Career positioning is a way for us to focus on defining our goals and direction in our careers. In addition, career guidance helps us take a more proactive approach to seeking and building our future careers without having to go through excessive trial and error.
1. The Importance of Career Positioning
It is not difficult to see that the proportion of students dropping out is increasing. It is quite common for students to quit after studying for 1 or 2 years and choose to start over in another field. Even after graduating from university, many students have little interest in applying for jobs related to their specialization. This is because they have not determined what they need and largely make choices based on feelings.
Failing to identify a career often leads to the following consequences:
1.1 For students
- Difficulty determining their future direction
- Being influenced and pressured by parents and society.
- Choosing a field of study based on emotion that does not suit their abilities.
- Academic pressure, leading to stress and psychological disorders
- Spending money and time only to discover, “I do not like this field.”
1.2 For working professionals
- Frequent job changes and periods of employment instability.
- Dedication and commitment at work are limited because they cannot find joy in their work.
- Effort and motivation gradually decline over time
- Motivation and passion for work diminish
1.3 For businesses
- An ineffective workforce and low team spirit lead to internal conflict
- Differences between individual culture and organizational culture.
- Employees lack passion for their profession and commitment. This makes it difficult to build a strong, sustainable team
- Training costs and time are high, but the results are limited
- Building a succession team is difficult because employees lack commitment
Regardless of the stage of your career, career positioning is essential. It helps us recognize the careers that suit each person’s inherent abilities. In addition, establishing a plan for success and sustainable development is a reliable path forward.
2. Steps to Career Positioning
Once we determine which jobs suit us, it becomes easier to develop a plan and focus on our goals. Moreover, career guidance during our school years helps us choose and focus on a suitable field of study more accurately.
However, to achieve the best results from career guidance, we need to:
- Identify our interests
- Identify market trends
- Identify our strengths
- Know what skills we currently have
- Choose a suitable test
- Create a detailed plan for each stage until the goal is achieved
- Regularly ask yourself, “Am I on the right path?”
3. Methods for Career Positioning
Today, many tests help identify skills and strengths in order to choose a suitable career. The most widely used include:
3.1. Fingerprint Biometrics
This test analyzes each person’s strengths and weaknesses based on fingerprint patterns. Through the test, we can identify which fields or jobs may be more suitable for us in the future. However, this test is more suitable for children, as it allows us to recognize their potential and guide them from an early age.
3.2. MBTI
This test continues to classify people into 16 personality types. Each personality type is suited to a different group of jobs.
3.3. DISC
Unlike MBTI, this test focuses on dividing human personalities into four distinct main groups. In addition to analyzing these four broad groups, DISC further divides them into 12 different subgroups, helping us better understand the personality traits hidden within ourselves.
3.4. Trait-map
A test widely used in Germany. This test focuses on a person’s personality at work or in study. Unlike MBTI or DISC, Trait-map analyzes personality based on the Big Five model and provides detailed characteristics across each person’s 25 personality traits. It also examines how each trait is applied in work or study.
3.5. Uchida-Kreapelin
Another test has been used by Japanese businesses for more than 70 years. Compared with the tests above, the UK focuses on measuringpsychological changes in each person and their productivity at work or in study. This can help identify career tendencies that suit each person’s psychological characteristics and personality.
4. When Is It Appropriate to Use a Test?
The decision to use a suitable test depends on your needs, objectives, and budget. However, to make an appropriate choice, we need to understand the strengths and weaknesses of each test, as well as how it can be applied. In companies, tests are often combined to assess people in important positions. This combination provides a comprehensive 360-degree assessment of employees.
Career guidance is essential regardless of the stage we are in. Change is always present, so we need to conduct regular reviews and adjust ourselves in time to remain aligned.
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