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“Digital CommanDEOR” aims to raise the professionalization of youth work at global level by supporting youth organizations to improve the dissemination and exploitation of project results (DEOR) methods they use, build up their online identity in order to be more accessible for their target groups, better promote their projects and foster cooperation and exchanges between Programme and Partner countries involved. The project develops structured actions towards increasing professionalization of the youth workers and providing youth organizations with practical instruments for increasing quality of DEOR methods. To achieve this, the project foresees three different youth workers’ mobility activities, number of local activities and elaboration of an Open Educational Resource and manual on DEOR that would allow fellow organizations also building capacity in the field of their external communication strategies and continuing exchange of best practices among peers.

Career Disha Nepal was blessed to get in the training program. We were able to observe and see the progressive ideas, their practices and outreach from several youths from 8 different countries. CDN gained satisfactory enlightenment on several aspects of marketing, communication and the entrepreneurial enthusiasms. Peer and groups works flourished the outcome during the training program with inspirational feelings for our future activities in CDN.

Right after the training, the enthusiastic Nepali team held their first digital marketing and development training to their internal team. The method of group work, innovative training method with gamification created several plans for marketing activities that lead the training as a huge success. CDN saw this as an opportunity to explore their new found techniques and experience in the real life. With the expertise of CDN in the field of education and career counseling fuelled by the excitement from Portugal, we were able to organize, hold and finally create 10 career helpers from 5 major organizations. These career helpers are Nepal’s only trained helpers who will be the first person for the confused youths to go to for reliable and effective information for both career and education. The helpers too are equipped with skills for holding workshops and assessment to help any confused youth find their way into an education that fits them.

Career Disha Nepal participated in the International Training Course from 11-18 March 2018 in Vila Nova de Cerveira, Portugal together with VHS Bhaktapur hosted by Geoclub-Associação Juvenil – Rua da Boavista, s/n, 4435-354 Rio Tinto, Portugal. This training was organized under ERASMUS+ framework of the Capacity Building in the Field of Youth project "Digital CommanDEOR". The project is funded by the Education, Audiovisual and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA) (https://eacea.ec.europa.eu/homepage_en). Applicant organization of this project is Association for European Cooperation, Development and Communication – Heimeulenstraat 49, 2328 Hoogstraten, Belgium and VHS Bhaktapur; mother organization of Career Disha Nepal is partner organization in the project "Digital CommanDEOR". Career Disha Nepal is thankful to VHS Bhaktapur in creating the opportunity for CDN team to get involved in the project.

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“Digital CommanDEOR” aims to raise the professionalization of youth work at global level by supporting youth organizations to improve the dissemination and exploitation of project results (DEOR) methods they use, build up their online identity in order to be more accessible for their target groups, better promote their projects and foster cooperation and exchanges between Programme and Partner countries involved. The project develops structured actions towards increasing professionalization of the youth workers and providing youth organizations with practical instruments for increasing quality of DEOR methods. To achieve this, the project foresees three different youth workers’ mobility activities, number of local activities and elaboration of an Open Educational Resource and manual on DEOR that would allow fellow organizations also building capacity in the field of their external communication strategies and continuing exchange of best practices among peers.

Career Disha Nepal was blessed to get in the training program. We were able to observe and see the progressive ideas, their practices and outreach from several youths from 8 different countries. CDN gained satisfactory enlightenment on several aspects of marketing, communication and the entrepreneurial enthusiasms. Peer and groups works flourished the outcome during the training program with inspirational feelings for our future activities in CDN.

Right after the training, the enthusiastic Nepali team held their first digital marketing and development training to their internal team. The method of group work, innovative training method with gamification created several plans for marketing activities that lead the training as a huge success. CDN saw this as an opportunity to explore their new found techniques and experience in the real life. With the expertise of CDN in the field of education and career counseling fuelled by the excitement from Portugal, we were able to organize, hold and finally create 10 career helpers from 5 major organizations. These career helpers are Nepal’s only trained helpers who will be the first person for the confused youths to go to for reliable and effective information for both career and education. The helpers too are equipped with skills for holding workshops and assessment to help any confused youth find their way into an education that fits them.

Career Disha Nepal participated in the International Training Course from 11-18 March 2018 in Vila Nova de Cerveira, Portugal together with VHS Bhaktapur hosted by Geoclub-Associação Juvenil – Rua da Boavista, s/n, 4435-354 Rio Tinto, Portugal. This training was organized under ERASMUS+ framework of the Capacity Building in the Field of Youth project “Digital CommanDEOR”. The project is funded by the Education, Audiovisual and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA) (https://eacea.ec.europa.eu/homepage_en). Applicant organization of this project is Association for European Cooperation, Development and Communication – Heimeulenstraat 49, 2328 Hoogstraten, Belgium and VHS Bhaktapur; mother organization of Career Disha Nepal is partner organization in the project “Digital CommanDEOR”. Career Disha Nepal is thankful to VHS Bhaktapur in creating the opportunity for CDN team to get involved in the project

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We surveyed 20 youth residing in Bhaktapur to know that Level of clarity for youths’ on career and education. Among them, 73.33 percent of sample respondent responded that they know nothing, very confused, some form of clarity, comfortable clarity while 26.67 percentages of youth responded that they were crystal clear about their career.  According to the survey, we understood that the majority were somehow confused about their education. But the most shocking finding was that the half of the respondents who said that they were crystal clear about their career informed us the wrong education for their selected careers.

According to the Government of Nepal, each year approximately 4 lakhs youths enter the labour market. The question arises, how many of them know enough information about the Education and labour market of Nepal to take informative choices for their future?

Here is a good news for those who recently entered into the labour market, who are still confused about their education and career and who need more info for their selected career choices.  Our informative job and education database could be helpful for you to develop your career from the scratch!

How can CDN’s job and education database be helpful for you?

Job and education database provides all needed information about specific jobs that are available in Nepali labour market. This informative database helps you to answer the dozen of questions related to job and education of Nepal, like

[fruitful_tabs type="accordion" width="100%" fit="false"] [fruitful_tab title="1. Will I know about the available job and education in Nepal?"] Definitely, before entering the labour market, one should know the available option where one can choose the suitable career according to the individuals interest, personalities and values. You might be surprised to know that, in Nepal, there are more than 320 jobs one can do. You might find so many jobs that you have never known before. Maybe your dream job is hidden somewhere in the list. [/fruitful_tab][fruitful_tab title="2. Will I know the job demand for the specific career in CDN Job and education database?"] Yes, this is a wonderful feature of the job and education database. You will not only see the required skills, education, personality but you can easily see the respective job perspective for today and future as well. You can see the job demand in the labor market of your choice. How cool is that! :D. [/fruitful_tab] [fruitful_tab title="3. Will I know the required skills and responsibilities for the specific jobs?"] Yes! From this database, you will know the specific job’s skills and responsibilities. From this feature, you can match your existing skills for specific jobs and Go For IT! [/fruitful_tab] [fruitful_tab title="4. Will I know the possible employer for the specific career?"] Sure! Most of us are unknown about the job providers. But, now you can see the possible employer for the specific career. However, specific companies and organization information is not available. We are working towards that too! [/fruitful_tab] [fruitful_tab title="5. Will I get the job after visiting CDN job and education database?"] No!

The job and education database helps you to pick the right education for your chosen career according to your abilities, skills, personality, and family economic background.[/fruitful_tab] [fruitful_tab title="6. Will I know the education pathway for the chosen career?"] Of course, in job and education database it is clearly mentioned the related education for the chosen career. You will know which education is required for the chosen career and more. Most of the youth tend to choose the wrong education knowingly and unknowingly for their career. But the CDN job and education database will help you to choose the right education for the chosen career. Along with academic options, more than 80% of the jobs have a secondary option too. [/fruitful_tab] [fruitful_tab title="7. Will I know the educational institute for the specific career?"] Yes! This is one of the exciting features of CDN job and education database. Think once, how many college and university have you visited physically to know the detail information about your education? Hardly 3 or 4! Right! But here you go, CDN job and education database, you can select the district wise available colleges and universities for your chosen subject. From this educational portal, you can find detailed information about your chosen subject provider college and university. Along with it, you will know the fee structure, scholarship opportunities, and all the essential information that is required to be admitted into the respected college and university. [/fruitful_tab] [fruitful_tab title="8. I am not good at academic study. How will the database help me?"] Not all careers need academic proficiency! Obviously, there are myriad of jobs which you can get through training provided by the different institutions. Through training, you will reach your career in a short period of time, as training usually take shorter than the academic degree. Also, you will know the institutions which provide training in related field/sector, according to your location! [/fruitful_tab] [fruitful_tab title="9. Is my chance of getting scholarship more if I check the database?"] Yes! After visiting the job and education database, you will see the scholarship opportunities provided by all colleges and universities. If you apply for more college and university for the scholarship your chances of selecting would be high. [/fruitful_tab] [fruitful_tab title="10.Can CDN job and education database help me with my application process?"] No! Job and education database will guide you to know jobs context in detail but not the application process. Sorry! [/fruitful_tab] [fruitful_tab title="11.How accurate is the database?"] We updated the information according to the interview with college and university belonging, jobs expert and by doing online and offline research every 6 months. So surf with caution. We do put the institute’s phone number, so you can confirm with them. [/fruitful_tab] [/fruitful_tabs]

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Are you really struggling with how to start and what to write in the cover letter and maybe don’t know why should you write one. This article will help you to write a concise and clear cover letter to boost your chances to be selected in job application which would give you chance to get to an interview!

A cover letter is a single-page document you send with your CV (Curriculum Vitae). However, Cover letter is different from a CV. In a CV you have to include the overview of your academic qualification, skills and experiences you have gained till now. But in the Cover letter, you have to write specific and relevant skills and experience to relative to the given position.

In the cover letter, you must state clearly the position you are applying for and explain why your profile matches the position. To put it simply, it must answer the question ‘’Why you?’’. Sometimes, we cannot express ourselves through a CV. That’s why the cover letter is a great chance to express yourselves to illustrate your matching for the given position. Always keep in mind that a great cover letter is like a secret weapon for catching employer’s attention.

[fruitful_tabs type="accordion" width="100%" fit="false"] [fruitful_tab title=" 1. Research First "] Before you start writing the cover letter research thoroughly about the respective company and respective vacant position.

Take some time to look into the role you are applying for and the company – and use this information to tailor your cover letter accordingly.

Here are a few key things you should find out before you start writing:

• What does the company do?
• Who are their competitors?
• Who are their target audience?
• What does the role involve?
• What are the essential skills?

Once you’ve found answers to these questions, you’ll be able to make it clear in your cover letter how your skills and abilities match up with what the employer is looking for. [/fruitful_tab] [fruitful_tab title="2. What should a cover letter include?"] Always keep in mind that, cover letter should be only one page long and well formatted. As your CV is supposed to be short and sweet, your cover letter is the perfect way to elaborate on your achievements in the respective job. Here are some essential things to include making great cover letter.

• Your personal details (e.g. name, address, phone number)
• The employer’s/ hiring person name (if you have it)
• Where you found the vacancy (through newspaper/online/somebody recommends )
• Why you’re suitable for the job (the reason why you are dying to work there)
• What you can do for the organization (what could be your contribution to uplift the organization)
• Closing statements (including thanking the recruiter for their time) [/fruitful_tab][fruitful_tab title="3. Writing the actual cover letter"] We already know the most essential things to write an incredible cover letter through the research. We have also pointed out what to include in the cover letter. Now you are already in the shape to write the incredible cover letter. Let’s start now to make one.

• Recommendation

In the first paragraph, state the job by authoritative where you found the information. Mention how you heard about the job – friend, employee, newsletter, advertisement, etc. If you are responding to an advertisement, you can mention it here.

• Find out the real reason, why you are the great fit for the role

Explain your qualifications for the job, your skills, talents, accomplishments and personality traits and show how the company will benefit from them. Consider using bullets to make these stands out. Indicate any related experience, educational background, or specialized training that might increase your employability.

• Show them your passion

Tell them why the organization, location, or the type of work appeals to you. Use strong words, for example love rather than like to show your passion how much you really want to work there. Show them how much you enjoy doing such things.

• End with request

The goal of a cover letter is to convince the person reading it to make the next move in the hiring process – with a phone call, interview. Request for an interview and provide your phone number and email address, or indicate when you will follow up. Mention the enclosed CV; give them a reason to read it in-depth. Request a time and a way for you to follow up. And, close the document by greets them. [/fruitful_tab] [/fruitful_tabs]

Finally your cover letter is ready.

 

Note to remember: do not send the email to employers by writing please find the attached CV and motivational letter for the vacant position without writing other text. If you do, your probability of getting the response from the employers would be decreased. Instead of doing this copy and paste your cover letter and enclose your attached CV and cover letter as well. 

Here are some websites which will help you to create your cover letter.

https://app.resumegenius.com/letter-v2/4002888

 https://www.livecareer.com/cover-letter-builder

https://smartcoverletter.com/

https://www.kickresume.com/cover-letters/

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CDN’s representative, COO, Hari Krishna Dahal participated in the Labour Market Information and employment Services (LIfE) Project’s Employment Service Center (ESC) Job Portal and Its Application launching program on August 24, 2018.

The Government of Nepal (GON) has taken important initiatives and established 14 Employment Service Centres (ESCs) under the Ministry of Labour, Employment and Social Security (MoLESS) through the Department of Labour and Occupational Safety (DoLOS) in FY 2065/66 BS (2008/9 AD), as an effort to meet the pressing need of providing quality employment services and labour market information to job seekers, enterprises and concerned labour market actors. Now, MoLESS has taken new initiatives to expand ESCs to 753 local government structures.

The KOICA funded ILO's Labour Market Information and Employment Services(LIfE) Project supported to improve the quality of employment services through strengthened the client orientation and capacity building of employment services centers and their officials; improving the collection and dissemination of labour market information and skill indicators; and knowledge sharing under the ILO South-South cooperation Framework.

In this regard, LIfE project has been developed ESC job portal (www.jobkhoj.gov.np) and its applications (apps) for android and ios platform. In the job portal and apps, there are three modules: Job Seekers, Employers and ESC. The key function of ESC job portal and apps are:

1. Job seekers can register to find jobs
2. Employers can register and post vacancies to find relevant job seekers
3. ESC can register both job seekers and employers and also facilitate to match the need of employers and job seekers

Special features of Job Portal and its Apps

1. The job seekers can see available jobs based on category, type, salary range, skills required, education required and location
2. The employers can see available job seekers based on category, gender, age group, skills, education and location
3. The system itself inform jobseeker regarding relevant jobs available(based on skill, education) through auto-generated email
4. The ESC job portal apps is easily available and accessible with wider coverage using mobile tools. It content is synchronized with the portal website and can be used with offline saving for selected modules to ESCs.

Special features for DoLOS and ESCs

1. The super administrator of DoLOS and administrator ESCs can have information of total employers, job seekers, employment opportunities and ESCs can facilitate job matching, provide counseling to both jobseeker and employers using job portal data management system
2. ESC can view the mapping of employers and search using filtering features
3. ESC can view list of posted job using filtering feature
4. ESC can generate reports using job category, posted date, fiscal year and others
5. ESC can view job seekers status and use filtering features
6. DoLOS and ESC can produce trend of employment opportunity and job seekers based on available job category, type, skills, qualification, district etc.

Job portal and its apps in Android and iOS can make changes within existing practices as well as shape of the future direction of matching jobseeker and employers' needs and expectations.

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CDN’s representative, COO, Hari Krishna Dahal participated in the Labour Market Information and employment Services (LIfE) Project’s Employment Service Center (ESC) Job Portal and Its Application launching program on August 24, 2018.

The Government of Nepal (GON) has taken important initiatives and established 14 Employment Service Centres (ESCs) under the Ministry of Labour, Employment and Social Security (MoLESS) through the Department of Labour and Occupational Safety (DoLOS) in FY 2065/66 BS (2008/9 AD), as an effort to meet the pressing need of providing quality employment services and labour market information to job seekers, enterprises and concerned labour market actors. Now, MoLESS has taken new initiatives to expand ESCs to 753 local government structures.

The KOICA funded ILO’s Labour Market Information and Employment Services(LIfE) Project supported to improve the quality of employment services through strengthened the client orientation and capacity building of employment services centers and their officials; improving the collection and dissemination of labour market information and skill indicators; and knowledge sharing under the ILO South-South cooperation Framework.

In this regard, LIfE project has been developed ESC job portal (www.jobkhoj.gov.np) and its applications (apps) for android and ios platform. In the job portal and apps, there are three modules: Job Seekers, Employers and ESC. The key function of ESC job portal and apps are:

1. Job seekers can register to find jobs
2. Employers can register and post vacancies to find relevant job seekers
3. ESC can register both job seekers and employers and also facilitate to match the need of employers and job seekers

Special features of Job Portal and its Apps

1. The job seekers can see available jobs based on category, type, salary range, skills required, education required and location
2. The employers can see available job seekers based on category, gender, age group, skills, education and location
3. The system itself inform jobseeker regarding relevant jobs available(based on skill, education) through auto-generated email
4. The ESC job portal apps is easily available and accessible with wider coverage using mobile tools. It content is synchronized with the portal website and can be used with offline saving for selected modules to ESCs.

Special features for DoLOS and ESCs

1. The super administrator of DoLOS and administrator ESCs can have information of total employers, job seekers, employment opportunities and ESCs can facilitate job matching, provide counseling to both jobseeker and employers using job portal data management system
2. ESC can view the mapping of employers and search using filtering features
3. ESC can view list of posted job using filtering feature
4. ESC can generate reports using job category, posted date, fiscal year and others
5. ESC can view job seekers status and use filtering features
6. DoLOS and ESC can produce trend of employment opportunity and job seekers based on available job category, type, skills, qualification, district etc.

Job portal and its apps in Android and iOS can make changes within existing practices as well as shape of the future direction of matching jobseeker and employers’ needs and expectations.

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This is one of the frequently asked questions In CDN. Considering the youth queries, here are some counseling ideas to narrow down your choices and pick the right fitting career in variety on the right time.

Definitely, having interest in so many careers is not a bad thing. You could be interested in Engineering, health or social worker sectors at the same time. You are not the only one that feels this. You have to be patient and spend some quality time on research. It might take a while but the result might be worthy of the time invested.

Here are 4 simple counseling guides that might help you to eliminate your confusion and pick the best fitting career in the job market.

[fruitful_tabs type="accordion" width="100%" fit="false"] [fruitful_tab title="1. Short - Listing the jobs and its details"] First of all, write down all the job options that interest you. If you want to expand your list, visit the different job and education websites, and ask your teacher.

From this method, you can see the entire available jobs that you can possibly pursue.

After having the bunch of career options list, now it’s time to research each jobs’ activities, requirement, advantages, disadvantages, challenges and so on.  Also, you can visit each job expert who may tell you all about respective jobs.[/fruitful_tab] [fruitful_tab title="2. Find your Interest"] The second step might motivate you to find what excites you most.

By visiting professionals, surfing on the internet you might get enough knowledge of listed jobs.  Knowing each job in detail means that you are better able to select the right career and eliminate the wrong path. After surfing, you might see each job more closely and able to separate into two section, interesting and uninteresting.

From this step, you may start to narrow down your list until there are only a few options left.[/fruitful_tab] [fruitful_tab title="3. Self-Reflect"]This is one of the strongest steps to find your answer. Ask yourself some question and write it down its answer at the same time. This will really help you to mind map your career and approach toward the best fitting career journey.  Here are some helpful open questions you may ask yourself. The question could be…

What job fascinates me the most? (For example, you may be fascinated by counseling jobs...)

What kind of working environment do I want to have? (For example, you may like to work together with colleagues)

In what sector I am good at? (For example, you may good at social-work sector)

What have I enjoyed studying the most? (For example, you may be enjoyed studying social-work)

What kind of lifestyle do I want? (For example, you may like communal lifestyle)

Match all answer with the listed career which also helps you to find the best fitting career. These can be life changing simple questions. [/fruitful_tab] [fruitful_tab title="4. Know your Personality"] Find out your personality and pick the career what you are rather then what you like.

Maybe you are looking for the job what looks exciting and trendy. But keep in mind, you are uniquely different from others you may not like the career which is popular. The best method is to find inside you, who you actually are, what is your personality, what are your values. And select the career where your personality, values, interest, and abilities match the most.  You can also take psychometric assessment online where you can find your personality and matching jobs. Sometimes you might know only some popular jobs, for instance, Doctor, Engineer, Manager and other. But there are hundreds of jobs which you might not yet have considered. Through the psychological tools, you may find something interesting that recognize your hidden interest which you may not have known at all.

Similarly, meeting the expert career counselor nearby is another final option to eliminate your confusion and select the right path. Career counselor not only helps you to know your personality, s/he helps you to design and plan your career life according to your personality, values, interest, abilities, and socio-economic status.[/fruitful_tab] [/fruitful_tabs]

This 4 counseling guidance might help you to change your life from confusion to a happy, exciting and satisfying career.

Try it!

If you are starting to think about your career, give some thoughts about the above list and not just only your grades or your friends' interests.

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We conducted 2 days “My Future Pro” workshop for 14 young students residing in Umbrella foundation Nepal on 4th and 5th July 2018.

The workshop started with the brief introduction between career counselor and students to make the whole workshop more interactive and exciting. In the first day, the career counselor conducted the career orientation and help students to understand what exactly career is and how one can pursue the right fitting career. And, My Interest sector of My Future Pro was started.

My Future Pro”, the self-reflective exercise book contains 3 major parts, My Interest, My ability, and My Values. The exercises are designed to evaluate own self through individual past and present background, hobbies, priority, and perception of each and every event of their life. And help them to find a suitable career option accordingly.

Through the “My Future Pro” workshop, students get detailed information about themselves as well as their friends. They recognize their own interests, their strengths, suitable job sectors, and leisure activities. Students were curious about their interested field and raised the different questions. And our career counselor thoroughly eliminates their career queries with the example. During the workshop, students presented the presentation, interviewed each other and share their opinion with their friends in the context of individual interest, values, and abilities linking with the different profession.

In the review session, students told that after the informative workshop, “My Future Pro” now they are crystal clear about their future career and better able to decide career considering individual interest, abilities, and values.

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Presently beautician has become one of the most chosen careers by girls and women in Nepal. Beautician is a competitive and highly skill-oriented career. The interested women are engaged in the field of the beauty parlor, making it one of the most flourishing women entrepreneur option, EVER. This can be seen in the valley where we will find some form of beauty parlor every 200 meters!

To know the beautician career in detail, we interviewed the professional with the experience of more than 10 years. DILASHA BELBASE, from Gatthaghar-Bhaktapur, has been working as a professional Beautician since 2005 A.D. Recently, she is running the ‘Professional Beauty Training Center’ in Gatthaghar. She is conducting a basic level as well as advanced level training in different shifts. Besides training, she is also providing the beauty services to the customer regarding hair styling, facials, hair straightening, threading and also selling beauty products.

Here is the interview that we took with her: What is a beautician according to you?

A beautician is a person whose job is giving people beauty treatments such as doing their nails, treating their skin, and putting on their make-up. They mainly work in the face of a customer and improve its appearance. Beautician plays a very important role to prepare you to be presentable for your specials occasions.

How did you start your career in beautician?

First of all, I took the basic beautician training and took the advanced level training in ITC (International Training Center). As I was a  very fast learner amongst many girls that too the training, I got an opportunity to work as a senior teacher in ITC  Koteshwor, Kathmandu. Simultaneously, I also took the training from ‘Habib Hair and Beauty. After that, I attended the training of ‘Ruby Rana’ which helped me to learn more in the field of the beauty parlor.

What are the main responsibilities of beautician?

The beautician has a lot of responsibilities for enhancing beauty in maintaining customer relationship. Here are the main responsibilities of beautician career.

1. Facial services
2. Hairstyle services
3. Nail services
4. Complete bridal makeup services

Along with the above tasks, a beautician has to keep in mind the following things: • Attend seminars and training for further development and to enhance one’s knowledge about beauty services • Maintain a cheerful and warm disposition in dealing with customers at all times. • Show the right values towards customers. • Always available to attend to the needs of customers. • Be updated with the latest trends in beauty services and technology. • Aim to satisfy every customer. • Maintain cleanliness and observe proper hygiene. • Prepares celebrities for their movies, serials or shows. • Advise customers about how to take good care of their appearance in everyday life.

What are the requirements to be a successful beautician amidst all the competition?

In order to be the successful beautician, an advanced training course is the most. One can take the advanced course after completing the basic one. Advance training is estimated for 6-7 months but sometime it may take even more than that estimation. It depends on interest and learning ability of the trainees. If the trainees want to be more specialized in the particular field, they can take the extra training sessions. Although the advance course is enough to be the competitive beautician and also regular practice is most essential.

Who offered the beautician training?

CTEVT and private institute offered the training.

What is the education requirement to be the beautician?

Beautician is all about art, interest, and dedication. There is no specific education required. However, some basic level of education is required as there are some theoretical parts too.

Is there is the free training course for beautician?

EVENT organizes the free course every year through CTEVT with an aim to help marginalized the people. This program is handled by CTEVT with the help of EDUCATION MINISTRY under Nepal Government. This training is conducted for 3 months providing all the materials and free lunch. After the completion of this training, the students have to give an exam. If they passed, they are provided with the certificate of Level 1.

How one can become the professional trainer in the field of beautician?

Level 1 and level 2 are two different examinations taken by CTEVT. One can take a level 2 examination only after 1 year of passing level 1. Practical questions given for level 2 examinations are comparatively very difficult than that of level 1. After passing that examination, they need to take TOT (Training of trainers). After that one can work as a professional beautician trainer.

How much does it cost to take training in a private institute?

Cost depends on the reputation of parlor and location. In average, a complete the basic training costs Rs (15,000 - 20,000) whereas advance training can cost approximately Rs (20,000 – 25,000).

What are the possible employers for beautician?

The beauty parlor is the major one to provide job opportunity to work as an assistant beautician. And also, salon, cosmetic shop and training center are the others. One can be self-employed, establish own parlor as well. Besides that, they can work as a make- up artist, skin specialist, and so on.

What is the beautician job demand in the market?

There is a high demand for beautician. If you are really interested in the field of beautifying and you have good skills, then go ahead, there is a very high chance of becoming a successful entrepreneur.

 

We would like to thank Mrs. Bilasa Belbase for managing her time and cooperating with us.

To know additional information about beautician as a career and specific education, click this link and stay updated. Whatever career you are going to pursue, be informed and above all make sure your personality and interest matches.

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Career counseling by Career Disha Nepal is offered by an expert career counselor to help youth to recognize their individual interests, values, and abilities by using different counseling tools and techniques. The different types of career counseling tools bring clarity to career-related goals, find the possible solution for education and career problems and point out the highest potential, and recommend suitable education and career to the youths accordingly.

Research shows that career counseling has led to individuals entering more suitable jobs, achieving greater job satisfaction and experiencing less job turnover than their counterparts who were not in the recipient of the career guidance.

In the modern era, the need for introducing career counseling to the students is very important to motivate the students toward the highest potential career choices. In Nepal, after SEE (School Education Examination) knowingly and unknowingly the chances of choosing the wrong career are greater than ever. Be it due to social pressure, misinformation or lack of reflection. Therefore, if students get a chance to have career counseling in the school level, they will have the choice to have an informed career…before it is too late.

We conducted the survey on 12 schools located at different places in Suryabinayak Municipality, Bhaktapur. The places include Ram Mandir, Aadarsh, and Kamal Binayak to know the perception and recognition of career counseling in school’s administration.

Recognition of the term and concept of career counseling in schools

Figure: 1 Study reveals that the term career counseling is completely new for more than 40 percent principals.

Career counseling is a new term in Nepal. Only a few top schools in Bhaktapur are using career counseling tools effectively.

How do the 58 percent of principal know the term career counseling?

Figure: 2. Most principals know Career Counseling through Social Media

Have the principals who know the term career counseling conducted some form of career counseling programs at their school?

No! The proper career counseling in school from career counseling expert is absent in all of the visited schools. Few of them informed us that they conduct some form of informative and advising counseling program at school. Such as motivation speech and student teacher career discussion program.

From 1-10, how do the principals rank the importance of career counseling in their schools?

 Figure:3. All the principals tend to believe that Career Counseling is utmost necessary

Career and educational choice of the students is important to the administration of the schools. 100% of the principals interviewed informed us that they know about their passed out students’ chosen career and education choice after SEE. According to them, the students most chosen career was management and science while only a few students choose the humanities and technical fields.

Figure 4: According the survey, most of the principal, 92%, felt the need of the career counseling for students.

Conclusion

Why is career counseling necessary in secondary school level?

It does not mean that only the confused students need the career counseling. Today, varieties of available career and education options and opportunity, which might be influenced students to pick up wrong education for the career. An Indian study shows that 1 in 3 students are unhappy with the course they picked. That is nearly half a million dissatisfied college students! Such figures only point to one clear truth - the importance of career guidance in schools.

The age group (14-18 years old) require career counseling the most. After grade 10 they need to decide the education for their career. A number of students pick specific subjects simply because their friends are opting for them while some decide according to their parents’ wishes. Only a few select subjects are based on their interests. Even this is usually chosen without knowing if their preferred subjects would lead them to their desired careers or not.

Career counselors believe that secondary schools are the platforms where students explore, experiment and enhance their life skills. It is during adolescence that they learn to communicate and interact with diverse groups, acquire problem-solving skills, polish their critical thinking abilities and recognize the importance of teamwork. Therefore, counselors suggest that secondary school students should be provided with appropriate career guidance in school level so that they can make informed decisions about their higher and professional studies.

Here are the few reasons that career counseling is important for students: 

• It helps the student understand their own strengths, interest, and values and lets them know what education and career they would be suited for.
• It helps students understand the career options that they fit in, and plan how to pursue them. It helps the students to build self-confident on their education and career decision. Subsequently, doing well in their chosen education field.
• It gives them a platform to voice their opinion about what they would like to pursue, as well as discuss the obstacles that they may be worried about. For example, with their parents.

Career counseling plays a vital role at crucial turning points in the lives of students. Students are seeking the good guidance and support in both their school and parents for their education and career. If the principal of the school understands the value of career counseling for students’ life and implements the necessary career counseling tools then the chances of the students reaching the career of their dream can be a possibility.

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