Career Orientation
Career orientation and early self-awareness are closely connected.
Career orientation can be described as a process of understanding yourself and exploring the jobs available in the market. The best career direction for an individual is a suitable choice that balances personal factors with industry-related factors. It has a significant impact on the work process, professional success, and success in life.
An appropriate choice is the starting point for the journey of pursuing and achieving dreams and success; it greatly reduces the likelihood of changing fields later. Good career guidance reduces the risk of working in the wrong profession, changing jobs because they do not suit you, and becoming unemployed.
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Problems Caused by Lacking Career Direction
1. Frequent job changes after only a short period of training and employment are very common.
These candidates and employees do not know what their career direction is. They use the probationary period to assess whether the job and their choice are suitable. This causes individuals to spend a great deal of time moving back and forth between companies or industries. Businesses also spend considerable time and money on recruitment and training, yet the process does not produce good results for them.
2. Employees are not truly satisfied with their current jobs.
These individuals may have personal obligations, so they accept their current jobs. However, their work effectiveness and performance are low. Their motivation does not come from positive energy, but from a burden in their lives.
3. Being stuck when choosing a career can happen to anyone at any age.
They do not understand themselves and have few opportunities to experience or learn about jobs in the market. They remain caught in their own thoughts without a clear path to choose. This situation leaves them constantly “looking over the fence at the greener grass”; yet still unable to decide whether to leave or stay. The quality of their work is often low, and they are more likely to change jobs.
4. Lack of career direction leads to unemployment.
In a competitive working environment, personnel selection is constantly taking place. People who meet the requirements of the job and the business environment may be relatively secure. Those who are unsuitable are eliminated to maintain work quality. Depending on their abilities, individuals may find a temporary new job; if they are fortunate, they may find work that suits them better. However, at certain times, career opportunities are not easy to find.
For example, the Covid-19 pandemic caused many people to face prolonged unemployment. At the same time, recruitment demand fell to a minimum because businesses’ operations were severely affected.
Some people also become unemployed while dealing with personal issues that prevent them from taking on a new job. It may be their age, children, or family circumstances that prevent them from changing or being flexible at work. As a result, their opportunities are lower than those of others.
Early Self-Awareness Is Important for Career Orientation.
There will be times when each person must make choices and accept trade-offs.
These may be major changes, such as high school students choosing a field of study after graduation; university students choosing a specialization within their chosen profession; choosing vocational training or university; or choosing which business field or corporate environment to pursue after graduation.
So, does career orientation begin before these milestones?
In reality, career orientation is not only about future choices; it must also be based on your capabilities.
Developing self-awareness early is very important for career orientation. It helps each person understand their level of knowledge, skills, and personality tendencies. Young people often have little or no work experience. Understanding their individual personality will later relate to their professional personality.
Early self-awareness helps you understand what you like and what your current abilities are, as well as the gap between your passions and your capabilities. From there, each person can plan how to learn and develop areas that need improvement. When important moments arrive, knowledge and careful preparation will make decisions more practical, clear, sound, and suitable.
When Should Career Orientation Begin?
Career orientation should begin as early as possible. Above all, everyone needs a long time to understand themselves clearly. They need time to learn and make up for their shortcomings; they need time to test themselves, explore who they are, and make choices at decisive moments.
For some people, career orientation may be a turning point; for others, it may be one of several carefully prepared steps, balancing the individual and the profession, as well as passion and personal ability.
Competency Assessment Tools Supporting Self-Awareness and Career Orientation
Today, many competency assessment tools support individuals and businesses in evaluating individual and team capabilities.
Trait-Map – Germany’s Human Personality Trend Test.
A test based on the Big Five model that helps identify participants' personalities, personality types, life perspectives, and work styles.
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Uchida-Kraepelin (UK Test) from Japan
A test that reflects work ability and measures work performance, behavioral tendencies, habits, and notable psychological fluctuations.
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EQ-SWOT ™ Test
An online psychological questionnaire designed to assess emotional intelligence. The test measures emotional intelligence, the ability to perceive one's own and others' emotions, and effectiveness in using emotional information to guide thoughts and behavior.
Motivation Questionnaire (MQ) – German Motivation Questionnaire.
Assessment results MQ Test based on Maslow’s hierarchy of needs, one of the fundamental frameworks for understanding human needs. The MQ Test helps explore each individual’s motivation through a motivation questionnaire. It measures both the needs and the degree to which employees’ most basic and common needs are satisfied.
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