Month: December 2017

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The most effective and sought out CDN services, psychometric assessment’s result has seen a big update. From December 2017 onward, the Psychometric Assessment’s result will be more informative and filled with detailed information that will directly help any youth understand their career possibilities like never before. In the upgraded version, student will know recommended job’s market demand, available institutes, and minimum education requirement to have the respective career and much more at a glance. Along with that, there are numerous exciting features which will help youth find the highest potential in labor market which fits their personality, interest and passion.

What exactly is CDN Psychometric Assessment?

The CDN Psychometric Assessment is a tool used to find career options based on one’s interest and professional orientation, it’s also called interest-based test. We can use this assessment in various settings, and youths use it to test their individual personalities, professional interests, and vocational interests through the assessment. There are altogether four segments one has to give responses to according to their interest and how they react to a different situation(s). The system then analyses the filled information and illustrates their individual personality profile and matching jobs. Youth receive the individual profile, Psychometric Assessment result along with the matching jobs, and required educational information or training for each recommended professions. We are so excited to inform you that, the result has improved with more information and increased from 16 pages to 30 pages.

What are the recent changes in Psychometric Assessment result?

1. 50 % more information to before

By no means do we mean that the last result was less informative. Our 16 pages result was and still is the most concise and to-the-point youth targeted information Nepal had ever seen. Comparatively, the upgraded result has 50 percent more information. Student will receive more information regarding recommended jobs which will support them to know themselves more in-depth alongside give more push to take accurate action for their education as well as career option.

2. Golden opportunity to consult with career counselor- from anywhere in Nepal

This is an exciting feature for youth. They can now share their specific interests with career counselor through social media and phone call. Not only that, youth can now consult with career counselor regarding their financial status for the specific jobs. According to these comments along with the psychometric assessment, the professional career counselor can now better recommend the education and career options accordingly. Students can now receive the personal profile according to their personality as well as their socio-economic status! For example, if students’ personality matches for a career which can be attained only from an expensive course (like Doctor) and that they cannot afford it,  then they will receive other options that best fit their finances from the same sector. It has never been so easy to get career counseling in Nepal.

3. Multi-linguistic feature

. One can choose their preferred language while feeling the online assessment and students gets the results in the preferred language. Everything from our result menus to the personality types is now bilingual.

4. Easy access to print result without any delay

Nepal does not have the infrastructure for having the personal internet connection. Thus, we were unable to reach a lot of students online. Even if the students did the assessment online, it would be a onetime thing in a computer cyber somewhere, meaning no access to assessment result all the time. This new update has changed all that. Students can now print their personal result immediately on their own. Printed documents definitely are dearer to us than a webpage, right!.

This upgrade is regional-friendly. Youths from around Nepal who were not able to access career counseling can now have all the information about themselves and their career without physically appearing at our office in Bhaktapur. We believe this new change will see that we distribute the results of the assessment to the youth much more efficiently. We can’t wait to hear the feedback from our partners and students about these new changes.

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Career Disha Nepal ran “Brighten Nepali Youth’s Career” crowd funding campaign on Indiegogo. The aim of the campaign was to develop career counseling services in such a way that they are easily accessible to youths all over Nepal. The campaign lasted for 40 days from 31^st October and ended on the 10^th of December 2017.

Approximately, we were able to collect € 2885 by 26 generous backers in the main Indiegogo page. One of the highlights of the crowd fund was that along with helping youths all over Nepal in a long run, the supports too would directly help at least 1 youth as their perk. Among the 26 backers, 14 claimed CDN basic package, 3 claimed slim package, 5 claimed Competence Assessment 2 supporters claimed 2 slim packaged for the whole class and one claimed teacher training and career workshop for the whole class. Directly as the form of perks, more than 65 young students between the ages 15-18 are going to receive some form of career counseling. Alongside this, 6 teachers from 3 different schools are going to receive CDN Career Helper Training to help their students in long run.

To directly implement the perks, we have already chosen perks recipients considering their needs in terms of career and educational urgency, and financial background. Some backers have chosen perk’s beneficiaries themselves and while for others backers we recommended the best recipients. Within the next 2-3 months, we shall be rewriting to our backers about those students who they directly impacted through holistic career counseling.

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In the counselling session, we have found that most of the youth have the interest to go to Germany for different purposes, study, visit and work. Considering all of them, we would like to give an overview of Germany which helps them to plan accordingly before they land.

Germany has 82 million inhabitants, 17 million of them have a migration background. According to the Federal Statistical Office of Germany, a total of 43.5 millions of people were employed in 2016. The unemployment rate by the end of 2016 was 5.8 %. The unemployment rate for employees under the age of 20 years was 3.7 %. Compared to other European countries (see European Commission's Eurostat website http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/web/main/home) the youth unemployment rate is the lowest in the EU. The biggest companies in Germany in 2015 include the vehicle manufacturers Volkswagen AG and Daimler AG, and the energy company Eon.

Germany Economy

Germany is listed as the largest economy in the European Union (EU) and the fourth largest national economy worldwide after the USA, China and Japan. Germany has a strong focus on exports and is ranked as the top listed country in terms of foreign trade, before China and US. The car industry, mechanical and plant engineering, chemical industry and medical technology are high selling sectors. More than 90 % of German companies are small or medium-sized, which contributes two-thirds of all jobs and more than half of Germany’s economic output. Innovation and investments in research and development make Germany a strong competitive economic power.

Living in Germany

Cost of living: broadly comparable to other countries in Western Europe. You’ll find useful information about life in Austria at Vienna Expats, as well as EURES - European Job Mobility Portal in its ‘living and working conditions’ section. https://ec.europa.eu/eures/main.jsp?acro=living&lang=en&parentId=0&countryId=AT

• Internet domain: .de
• Currency: Euro (€)
• The German social and health security system include five parts: sickness insurance, long-term care insurance, pension insurance, accident insurance and unemployment insurance.
• Health: In Germany, a health insurance is a legal requirement.
• Type of government: The Federal Republic of Germany is a federal parliamentary democracy.
• Religion: Roman Catholic (30 %), Evangelical Church in Germany (29 %), Muslim (almost 5 %), other (almost 3 %), without confession (33 %)
• Average living costs: Accommodation is the major part of your monthly expenses. Rent prices vary from region to region. Rents in cities are higher such as Munich, Cologne, Stuttgart, Hamburg and Düsseldorf. In the eastern federal states and in some rural areas the expenses for accommodation are cheaper. Compared to other EU states costs for food are slightly cheaper, but costs for local public transport, electricity and going out are high. But prices vary depending on the area where you live.

General Education in Germany

State schools are free of charge in Germany. Parents have to pay for schoolbooks, additional teaching material and class excursions and trips.Primary school (Grundschule) starts with the age of six and takes 4 years. After Grundschule have to choose between Hauptschule (secondary lower school, grades 5-9), Realschule (intermediate school, grades 5-10) or Gymnasium (grammar school) depending on the grades and the abilities of the student. Gymnasium ends with the diploma called Abitur (advanced certificate of education), which is given at the end of Year 12 or 13 and gives a right of access to college and university-level courses.

The Gesamtschule(comprehensive school) is a special form of school, which offers several types of school under one roof from Year 5. Gesamtschule is only found in some of the states. It takes the place of both the Hauptschule and Realschule.Initial vocation training starts at the end of compulsory schooling from the age of 15. It combines part-time academic study and apprenticeship in businesses which offer training within the ‘dual system’. Training takes between two and three and a half years. The apprenticeship program leads to a certificate in a particular field of work. Young people can choose from among around 340 recognised apprenticeship trades.Every student in Germany has to complete at least nine years of education. A student dropping out of Gymnasium, for example, must enroll in a Realschule or Hauptschule until nine years have been completed. Students have to study at minimum one foreign language for at least five years. A second foreign language is required in Gymnasium.

Job opportunities in Germany

Germany requires skilled workers in a number of industries. Most of the demanded professions are doctors, engineers, scientists, IT specialists and professions with vocational qualifications.

The Federal Employment Agency also listed demanded professions in Germany:

https://www3.arbeitsagentur.de/web/wcm/idc/groups/public/documents/webdatei/mdaw/mjc5/~edisp/l6019022dstbai777367.pdf

What is it like working in Germany?

Average working hours:  the working week varies between 38 and 40 hours, normally working hours should not exceed 8 hours per day. However, in some sectors or job positions overtime is common.

Holidays: employees are entitled to 24 working days per year.

Tax rates: If you are liable for tax in Germany, your employer will deduct the tax and contributions from your monthly salary and pay them directly to the State. The rate of taxation depends on how much you earn and other circumstances.

More information can be found here:

EURES – The European Job Mobility Portal (here you will find very useful information about the labour market, living and working conditions, job vacancies, etc.) https://ec.europa.eu/eures/main.jsp?countryId=AT&acro=lw&lang=en&parentId=0&catId=0&regionIdForAdvisor=&regionIdForSE=&regionString=AT0|%20:

Federal Employment Agency https://www.arbeitsagentur.de/en

List of the Federal Employment Agency of demanded skilled workers -

https://www3.arbeitsagentur.de/web/wcm/idc/groups/public/documents/webdatei/mdaw/mtm5/~edisp/l6019022dstbai777367.pdf?_ba.sid=L6019022DSTBAI777372

Information for job and apprenticeship seekers: http://jobboerse.arbeitsagentur.de/vamJB/startseite.html?kgr=as&aa=1&m=1&vorschlagsfunktionaktiv=true

Federal Ministry of Finance http://www.bundesfinanzministerium.de/Web/EN/Home/home.html

Migration Support Centerhttp://www.make-it-in-germany.com/en

Federal Statistical Office (Destatis)

https://www.destatis.de/EN/Homepage.html;jsessionid=78A3B1C67203D10F1141BAF1989728DB.cae1

Statistical office of the European Union - http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/web/main/home

Alumni Association https://www.alumniportal-deutschland.org/en/

List of Higher Education Institutions https://www.hochschulkompass.de/en.html

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