Sunday, May 10, 2009

My First Initiative - Plan Your Career

If you ask a group of 100 children what do they want to become when they grow up, they have very diverse views - Journalist, Scientist, Astronaut, Cricketer, Historian and soon. But why then 45% of them choose medical and engineering streams?

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



3 comments:

Bapu said...

What is your answer on "Why do they choose medical and engineering strems". You are one of them.
I feel the answer is that even you is the lack of awareness. We are all in the same hut.
But its a good post highlighting the facts.

Miriyala Aravind said...

Yes,you are right. My answer also would be 'Lack of awareness'.
But the question is
Are we trying to change the status quo? or Are we allowing even our next generation to suffer in the same way?

Thanks for your comments.

Miriyala Aravind said...

http://www.meracareerguide.com/
http://www.entrancecorner.com/
Very Useful Websites