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Career Path
Career choice- subject combination for a prospective profession
By Adegbilero-Iwari Idowu
During Wexford College Students’ Tour of Elizade University, Ilara-Mokin, Nigeria on 27th Jan., 2017
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First of all
• Career guidance? who really cares? watch!
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Definitions• A career is defined as the progress and actions taken
by a person throughout a lifetime, especially those related to that person's occupations (Business
Dictionary)• Career is composed of jobs held, titles earned and
work accomplished over a long period of time.
• Read more: http://www.businessdictionary.com/definition/career.
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Definitions
• Career is a field for or pursuit of consecutive progressive achievement especially in public, professional, or business life
• a profession for which one trains and which is undertaken as a permanent calling (Merriam-Webster Dictionary)
• Source: https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/career
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Definitions
• Profession means “a calling requiring specialized knowledge and often long and intensive academic preparation” (Merriam-Webster Dictionary)
• So, education matters
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Secondly
• Doing academic and career planning: tips to note
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Career Choice
• Interest• Mentorship• Exploring internship and volunteering• Networking • Research (find out about it)
- Allison Cheston (2012)
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Back to Genesis
• Recognise God • Locate yourself in His Word/will
(Psalm119:105, Joshua 1:8)• Identify what gives you joy as a child of God• Grow in it (Prov4:18)
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Career choice: Steps to take
• According to the Chameleon Video Scribes and Whiteboard Animation (2015) the following tools are needed:
• 1. Mirror• 2. Compass• 3. Map• 4. Vehicle
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Mirror (Who am I?)
What interests
me?
What am I good at?
How am I unique/differe
nt from others?
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Compass (What do I want to do?)
What Industry am I interested in?
What jobs are available for me in the future?
How much can I expect to earn from the
career?
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Map (How do I get there?)
What courses should I be taking to position me for
success?
What work/services experience will give me
exposure and teach me the skills I need?
What type of education do I need after High School?
What are the admission requirements and how much
will it cost me?
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Vehicle (Go!)
Your destinations, ways and time to get there are
all unique
Either go direct, look around learning different things or trying different
options, just GO!
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Subject combinations for a prospective profession
• Slide 5• Examples of professions:• Legal• Medical• Educational• Accounting• Performing arts• Library and information science• Information Technology
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Knowledge bodies of professions
• Body of Knowledge is broadly classified into:• Arts and Humanities• Natural &Applied Sciences (Medicine,
Technology, Agriculture) • Law• Social Sciences• Education
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Subject combinations• Science-based professions e.g.: Pharmacy,
Medicine& Surgery, Engineering, Agriculture• Core subject: Chemistry across all• Specific for Engineering: Physics and Maths• Arts& Humanities: History, International
Relations, Linguistics, Literature, Film • Core subject: Literature-in-English• Social Sciences: Economics, Human Resources
Mgt., Banking&Finance, Accounting• Core subject: Economics
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Preparing for University?
• Know yourself• Know your goals• Know the steps• Above all, know your God!
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Three important things
• 1. Read! • 2. Read!! and • 3. Read!!!
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Thank you
and