Defining your Career
One of the pillars of education is the opportunities to define your career taking this and adding it other pillars such as building your character and developing your network.
When you define your career you need to be able to select your qualification some will select their qualifications based on idols whether they be celebrities, family members or influencers. Some select their qualifications based on the career that they see themselves pursuing or on the type of lifestyle they are aiming for. This is particularly important in the land based sector as many students pursue subjects which lead to a vocational outcome conserving a species, helping companion animals or owners and improving the welfare of animals.
What needs to take place for the students to achieve is to have as much advice and ongoing guidance as possible to enable them to achieve these outcomes. They need to be aware of not only the qualifications aims and goals but also how to apply it. They need to be given the tools to shape their future and identify their passions. To help students to achieve this they need to be given the correct advice of why to select the appropriate courses what careers they lead to what alternative careers routes are available. The students also need guidance through their progression and developing career paths from school, college and to university. I am a passionate advocate for both entrepreneurship and academic progress it is the duty of the teachers and lecturers to guide them through this offering guidance on the correct course, alternative routes to the career and what skills or experiences need developing. My concern is that this is often not consistent across the various institutions some career advisors may offer better guidance than others therefore lacking consistency. On this page there are a number of videos exploring the degree routes which are available to the learners both the advantages, disadvantages alternative career routes and why to select that degree. For those interested please look at the videos below and please request any additional content you are interested in.
The best advice to define your career is to take the guidance and mentorship of those around you drawing on a network of people who make you better both peers, teachers, family members and colleagues. These people need to build you up allowing you to grow as an individual together. When you combine this guidance with drive you should have a road map for your carer with different roads to the key goals selecting what qualifications you plan on exploring remembering your education continues in work as this allows you to grow.
