Category: Career

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If you facing the problem, not finding the job in your field then following steps will help you to increase your possibilities to be selected in the job you applied for. Follow these steps right away.

1. Review your resume

Have you ever checked your resume before you attached in the email to employers? The first suggestion is, do check your resume. Why? There might be hundreds of applicants for the respective job, generally, employers are looking for something interesting and creative. If you send the same type of resume that may not interest the employers. Do some effort to make your resume speak out loud. Tailored your resume according to each job you are applied.  Add and edit your all your qualification, experience, and skills you have gained yet.

2. Check your cover letter

The cover letter has higher chances to win employers heart. Good cover letter increases your chances to be selected for the next step, interview. Then what is a good cover letter? A good cover letter contains the reason why and how you are the best fit for the respective job. Don’t write a long story in out of the content. Write to the point to show employers that you are the right candidate for the respective job.

3. Search Matching Job

Have you ever sent job applications randomly and counting the number of jobs you are applied for? If you do so! You might wrong! Make sure the jobs you are applying are the best fit for your education, skills, and personality. If you apply for best fitting jobs then your chances to get a job can be increased. But, if you do not know what kind of jobs matches your skills and personality then take the psychometric assessment nearby which will help you to find the list of available jobs that match you best.

4. Well Preparation for the Interview

Before going to face interview be prepare why you like to work in the respective company, why the company activities are important to bring positive changes in the society. Make employers satisfied but don’t exaggerate. Researching thoroughly all about the company and the responsibilities of the respective position is the first things you should do if you call for the interview. And giving the logical answer for each question the employer asked is most essential. Be comfortable. If you have not any experienced in the respective field, share your opinion. Your convincing answer in the interview means, increasing your chances to be hired in the respective position.

5. Networking

Take the advantages of people you know around. Let your friends and family know that you are looking for the jobs. Talk to the person you meet in the different event and program. And follow up them until you do not find any jobs. Some of them take you seriously and help you to find the jobs form their network.

6. Internship

The internship is not only helping you to add experience in your CV, it also helps you to horizon your knowledge in the respective field and helps you to develop a social network to find the job. Most of the youth tend to think that completing a college degree and working for free is the waste of the time but keep in mind that most of the employers prefer to hire the candidates who have the experience in the respective field.

7. Don’t give up

You are not done with the career, only if you don’t find a job after applying so many. Have a faith! Just keep go on! Do not give up! Develop your skills and experience in the respective field. Keep searching the matching jobs and applied for it “And, when you want something, all the universe conspires in helping you to achieve it.” ― Paulo Coelho

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“I have a college degree but I am not able to find any job in my field of Study.” – Frequent statement with series of questionnaire follows our Social media page every week. This is a common problem most of our youths facing today. While education in Nepal greatly improved, number of educated person in the graph has rocketed in short period of time although the education system in Nepal is one of the youngest in the world.

In recent years number of students appearing higher education has simultaneously increased. As we are working closely with youths, our findings and our work indeed is essential to set career goals of youths of Nepal. Problem finding the jobs after completion of college degree in relation to developed world is higher. There might be different external causes in the context of developed world but in the case of Nepal we figured out few points to be noted.

• The term “Career Counseling” is referred to “Abroad studies” rather than setting a individual’s career goal
• No relevant information available on educational possibilities
• Most of the youths do not have clear idea choosing specific subject in their higher education
• There is no clear information on connection of your education and profession
• Competence level of Nepali students seems low in relation to international students
• Most of the educational institution prefer to give theoretical knowledge (no- practical knowledge)
• Vocational education possibilities is available in Nepal but has never got any higher chance to be a interesting part of educational system
• etc

We here conclude the number of problems can be dealt with proper career counseling tools and information on possibilities. We have figured out in several of our studies most of the students are missing the information on the educational possibilities and its relation of studies in the job market.

Here in this article we do want to discuss on the very specific group of students who have completed their college degree and are not able to find the job according to their study fields. There might be several reasons to keep them unemployed. Few reasons could be, not having any experience in the respective fields, one might randomly apply for a job without research thoroughly, one might not convey employers the logical reason to be selected in the respective job or there might be other reasons as well.We recommend checking out 7 basic steps to get in JOB Market. The article will be published next week. Keep on following us.

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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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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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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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I will not be a successful person if I get low grade in academics.

Is it a myth? 

SEE (Secondary Education Examination) is the first national-level examination for students. In this year, 2017/2018, there were 4,51,532 regular examinees, out of them 3,51,826 students secured the grade A plus, A, B plus, B, C plus  and C while 99,706 gets  the D plus, D, E plus, E grade.

There exist a lot of reasons why students are doing poorly in school. The major reason according to us is that since every student has unique abilities, skills and qualities, we cannot judge all of them through one standardized testing system. We are not suggesting that standardized system has no place for assessment, but since it has become the ONLY system, we are seeing the worst of what it can do.  ‘If you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will believe to be a fool, at its life.’

In average, people with low academic ability tend to have low confidence in their ability that they tend to choose jobs that pay them less. In contrary to that, we are sharing with you the real life story of person who is running a major company who has not completed her SLC (Now SEE). More and more, personalities across Nepal have outshined the ‘over-patronized’ SLC and excelled in various areas without its merits. Certainly, passing in your SEE is an advantage, but if not... there are always other opportunities which might bring you more success.

This success story is of Mrs. Ram Laxmi Twoyana, the owner of Shree Navaras Herbal Industries. Her struggle to change her dream to reality without SEE has inspired us.

What is SEE?

The Secondary Education Examination, abbreviated as SEE, is the final examination in the secondary school system of Nepal. Every student must take this examination for completing the 10th grade of their academic study (according to new Education Act), before they join higher secondary or intermediate level education (SLC).

SEE is the ‘Iron Gate’ – what happens if one gets the less then C grade?

Getting a good grade in SEE opens doors for the maximum numbers of courses as well as many jobs opportunities. The scenario is such that the students’ grade of SEE examination determines their further subject choices rather than their interests and the labour market. Most of us think that a low grade in SEE (grade C or below) is the end of their world as it minimizes the chances of further education and job prospects. That is true to some extent, but there are always more possibilities in life. For a lot of youth, education (through academics) is not made for them, as an amount of hard-work does not seem to bring any fruitful result. You should not consider yourself as the ‘black sheep’ in your family or in school, rather recognize your abilities and passion and take the best route to get there. Academic path is not always the best way to reach your dream career.

Successful life story without SLC

Mrs. Ram Laxmi Twoyana is living in Suryabinayak and had not completed her SEE (earlier SLC). She has now her own company, Shree Navaras Herbal Industries. Her life and work experience in her own words.

“I was interested in the field of Ayurvedic science from my childhood. Some bad experiences in my life impressed me about this sector. Normal chemical medicines were not effective to her. I found that if I applied herbal medical method to my mother’s sickness, she would be with me longer period of time. From that, my desire to work on this sector was increased. But I didn’t have any idea about whether I could work, study and its minimum education requirements. Initially for a few years I worked in the carpet factory.  I did not want continue because I hated working there, even though it paid for me and my mother.

One day, through my friends I got the opportunity to work at Ayurvedic shop and decided to make this work my future career. After working for two years, I took a six months training provided by Nepal Ayurvedic institute and later took two more months of training from Red Cross Society.

 I then started my own company with as little find as Rs.5000. It took me more than two years to understand and recognize individual herbals and their healing process. I read several Ayurvedic science books to extend my knowledge about herbals medicine and how they worked.”

Currently, she has hired three employees to run the company. This company takes advantage of the opportunities that Nepal provides – Herbals. She has expanded her initial capital/investment by over 10 folds in less than 2 years. She says, “We have various floras that define us and using that sustainably can be the key to success here in Nepal. Till now, I am very satisfied with my social business and don’t regretted failing in SLC.”

Summing up, getting the low grade in SEE, doesn’t mean the end of the world. There are a lot of possible career options where SEE grades do not matter.

So find out about your abilities and follow your dreams. Click this link for detailed information about education qualification requirements for jobs and its overview. https://jobedudb.careerdishanepal.org/jobs

 

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According to gti media research, more than half (54%) of the students who took part in the survey said that their parents tried to exert influence over their choice of course or career.

We have met a lot of people who are studying parents’ choice where Grishma, is the one, who is struggling to study on her interesting career. But she is unsure about she will be able to convince her parents or not for the study on her desired career.

Grishma is waiting for her SEE (Secondary Education Examination) result which is publishing after a few weeks. “I want to be the CEO (Chief Executive Officer) of a bank and want to work on the management sector because I am good at maths, I think I will not be bored to work on my interested sector and I already researched on it too. But especially my mother wants me to be Doctor so I do not think that I can go against to my mother’s interest. I try to convince her frequently but I am not able to do so. So I decided to work on her interests for few couples of years and then come back to work on my own interested area” Said Grishma.

In the context of Nepal majority of parents try to impose career of their choice for their children. Children cannot defence their parent decision for many reasons. The most of the reasons for studying parents choice are, children do not know their interested area, children do not have enough information about labour market, children do not know the detail information about respective career, children might confuse to choose the one in varieties of jobs and others and parents to tend to take the decision for them.

A lot of things influence one to make a single decision in our life. Whether choosing the lifelong career is one of the crucial decisions. Sometimes, we do not think about the consequences of our decision. Deciding certain career means decide to live a life of your choice. Definitely, most of the people want to spend their life happily and successfully. For example, if you do not like the things what you have to do even for the all-day what will happen? You can imagine the terrible situation you have to face. And, think about the long-term situation what will happen if you choose the wrong career for whole life. Even if it means earning a high income or social status.

If you strongly interested in a specific career, be crystal clear, do some research, its demand, scope, benefits and challenges through the internet and professional person of same career. For additional help to define you to your parents who want you to select the career of their choice, here are some helpful tips for you to win your parent's heart for the study on your interest.

[fruitful_tabs type="accordion" width="100%" fit="false"] [fruitful_tab title="1. Tell about your Role model"] Working for the specific career is not only earning money but your values, personalities, and life satisfaction comes to play. Tell your parents successful stories who working in the same job, their reputation, and status. Tell thoroughly pros and cons about the respective career and education. This might influence your parents. [/fruitful_tab] [fruitful_tab title="2.Tell clearly about your career goal"] Before you ask other, ask your gut, you better know yourself than others do. Listen to your gut and tell your parents what you really feel about the respective career, and why this career is important for you. Tell your parents clearly about your career goals and your future in the respective career, why and where you are planning to land. Definitely, your parents will be convinced if you tell them concisely about your career goal. [/fruitful_tab] [fruitful_tab title="3. Explore the strong and logical reasons why you fit in the respective career"] Definitely, parents always want to keep you on the safe side. Talking about challenging subject directly to the parents can influence to say no to you. In this case, you should be able to tell them logical reasons why you are choosing the certain subject. You can tell them how your Personalities, values, and abilities match to the certain career. Explain the benefits of choosing the certain career. It doesn’t mean that you have to walk in other steps. You have your own destination according to your personality. [/fruitful_tab] [fruitful_tab title="4. Take help of the professional career counselor"] In the final step, if you are not able to convince your parents then take a help of professional career counselor. A professional counselor will talk to you first and will explain to your parents why interest is mattered for individual life and successful career. [/fruitful_tab] [/fruitful_tabs]

Sometimes, parents are not able to find actual interest and abilities of children. Each individual has unique qualities, if they work in the same sector they will be happy and successful.

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If you are the person who does not get scared to share your queries and ideas in a mass then choose the career where your personality will be applied.

Are you the person who wants to do something in career but don’t know what might be fulfilling? Then, you should know your personality first. Finding, what makes me, “I” that can drive your life to success in short period of time. The general evidence we found is that people try to change our personality according to their careers.

A personality of the person plays the vital role in the career of the person. There are multiple benefits of knowing yourself better.

What is Personality?

Have you ever felt that something excites you more than usual? Have you ever noticed that some things influence you to make a decision than others? If you know the above question’s answer then you are on track. You are inherently unique and there are numerous benefits by knowing you personality and use it in your career and day to day life.

Here are the 6 reasons why you should know your personality for the career.

[fruitful_tabs type="accordion" width="100%" fit="false"] [fruitful_tab title="1.You can change your strength into the career">You can change your strength into the career"] Finding your strength is one of the most crucial aspects of recognizing personality. If you know, your inherent strengths and use in the career it will give you more confidence, pleasure and make you happy. For example, you are an introverted person, prefer to be on their own, and looking for the job where you have to work in the crowd, what will be the consequences? “Think about it.” But in the same time, if you looking for the job where there will not be more people, you can work on your own way, definitely, you would love it right. So, you can choose the career where strength matches. [/fruitful_tab] [fruitful_tab title="2.You can approach your career in a new way"] Are you really satisfied with what you are doing right now? What kind of working responsibly do you want to carry out most of the time? You might like to innovate your own ideas but in reality, you are following others. These instances, the career tortures you rather than give you happiness. You can illuminate this gap by knowing your personalities. You can approach your career in your way by starting new entrepreneurship or by looking for the job where your personality matches. [/fruitful_tab] [fruitful_tab title="3. You can choose the working environment"] What kind of working environment do you like the most? What kind of place are you more productive? To be happy in the workplace is essential to be more productive and creative. After knowing yourself better, it will be easy to choose the working environment without any hesitation. [/fruitful_tab] [fruitful_tab title="4. You can be happy and successful at the same time"]Who does not deserve both happiness and success in their life! But there are lots of external and internal factor may determine you to be none of them. You might be the person who loves to help others and choose the career what gives you satisfaction. If you do the things, what you really love then you can conduct it in the best way which can be profitable too. Which could give you pleasure at the same time happiness too. [/fruitful_tab] [fruitful_tab title="5. You will always love to return to work after weekend and holiday"] Most of the people hate to go back work after weekend and holiday. Can you imagine what could be the reason behind it? Maybe they can give the various reasons for it but one reason can be that ‘the work they are doing is not what they love’. [/fruitful_tab] [fruitful_tab title="6. You can improve your weakness"]Everyone has an uncomfortable part in their life. Do not make mistake to carry out your weakness first. It’s a lot of work to improve your mistake and enhance your strength. Nothing is really impossible as frequent practices can help you to improve, but improving your strength can is the lot easier and can get you a long way. [/fruitful_tab] [/fruitful_tabs][:]

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Post SEE and midst of +2 exams it is not unsual for youths to be confused and possibly misjudge their further education and career. Some of the youths may have the specific career interests but might not know about the available education options while some of them might be completely unaware about the future career.

To really understand if that is the case, we conducted a small survey on 30 youths in Bhaktapur. The number of respondents according to their educational level were: SEE appeared 3, +2 level 9, Bachelor 17 and 1 respondent from the Master level.

We know that this small survey cannot generalize all individual Nepali youths as the answer could vary from individual to individual. However, it surely will provide us with an insight to the level of confusion for the locals. Here is the Bhaktapur survey’s findings:

Career Decision Source: Field Survey 2018

According to the survey, more than three-quarter want to career and education decision themselves while the rest let their parents and friends decide for them.

How are the youths making decisions by themselves?

If youth have enough information about individual personalities and available career, they become more comfortable to take career decision themselves. They recognize the matching career they are passionate about and change their inherent passion into a career. On the other hand, youths who really do not know themselves usually tend to follow other's trend, follow friends' interests.

Are the youths that are making decisions themselves completely clear about their career choices?

Yes, to some extent. According to the responses, half repondants were clear about what they want to do for their career.

However, we found a very high 23.3% youths that were completely unaware of their career choices. They were either confused about their choices or unaware of the possibilities in Nepal.

What was striking was that even after choosing the certain career, most of the youth seem confused about the education pathway to reach that certain career.

How clear are the youths to decide the best education to reach the targeted career option?

In short, not so clear. According to the responses, only 26.67 percentages were crystal clear about their education, whereas more than 70 percentages of youth are clear or somehow unclear about the education that will take them to their desired career.

Why is that the case?

Definitely lacking enough information is the major case. There are different educational option to reach certain career, without knowing these option regardless of whether one studies or not, this does not lead individual anywhere.

What form of information do the youths need to make the right career choices?

1. Know yourselves

We cannot make right choices without understanding ourselves. Understanding ourselves mean that we should be able to accurately answer the following questions.

• What are my interesting areas?
• What things give me pleasure?
• What are my values?
• Why do I like what I like?

If you are not able to answer the questions, or somehow confused, there is a different counseling tool that is introduced in Nepal for the first time. You can understand your personalities and interest through that.

2. Know the Job market

More than 300 jobs exist in Nepal. Just knowing that helps. Around 20 job sectors (Agriculture, Engineering, Social work, Media…) exists. When vast choices are provided, the youths can find their right career for themselves.

3. Know your ability and limitations

Without understanding what you can do and what you can’t makes career choices even more difficult. Even after completing the education, one might not be able to give their best in the said career sector. List out your individual abilities and limitations. This will be a step forward for a more reflective way to decide right career according to your inherent talents.

4. Understand the educational choices

Same career option can have more than one education choices. Not all education needs to be academic. Some jobs would be benefitted by either professional courses or training. There is education system which will help you to know education option that you can choose to have the certain career.

We learnt that the youths who consider themselves their own decision makers tend not to know about what education to choose. There seems to be an overwhelming amount of confusion regarding education and career for all the levels of youths (SEE, +2, Bachelors and Masters).[:]