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On the December 17th, 2016, Career Disha Nepal conducted prototype workshop ‘Career Crash Course’ successfully at VHS Bhaktapur.
This newly developed CDN service (workshop) is mainly focused on recognized oneself, strength, values and interests as well as competency. The aim of this one day workshop ‘Career Crash Course’ was to test our new service, its functionality, reliability as well as to collect the feedback from participants to generate new ideas quickly for improvement in the proper way.
There were 12 people participating in the workshop including 3 supervisors. The Workshop was started through dividing groups, each group had three people. In the whole workshop, there were 4 sections that were Jobs and labor market sectors, Interest & value, Competence Assessments and Next Steps. The first part of the workshop analyzed the participants’ vastness towards labor market and minimum requirements for each job. In the second section, participants presented group poster presentation in one of the job sectors. In the presentation, each group presents different job sectors, positives and negatives side, possible employee, and its role in the development of the country. Similarly, in the Competence Assessments, there were 11 stations to analyze students’ competency. This section analyzes individuals’ methodological, technical, social and personal competence. In the last session, participants filled up their own values on the worksheet and interviewed another participant as well as recommended the jobs according to their competence assessments.
At the end of the workshop, participants filled up the feedback form as well as discussed in open feedback session. Participants expressed that through workshops they broadened their information about jobs available in Nepal, and were clear about their suitable profession according to own
competence skills and values. Similarly, for the further improvements participants suggested splitting into different parts and conducting them in different days with more supervisors would be more effective and convenient. Likewise, if there were some inspirational career related videos and story would be more enthralling, recommended by one of the participants. So, all your feedback and recommendation would be backing for CDN to develop this workshop more youth centered.
This program was hosted and directed by CDN technical director Inge Patsch and CDN Career Counselor Mr. Hari Krishna Dahal as well as CDN Chief Administrative Officer Suresh Kasula. The program started at 9.00am and ended at 6.00 pm. Overall workshop was filled with enthusiasm and participatory approach.
[:] Nepal’s first holistic social organization, Career Disha Nepal created a new flyer.The new flyer is designed with the reference to the first one but additionally has more content and precise information and lovely designed.
In the second version, we have added new associated partners, the context in which we work, social business, values we believe in, start up help and CDN’s services in details.
Here is our New Flyer, that addresses to parents, Educators, youth and our supporters. we are always open for your valuable suggestion and feedback.
Career Disha Nepal participated in the Web Summit, 2016 at Lisbon, Portugal. The world’s largest technology conference that lasted for five days. Technological CEOs, founders, startups, investors and political leaders, all together more than fifty thousand attendees from more than 150 countries, came together in Lisbon for the Web Summit. There were 600 speakers, from different professional areas such as Computer and Information Technology, Design, Music, Sports, Society, Machine, Startup University, Security, Marketing, just to name a few.
There were several booths, presentations and speakers all related to technology. Career Disha Nepal also attended the conferences as one of the IT related organization, and displayed CDN services through the booth. CDN got a chance to tell about the organization and its services through media as well.
We hope the five days conference was fruitful for Career Disha Nepal in a long run. Representative from Career Disha Nepal, project team members, Mr. Saroj Bastola (CEO & Founder), Mrs. Ingeborg Patsch (Technical Director),Hari Krishna Dahal (Founder & Psychological Analyst),and Patrick Menke(Website Developer) From German, got the opportunity to introduce our services internationally and this Web Summit also opened the door for possible international donors and partner organizations.
Technical Directer Mrs. Ingeborg Patsch informing about Career Disha Nepal Services through media.
[:ne]वि.स. २०७३ सालको शुभ-दिपावली, छठ, तथा नेपाल सम्बत् ११३७ को पावन अवसरमा सम्पूर्ण नेपाली जनताहरुमा सुख, शान्ति, समृद्धि, सुस्वास्थ्य, दिर्घायु तथा प्रगतिको हार्दिक मंगलमय शुभ-कामना व्यक्त गर्दछौ ! -‘करियर दिशा नेपाल’ परिवार
In the auspicious occasion of Vijaya Dashami 2073, we are wishing all Nepali – those directly and indirectly involve in supporting Career Disha Nepal from the start, benevolent individuals, youth, parents, educators and the all stakeholders for their pleasant health, peaceful, long life and prosperity.
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हामीलाई सुरुवात देखि प्रत्यक्ष वा अप्रत्यक्ष रुपमा सहयोग गर्दै आउनुभएका सम्पूर्ण सहयोगी, अनुयायी, शुभचिन्तक, युवा, अभिभावक, शिक्षाविद्, साझेदारहरु तथा नेपाली जनताहरुमा शुभ विजय दशमी २०७३ सालको सुखद उपलक्ष्यमा सुख, शान्ति, समृद्धि, सुस्वास्थ्य, दिर्घायु तथा प्रगतिको हार्दिक मंगलमय शुभ-कामना व्यक्त गर्दछौ |
करियर दिशा नेपाल परिवार
[:]From the 29th of August to 2nd of September 2016, Labour Market Information and Employment Services (LIfE) Project conducted 5 days Capacity Development Training: Counseling and Employer Services (CDT-CES) program with the support of International Labor Organization (ILO), Korean International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) and Ministry of Labor and Employment (MLE) held at the Hotel View Bhrikuti, Godabari, Lalitpur.
Counselor Mr. Hari Krishna Dahal took part in these 5 days CDT-CES program representing Career Disha Nepal. Similarly, the member and employer of LIfE and other counseling related organization also participated.
In this training program, there were discussion about different type of counseling methods, employment and career counseling, necessary tools and technology of career counseling, and the process of career counseling. Similarly, the required information that the employer needs to give his/her employee was discussed as well.
According to CDN representative Mr. Dahal, the program was beneficial for CDN in making effective career counseling. In addition, CDN got the opportunity to introduce its services to different government and non-government organizations, associate with them as well as ask them for CDN partnership.
[:ne]अन्तराष्ट्रिय श्रम संगठन (ILO), कोरियाली अन्तराष्ट्रिय सहयोगी एजेन्सी (KOICA) र नेपाल श्रम तथा रोजगार मन्त्रालय (MLE)को सहयोगमा श्रम बजार सुचना तथा रोजगारी सेवा (LIfE) परियोजनाले मिति २०७३ साल भाद्र १३ देखि १७ सम्मको ५ दिने प्रशिक्षण कार्यक्रम होटेल भिउ भृकुटी गोदावरी, ललितपुरमा सु - सम्पन्न गरेको थियो |
लाइफले गरेको ‘क्षमता विकाश तालिम: परामर्शकर्ता र रोजगारदाताको सेवाको लागि’ (सि.डी.टि-सि.ई.एस) कार्यक्रममा करियर दिशा नेपाल (सि.डी.एन) को तर्फबाट परमर्शकर्ता हरि कृष्ण दहाल सहभागि हुनुभएको थियो | त्यस्तै गरेर सो सि.डी.आइ-सि.ई.एस कार्यक्रममा लाइफका कर्मचारीहरु तथा रोजगारदाताहरु, साथसाथै करियर परामर्श संग सम्बन्धित अन्य संघ संस्थाहरुका प्रतिनिधिहरुको पनि उपस्थिति रहेको थियो |
उक्त प्रशिक्षण कार्यक्रममा, विभिन्न परामर्श विधिहरु, करियर परामर्श, व्यवसायीक परामर्श, रोजगारी परामर्श, परामर्श गर्नलाई आवश्यक पर्ने विधि र प्रविधि को बारेमा त्यस्तै श्रमदाताहरुले श्रमकर्मीहरुलाई दीनुपर्ने जानकारीहरुको बारेमा छलफल गरिएको थियो |
करियर परामर्शलाई अझै प्रभावशाली बनाउनको लागि सो कार्यक्रम उपलब्धि मुलक रहेको सि.डी.एन का प्रतिनिधि परामर्शदाता दहालको भनाइ छ | उहाको अनुसार परामर्शको बारेमा मात्र विस्तृतरुपमा जानकारी नभएर, सि.डी.एन लाई विभिन्न सरकारी तथा गैरसरकारी संघ संस्थाहरुसंग चिनाउन, उनीहरूसँग प्रगाढ सम्बन्धको स्थापना गर्ने अवसर पाएको र सम्बन्धित निकायहरुलाई सि.डी.एन संग सहकार्यको लागि पहल गरेको थियो |
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On the 9th of August 2016, Career Disha Nepal conducted Individual Career Counseling led by CDN's career counsellor Mr. Hari Krishna Dahal. Individual Career Counseling is one of the services among (Online Assessment, Individual Career Coaching, Job & educational Database, and My Future Pro) CDN is providing.
Yet most of the students after 10th grade are confused on which career path to go. What would be their further way of studies or what are their options if their SLC result does not allow them to go for higher studies. Yet, until the establishment of Career Disha Nepal, there has been no holistic and broad scale career coaching available to guide all these young people towards a prosperous future.
Individual career coaching is meant to reflect on the results from the online assessment together with a trained counselor. You will get overall information about his/her personality profile, clear information about job sectors, required qualification and job market. The aim of this session is to make the young person understand which professions would be suitable for them
Based on their personality, what is realistic in terms of the labour market and draft a rough way towards the educational pathway which can lead to the desired dream job.
[:]VHS Bhaktapur, Community Learning Center, runs Bhaktapur Friday Talk to engage with experienced professions and introduce youth about both current problems and simultaneously discuss new ideas. Till date, 3 major challenges have been addressed: Gender inequality, Millennium Development Goals’ success and Education.
On the 5th of August 2016, two guest speakers gave the presentation on the topic Quality Education. One of the speakers is a renowned writer and educator Mr. Harihar Timilsina and the other speaker was Career Disha Nepal’s Mr. Sagar Ghimire. They both expanded on the hardship of achieving quality education for all and gave few solutions where education as a whole can be understood better for Nepal.
The 1st presenter Mr. Timilsina started his talk by questioning what quality education was. 
He further emphasized that our society has various presumptions about quality education. We, according to him, tend to believe that being fluent in speaking and writing skills (for example) is ‘Quality Education’. He also claimed that the western QUALITY EDUCATION (for Nepalese) has resulted in creation of inhuman, exploitative, self-centered and destructive manpower. Nepalese education system is to a high extend a replica of American educational system. Mr Timilsina then questioned what can be called quality education when even the developed countries have failed in achieving it.
According to the next speaker, Mr. Ghimire, most students fail both in creating enthusiasm and excitement in learning because the current system does not resonate with their learning pattern. According to him, this creates a multiplier effect which in the end results in a mass number of unemployed youth, failing students, and dispassionate workforce.
Through an example he explained how our education system is certificate oriented, and the society tend to limit the potential by grouping them according to their prowess in examination grade.
According to Mr Ghimire, education system needs to be seen more holistically. We too need to learn that education goes more than formal education -- informal and new approach 
non-formal (More Open Online Course) that is hierarchically structured chronologically graded general education system, training institution and online education system respectively. He repeatedly questioned the audience about the means of education, career choices, and information
To develop a quality education, Mr Timilsina adds the terms “soft skill” and “kaizen”. Soft skill describe those personal attributes that indicate a high level of emotional intelligence and the Sino-Japanese word “kaizen” means change for better and every day improvement. If those aspects are integrated in either education or day-to-day lives, we will receive unprecedented amount of development.
At last he showed inspirational picture black dot in the big white space i.e. we are roaming around small problem which make individual unconfident and are able to recognize opportunities around us. He concluded his speech that quality education cannot be universal, it depends upon county: its culture, existing traditions and development level.
Both the talks could be concluded at we can’t change our education system to quality education overnight. So, take time to look thoroughly to find the root cause of failing education system and find the way to enhance education. We can find a way to make the current educational system more individual (to work for us) by choosing appropriate education in various combination.
