Most likely the reasons are wrong notions like
Job prospects are good for engineers.
Salary is higher than many other professions.
Peer pressure - When most of your friends join engineering stream, you tend to join it too.
Lack of awareness among parents and students.
But the main culprit according to us is lack of awareness among parents and students about what to do after completing 10th and 12th according to their aspirations.
Result could be seen now. Mushrooming engineering colleges, IIT coaching from 6th standard being offered by schools and worst of all loss of innocent childhood for thousands of children. Though we don't have any solution for this, one step forward could be providing information to parents and letting them help their children in achieving their aim. Most websites offer admission notifications and jobs search which can never be useful for someone coming out of 10th or 12th. What they need to know is whether the next step they are taking is in according to their vision.
This is where www.planyourcareer.in comes in.
We alone cannot unilaterally make this as we have little or no idea of other careers. This is where you come into picture. If each one of you chooses a career and get hold of someone already in that career, it would be really helpful to us.
Why do you need to help us?
- You are not satisfied with prevailing scenario.
- You are one of its victims.
- You don't want another person suffer due to lack of information.
- You want some website which can offer comprehensive information on diverse career options.
What are we trying to offer?
- Path to be taken for achieving one's career vision.
- Career prospects like Financial benefits, Job satisfaction, Social Outlook, Career growth
- Experiences of a person pursuing that career.
A sample page is created for Lawyer - http://www.planyourcareer.in/career-options/lawyer
It may not look good. But we hope, its a step in the right direction. What do you say?
Feedback can be directed to planyourcareer.in@gmail.com
