Career Counseling Experiences And Learning in ICCW

Career Counseling For 12th and 10th std underpriviledged Students!

ICCW career counseling session started on 1-Aug-2009 (saturday). There are totally 6 students(4 in 12th standard and 2 in 10th standard). Myself, Vivek and Naveen were there to have an ice breaking session with the students. It was first time of my life that i could realize the zeal and enthusiasm in young minds about their career. Since it was only first visit i dont have their names by heart but their faces are registered in my mind.

We showed them PPT about what is career and few slides about great scientist APJ.Abdul Kalam and Oscar winner A.R. Rahman. Then i asked them close their eyes and made them imagine as if their career is up and they have all become what they wanted to in their life...The students closed their eyes and they were dreaming about their future. After 10 minutes i asked them to open their eyes and started calling one by one in front of the crowd to hear what they imagined in that 10 mins.

The answers were brilliant and interesting. 1st student said he became an IAS officer , he saw so many villagers standing in his office to give petitions to him about their variuos issues and he had collected all the issues and started working on it by assuring the vilagers that all their problem would get solved very soon. 2nd student said he became a Doctor, he was wearing white coat and having a stethescope and treating sick people. 3rd student said he became a Software Engineer, he said he was in his office cabin with his own lap top and working seriuosly on his new software which he plans to develop on his own and sell it in the market. He was in his neatly iorned shirt and wearing tie and shoes. 4th student again said he become a Doctor, this guy was very smart he enacted to us what he was dreaming, he came in a car, parked it, came into the room where his patients were waiting smiled at them then went into his clinic and asked the nurse to call the patients one by one and started giving treatments to them. 5th and 6th student told they want to become computer engineers and said they were dreaming of owning software comapny.

This is only the begining the best is yet to follow. A counselor (Naveen) has agreed to counsel for the thenth standard students and am planning to take up the counseling for twelth. Our group has been named as STAR FRIENDS. Am sure all the six will come up very well in their life and we (counselors) are sure to do our best to help them achieve in life :)... I have planned to have the next meeting on this saturday... To know about their academics and other detailed informations to prepare an action plan on how to go forward will be planned according to next meeting.