How can we help? Drop in and let's get talking! We will help you;

• Set Realistic Goals 
• Take an Assessment Test
• Research and Explore your options positively
• Take a bold Step! Experience is the Best Teacher.

CAREER PLANNING!

There are countless benefits to the derived from career planning but one of the most important benefit is the sense of control you begin to have over your destiny thereby developing your self confidence and self direction; although it does not solve your problems, it contributes immensely towards helping you cope more effectively with new problems.

Career planning provides you the head start you need in today's competitive work environment! So get planning!

SOME CAREER PLANNING TIPS: