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To create responsible, sustainable and reflective youth workers capable to implement career counseling base to their organizations or independently, CDN conducted the 5 days career helper training which was started at 16^th   of April and end at 20^th  of April 2018. The 5 day training program was focused at using various career counseling tools to explore youth potential. Through this training, the trainees were certified Career Helpers, who are able to:

1. Use career counseling tools to understand youths personality, professional orientation, interest
2. Provide accurate information regarding career options and education using Job and Educational Database
3. Hold and coordinate labour market workshops and career orientation
4. Recognize what counseling is and what is it NOT

The 5 days interactive program was run by Career Disha Nepal.

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To create responsible, sustainable and reflective youth workers capable to implement career counseling base to their organizations or independently, CDN conducted the 5 days career helper training from 16^th  of April to 20^th  of April 2018. The 5 day training program was focused at using various career counseling tools to explore youth potential. Through this training, the trainees were certified Career Helpers, who are able to:

1. Use career counseling tools to understand youth's personality, professional orientation and interest.
2. Provide accurate information regarding career options and education using Job and Educational Database.
3. Hold and co-ordinate labour market workshops and career orientation workshop.
4. Recognize what counseling is and what it is NOT.

The 5 days interactive program was run by Career Disha Nepal.

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We conducted parents’ orientation, Labour Market workshop, Psychometric Assessment, and Individual Career Counseling for 18 students of Children Home, Tathali.

In the first day, we discussed with parents of ‘Children Home’. The aim of the parents’ orientation was to help the parents to help children to orient educational choices they can have according to their interest, abilities, and values.

In the same day, we conducted Labour Market workshop to the young students. Students were really excited to know about the vastness of Nepali job market. The workshop started with ice-breaker game to be familiar with the students. At the same time, we divided the students into different groups where they discussed about the different job sectors in Nepal.

From the fun learning workshop’s session, students got to know about the available jobs, employers, ideal qualities, and respective job activities for 20 sectors. In the first day, there were 3 facilitators to eliminate the career queries of the youths.

In the second day, the students took Psychometric Assessment which is one of the career counseling tools, used to find career options based on individual personality, professional and vocational orientation along with interest in tasks. The last day, we distributed counselor recommended Psychometric Assessment results along with individual career counseling where the youths were able to personally talk to the career counselor to understand their personality in detail as well as list out the career and education options for future.

These 3 days program helped youth to know about themselves better and the career option they can follow.

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We conducted parents’ orientation, Labour Market workshop, Psychometric Assessment, and Individual Career Counseling for 18 students of Children Home, Tathali.

In the first day, we discussed with parents of ‘Children Home’. The aim of the parents’ orientation was to help the parents to help children to orient educational choices they can have according to their interest, abilities, and values.

In the same day, we conducted Labour Market workshop to the young students. Students were really excited to know about the vastness of Nepali job market. The workshop started with ice-breaker game to be familiar with the students. At the same time, we divided the students into different groups where they discussed about the different job sectors in Nepal.

From the fun learning workshop’s session, students got to know about the available jobs, employers, ideal qualities, and respective job activities for 20 sectors. In the first day, there were 3 facilitators to eliminate the career queries of the youths.

In the second day, the students took Psychometric Assessment which is one of the career counseling tools, used to find career options based on individual personality, professional and vocational orientation along with interest in tasks. The last day, we distributed counselor recommended Psychometric Assessment results along with individual career counseling where the youths were able to personally talk to the career counselor to understand their personality in detail as well as list out the career and education options for future.

These 3 days program helped youth to know about themselves better and the career option they can follow.

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We conducted “Career Orientation Program” for students who have recently completed SEE at Creative Secondary School, Bhaktapur. The aim of the Career orientation program was

• To inform students the importance of having certain career destinations
• To help students to know individual interest, strength and values
• To inform students the interlink between respective career and education

In the interactive orientation, we discussed various examples to clarify how chosen education is going to be important to make individual life happy, successful and satisfied simultaneously.

In the orientation, we found students to be curious about their possible career options and they questioned on the respective topics too. 16 students joined this orientation program to deepen their knowledge on certain education selection before jumping to them.

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We conducted “Career Orientation Program” for students who have recently completed SEE at Creative Secondary School, Bhaktapur. The aim of the Career orientation program was

• To inform students the importance of having certain career destinations
• To help students to know individual interest, strength and values
• To inform students the interlink between respective career and education

In the interactive orientation, we discussed various examples to clarify how chosen education is going to be important to make individual life happy, successful and satisfied simultaneously.

In the orientation, we found students to be curious about their possible career options and they questioned on the respective topics too. 16 students joined this orientation program to deepen their knowledge on certain education selection before jumping to them.

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If you chose to continue reading this article due to the title, you are most probably EITHER already working with social media to advertise and be heard in the social media OR you want to dip your finger in the social media and want to know what works.

Here is our list of 8 things to do NOW to BETTER reach your audience digitally. You can find more things if you look around, but we believe that if you cover these 8 points, you are ready to roll.

[fruitful_tabs type="accordion" width="100%" fit="false"] [fruitful_tab title="1.Recognize your target"] You can try to sell a luxury car to a 6 year old, but the sales might not reach your objective. You knew that, but unconsciously you might be blind about it. Recognizing your target audience is a step forward for letting them know what you have to offer to them.

Use tools provided by social media to find what your target like, how old they are, where they live, and more. You can start by creating an avatar of your audience and recognizing them will invariably change the way you interact with them. [/fruitful_tab] [fruitful_tab title=" 2. Personalize your content according to your audience"] A deep philosophical book might not be the right birthday gift to your 6 year old niece. You might have a lot of thoughts that went into the gift, but it will not be as appreciated. Believe me, I have tried!

Listen, youths love watching videos (not all, but most). Maybe there is a way to make that old boring text into a video. If not, make it into a digestible image. Observe how your audience receive your posts; if they seem to like videos, make more of that. No need to compromise the content, but the personalizing it is a start. [/fruitful_tab] [fruitful_tab title="3. Use the right tone and language"] So ya’ll, da nxt one’s abt how 2 use lang and tone 4 gettin’ attention. 😛

Maybe many of you just found the above text visually unappealing, but if you are chatting with the hip kids, this is how you might receive their replies. So, you’ve got to find the common ground too. Do stick with your personality, but understand that language and the tone sets a lot of posts apart. [/fruitful_tab] [fruitful_tab title="4. Stay focused, Stay Simple"] You can unconsciously be making complex contexts and making multiple focuses to your posts. You could be without any notice be moving from this idea to the recent policies made by the government of Nepal about the pollution and how the president of USA just called Haiti a sh*thole.

Having one idea at a time and precisely sticking to it makes the reader more comfortable. If the reader is interested in your post, but finds it complex and does not know what to do next with the information, you have failed.[/fruitful_tab] [fruitful_tab title="5.Use humour wherever possible!"] Just do! Use a stock cute cat image to your super serious topic. See what that does at your own risk. [/fruitful_tab] [fruitful_tab title="6.Think about the FORMAT of your content"] I think you would enjoy this article if it had a lovely background music and all you had to do was to watch the different points shown through a video. But, it isn’t. It would have been better!

Reflect about what content would best work with which format. Formats like video, images, music, slides, interviews, long articles, short texts etc. should be used with care. However, note that the format should complement the content, not overpower it. [/fruitful_tab] [fruitful_tab title="7.Time and Frequency"] Just like loadshedding in Nepal, time and frequency also affects your audiences.

Fixing a regular time also helps. If your audience is 21 year old college students, better not post during the college hours.

Evidently, a Facebook post is alive for less than 2 hours. So, if you only post once a month, realistically your audience will not be waiting for your single post.[/fruitful_tab] [fruitful_tab title="8.Quality Content "] Even though this point is in the end, this is the most important point of them all. Regardless of how you want to portray your content, the quality of the content or the message is central.[/fruitful_tab] [/fruitful_tabs]

We are sure that you have used few of the above 8 already. Try getting them all, and maybe you will see some changes. Maybe, the likes will turn into loves![:]

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On 23rd March 2018, we have run the discussion session at CDN on the topic of social media dissemination and plan. The aim of the discussion forum was to inform CDN and VHS members the facebook plan and structure that CDN is using. And, to find out new effective ways to reach more target groups in short period of time.

In the participatory program, some CDN volunteers are excited to involve themselves on fun video making content, on the other hand, some others are interested in infographics where there were 12 participants including 2 VHS members and CDN team.

At the end of the ideas exchange program, each participant knows the CDN structural plan on social media, and know individual responsibilities on respective fields.

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On the 7th of March 2018, CDN conducted the career orientation workshop to 40 students of Bachelor Level studying ‘Social work’ at Khwopa College, Bhaktapur. CDN career counselor Hari Krishna Dahal with the help of CDN Content writer Shrijana KC and Khwopa teachers facilitated the workshop.

The aim of this interactive workshop was to inform students the importance of career counseling: to have a suitable and successful career based on inborn abilities, interest, and values. On the other hand, the aim of the workshop was to inform students the benefits of CDN Psychometric Assessment to have an informed career and process of using CDN job and education database.

At the end of the interactive workshop student knows the process to take career information from CDN online portal job and education database, the available job in Nepal, required education and abilities, job context and process to be the respective job.

The two hours interactive program started with the career-related video where each participant knows the career possibilities.

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The fashion designer is the form of art and creativity dedicated to designing clothes, shoes and other lifestyle accessories.

To be a fashion designer, you should have an artistic and creative personality. You also have to be good at drawing and able to express your ideas in sketches. You don't necessarily have to be a great artist, but you must have some special skills for combining colour, tones, and shades. You also have to be able to work with fabric and use textiles in a creative and original manner. Fashion designers have a good visual imagination and are able to think in three-dimensions and put their ideas into garments.

What are Ideal Qualities required to be a fashion designer?

Style of Working, rather playful: If you love being creative and doing new things, even though you don’t mind to also follow a given solutions from time to time. Then, your personality matches to fashion designer.

Information Processing, only detailed: If you are the detailed person and prefer to focus on a specific aspect of your work and go deeper into the details then fashion designer job is right for you. This requires you to focus and pay great attention to the details of things you are doing.

Motivation to Create, very high: If you prefer to come up with your own ways and ideas of doing things then Fashion Designer is the right job for you where you have some freedom to make your own decisions.

Motivation to Lead, quite high: If you prefer to lead and direct others in a group. If you like to share your ideas with them what you want to do and convince them to follow you. In this job, you can lead a group of people and direct your group’s efforts.

Analysis orientated, high: If you like to spend a lot of time thinking before you make a decision. You believe that it is important to consider everything before acting. If you always considered your environment, culture and market demand then Fashion Designer is the best option for you where you have to think carefully before acting.

Strength of enforcement, high: If you are usually direct and you are capable of confronting others if needed. You have no problem saying what is on your mind. Then, Fashion Designer is good for you.

Education Requirement to be a Fashion Designer

If you have ideal qualities then answers some self-reflective questions yourself, do I really interested in fashion area?…Do I really enjoy using basic technology?… Am I able to compete in the market? Am I able to understand market demand?  If your answer is positive and thinks ‘Fashion Designer’ as a dream job then go ahead. Here are 3 different educations available for Fashion Designer in Nepal:

Bachelor in Fashion Designer (BFD)

The 3 year (6 Semester) course is a highly dynamic and rewarding degree and is a wonderful combination of science, art and technology. It consists of elements of science as textile science and textile designing are considered major parts of fashion designing. Similarly, it consists of elements of art as having an artistic insight is a major requirement for becoming a good fashion designer.

Fashion Designer Professional Course ( 650 Hours)

A short-term training provided by CTEVT 'Fashion Designer' which is for 650 hours is available for individuals with a minimum education of SEE.

Fashion Designer training (390 hours)

If you are under SEE (Secondary Examination Education) and you have ideal qualities to be a fashion designer then you can do the 390 hours basic training course provided by CTEVT. After this elementary training with one-year work experience in a related occupation, you are eligible to obtain Skill Testing Level 1.  A skill test is the corresponding performance test based on occupational skill standards which must be demonstrated by every individual to obtain a NATIONAL SKILL CERTIFICATE indicating that the certificate holder meets the requirements of a trade/ occupation.

Related Jobs

A fashion designer can work in a number of settings. S/he can work as costume designer, fashion consultant, personal stylist, production pattern maker, fashion coordinator, apparel production manager, fabric buyer, fabric quality control manager, illustrator, cutting assistant and outside sales representative in this industry.

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