Career Readiness-Helping Children Choose New-Age Careers

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The digital age’s explosion of career options has made it exciting, but also difficult for India’s 12 million secondary school graduates and 37 million university students to choose between new career pathways and vocations.


Choosing a career was not as difficult and complex two decades ago and now, following the Covid-19 pandemic’s popularization of WFH (work from home) and gig employment, a slew of futuristic professional and vocational options have emerged.

Despite the fact that there is a career choice bonanza in the twenty-first century, there is little awareness of new-age fast-track professions among Indian parents and school/college leavers. Here’s what Anoop Singh Bishnoi, Chairman of The Doon School, Dehradun, has to say about it, “Though Indian parents and students are becoming aware that there are numerous career options available these days, the majority of them are unaware of the educational qualifications required, as well as the growth and rapid advancement prospects in new-age careers. As a result, it is critical for parents to first investigate unconventional career options and match them with their children’s interests, aptitudes, and competencies.”

Anoop Singh Bishnoi suggests parents be open to and supportive of their children’s interest in new-age careers and vocations. “When children express an interest in new-age unconventional vocations, it is the responsibility of parents to assist them in discovering, exploring, and evaluating them. Interest, passion, and aptitude are essential for success in any career. Millions of people are stuck in unsatisfying jobs because their parents misled them into believing they were qualified for them. Millennial parents, on the other hand, are more open and supportive of their children’s professional aspirations and career choices. Furthermore, a growing number of private schools are beginning to offer career counseling services.” Anoop Singh Bishnoi adds.

Fortunately, the promotion of new genre of private colleges and universities have made things easier by employing highly qualified faculty – Ready, willing, and able to devise well-designed syllabuses and innovative curriculums for subjects such as artificial intelligence, data science, animation, robotics, film editing, genetic engineering, digital marketing, and sound acoustics, among others. This occurrence has alleviated parental concerns about the quality and market acceptance of their children’s unconventional career choices.

As parents become more aware of the critical importance of allowing their children to choose attitudinally appropriate, fulfilling careers, there is a growing appreciation for professional career counselors. The dizzying array of career paths available to 21st-century youth has made career and vocation planning more difficult than in the past. When faced with a plethora of options, parents, and youth must match aptitudes with career choices. Choosing the right highway among the many snaking toward various career destinations is critical for school leavers. Because inviting highways may turn out to be one-way streets with no way back.

Location: New Delhi, Delhi, India

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