The effect of a good career choice on young people

The interest in writing this article on vocational guidance to choose a career arose when I saw in my consultations how some young people who had already concluded a profession developed problems of anxiety, fear, insecurity, and feelings of not being able to achieve job success because they realized that the chosen profession was not the one they like or fit with their concerns.

In this sense, it is important for younger students to feel self-realization also through their choice of career, since they are in a formative stage of their personal development.

Here we will review several key ideas that can be used by those in a situation where they are already graduated from a profession or vocation and have discovered that it was not the choice that they are passionate about, and young people who are in the period of their school lives in which it is good to be making a decision about the career that they want to study.

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From what age does vocational guidance start?

The earlier it is, the better its effects on adolescent formation.. But, in addition, it must be clear that the process of discovering a vocation is not something that is carried out only individually, but is a phenomenon based on social interactions.

Thus, within the course "How to develop your professional identity through self-knowledge" that I have taught for several years, there were groups of high school and high school freshmen who, by the end of the course, were able to notice how they were better able to discover and reaffirm talents, interests and motivations; they more clearly expressed their personal arguments as to why they wanted such a profession.

In addition, in the meetings of the workshop with parents and students, it was noticeable great enthusiasm for sharing this information with the family. By letting others know what kind of vocation you were most inclined to develop, you developed a great sense of accomplishment.

The students who participated in this workshop when they were in their first or second year of high school showed satisfaction in finding their job placement in their future plans. They experienced better confidence and security in their talents and challenges presented by their first work experience.

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The phases of the process

What is the necessary process in preparation for personal development in adolescents and young people for the choice of career? Its stages are as follows.

1. Assessment of Aptitudes, Personal Interests, Intelligence, Personality

These psychological characteristics are part of the most relevant variables to choose professional opportunities that, due to their characteristics, or frustrate the person.

2. Know and analyze the results obtained in each area

This task is carried out with the counselor, and the objective is identify and reaffirm the talents that the person is already manifesting in each opportunity that he has had within their academic, social, family, recreational, and sports experience.

3. Identify your areas of opportunity

This allows you to develop other talents that will be necessary for the interests you already discovered.

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4. Focus information about yourself for self-knowledge

That is, be aware of their experiences that have allowed him or her a mental, emotional and physical development.

5. Identify how motivation has developed

In this phase the issue of why interests have arisen in some areas is explored, to see clearly what are your motivations that incline you to feel the desire to know or learn something new.

6. Take actions and reflections to develop a sense of achievement

This allows to generate feelings of security, self-confidence and positive self-assessment of oneself, so you can take opinions from friends, family, or parents to help you evaluate your decision and those ideas do not generate doubt or confusion.

7. Information integration

Review the areas of interest as many times as necessary to structure your decision.

8. Advise parents or legal guardians

The goal here is to guide parents to who can accompany and support your child in this process.

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The process of preparing and setting expectations

Going through this process prepares the student to be more responsible for himself, develop self-management towards his goals and interests, and strengthen his self-esteem and self-knowledge. They are important resources for your training in your personal development.

From here you will be shown the real possibilities that exist in the academic and professional field to that you can make a free decision based on your inner exploration and self-knowledge. All this while advising parents to collaborate and participate in the process of orientation being duly informed in the educational reality so that they trust in the choice of their sons.

For the development of young people in this stage, it is considered that an adequate process for each young person in choosing a career will be able to ensure satisfaction with her decision, allowing you to achieve feelings of accomplishment and self-realization.

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What happens when a race has already started?

But... What happens to young people who could not go through this process and find themselves at a crucial moment in their lives, seeing that they cannot have a productive life because they made a mistake in their choice of career and develop feelings of dissatisfaction, demotivation, worry, fear, insecurity, anxiety and sadness, without being able to find a new meaning to their lives?

In these cases, it is recommended that you go to psychotherapy her to find meaning in her lives again. This happens by:

• Change your understanding of it in the face of fears, anxieties, insecurities that prevent you from acting and fulfilling a desire that arises in the person.
• Finding what prevented you from discovering yourself and being able to choose a future that offers personal and work satisfaction so that you can rebuild her present.
• Edify the experiences that have generated that emotional crisis, so that there is a learning of what is no longer she is functional and develops her sense of accomplishment through new academic or professional opportunities.
• Disengage from feelings of frustration to manage your creativity towards new interests.
• Develop your esteem.
• Have references, success stories and support networks with people who nurture your sense of achievement.
• Start little by little to do activities that you like a lot.

With these actions, which can be carried out in sessions with an expert or with self-management, you can start a change based on discovering that you yourself have everything at your fingertips to find new ways to function in life.

Concluding

We can conclude with this that not all young people manage to develop good self-knowledge, with a sense of achievement that fuels their self-esteem and security that allow them to make a decision without feeling influenced by wishes or interests of their parents that separate them from their true selves. However, there are resources to redirect these situations.