6 Reasons For a Graduate to go to a Career Counsellor

As students approaches towards their ending of the respecting graduation courses, they mostly start to feel the layer of responsibility on them, everybody gets inclined towards confusion. What should they do next, is the biggest question that stands tall with very few answers to them? Well the answers to your confusion about your masters degree lies with a career counsellor.

Whether they should do some skill development courses, whether they should opt for a master degree, if it is so, what degree and what course? Or should they opt for a job and have some experience? These questions are pretty common among every graduates irrespective of their streams and even though if it is for once in a lifetime, every graduate face this. This article will try to administer every basic question that graduates and how career counselling could a reliable solution to it.

Choose the right career path

Choosing the right career path is everybody’s priority, for any age group, but it is something quintessential for the graduates as they move out from the parental protection to face the real-world consequences and for a few, it also marks the beginning of individuals being financially independent. A career counsellor in this situation, could help you out by suggesting you to appear for a Psychometric Assessment which measures different psychometrics viz. motivation, aptitude, interest and personality, and based on its report, one could suggest you the right path where one can achieve success with your set of skills.

New age career options

With modernisation, we have whole-heartedly accepted the fact that several new age career options can lead to successful future and can also help in achieving immense job satisfaction which helps in maintaining both good mental and physical health. But with the increase in new opportunities, one might fear opting for them thinking the future consequences and doubting the financial stability associated with them. A career counsellor can help you out in this through their knowledge and experience. A career counsellor will be able to suggest you the career options that will have a safer future with minimal and will also fit in your area of interest. Not only this, opting for career counselling might help you to discover completely new career options that you may unaware of.

Should I opt for a Master degree?

The very interesting and at the same very confusing question after graduation for students is whether they should apply for a master degree or not? Even if they want to want to pursue, which degree should they choose? The answer to these questions can easily be answered on the basis of the report of the Psychometric Assessment. A career counsellor can suggest whether you should now apply for a master degree, or gain some job experience or should get involved yourself in any kind of technical or financial training or Post Graduated Diploma courses which will make you job ready within a quick span of time which is around 1 year. A counsellor will also help you in deciding which master degree you should opt for based on your interests and assessed strengths and weaknesses.

Looking 5 years ahead

Everybody is worried about a stable future with financial stability. As the competition is increasing every day, any career choice should be made thinking about the opportunities it has in the next five years. Internet or random people could only guess about the future of any career but only a certified counsellor can suggest you the right option which will have blooming employment opportunities alongside enhancing your skills. Looking ahead does not necessarily mean about the package your job will fetch but it is also connected to how satisfied you will be the designation and atmosphere and nature of your work and sadly these things are not present in internet to guide and random people’s advice might actually mislead you. Looking 5 years down the lane also includes educational degree viz. the worth of your master degree after 5 years. Hence, selecting the best now is the base for successful future.

Job market

The job market is always a cause of concern for the graduates and predicting it right is not everyone’s cup of tea. Specially, after the coronavirus pandemic, the job market has felt the hardest shock of the century and therefore reading the trend has been even more difficult than ever. Only professionals can predict the future in terms of job and career i.e., which all designations under different streams is set to gain popularity and will have a secure future in coming years.

Opportunities in foreign

Many people are aspired to seek career opportunities out of India, most preferably look out for colleges and universities to do their masters in countries like United Kingdom, United States, etc. People living here in India are generally not well aware of the best institutions out there which affects them in choosing the best universities for them. Even though if they had information, one cannot directly apply into the institutions and have to go through certain agencies. Therefore, choosing a career counsellor is considered as the smartest choice if applying for abroad.