Parental Influencer
Parental influence is one of the most significant factors affecting a young person's career choice.This influence is a blend of conscious and unconscious factors that shape how an individual views different career paths and the effort they invest in their career planning. Recognising this, Career-Fit has developed a process to help parents support their children in making informed and beneficial career decisions.
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How Parents Can Support Their Child's Career Choice
Understand Your Influence
- Acknowledge Your Impact: Recognise that your opinions and attitudes significantly shape your child's views on various careers.
- Balance Guidance and Freedom: Offer advice without imposing your own career preferences, allowing your child to explore options independently.
Encourage Self-Awareness
- Identify Strengths and Interests: Help your child discover their strengths, interests, and values through discussions and activities.
- Use Assessment Tools: Utilise tools like the Career-Fit profiler to gain insights into your child’s personality traits, motivators, and reasoning abilities.
- Work Together: Use the Career-Fit report and the AI Coach to provide increased objectivity and a template for making career choices.
Explore Career Options Together
- Research Different Careers: Investigate various career paths together, discussing the day-to-day responsibilities, required skills, and potential for growth.
- Attend Career Events: Participate in career fairs, workshops, and open days at educational institutions to gather information and firsthand experiences.
Promote Skill Development
- Encourage Transferable Skills: Emphasise the importance of developing transferable skills such as communication, problem-solving, and teamwork.
- Support Extracurricular Activities: Encourage involvement in activities that build diverse skills and expose your child to different interests.
Provide Practical Experience
- Organise Job Shadowing: Arrange for your child to spend a day or more shadowing professionals in fields of interest.
- Support Internships and Volunteering: Help your child find internships, part-time jobs, or volunteer opportunities to gain real-world experience.
Foster a Growth Mindset
- Encourage Lifelong Learning: Instil the value of continuous learning and adaptability to keep up with an ever-changing job market.
- Normalise Setbacks: Help your child view challenges and setbacks as opportunities for growth and learning, building resilience.
Use Career-Fit Resources
- Leverage AI Career Coach: Utilise the Career-Fit AI Coach to provide personalised career suggestions based on your child's profile.
- Access Development Plans: Use the personalised development plans provided by Career-Fit to guide your child in achieving their career goals.
- Regular Check-Ins: Schedule regular discussions to review progress, reevaluate goals, and adapt strategies as needed.
Features and Benefits of Career-Fit Solution
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- Personal Profile Development: Each individual creates a comprehensive personal profile that identifies their interests, strengths, values, career aspirations, and motivations.
- Career Fit Identification: This profile is used to match individuals with suitable careers and pinpoint areas for development, ensuring a tailored approach to career planning.
- Real-Time Feedback: Individuals receive immediate feedback and suggestions, facilitating quick adaptations and improvements in their career strategies and well-being.
Efficient Resource Utilisation
- AI-Driven Tools: Advanced AI tools, personalised with an individual's detailed profile, provide high-quality support to more people more quickly and cost-effectively.
- Enhanced Support Systems: Coaches and trainers benefit from automated communication and administration systems, enabling them to support multiple learners simultaneously.
Transparency & Accountability
- Progress Tracking: The Career-Fit personal profile provides data that shows a person’s starting point, development needs, and progression. This objective data quantifies a program's impact.
- Motivational Feedback: By providing progress updates to individuals, Career-Fit motivates continued engagement with the program, fostering a commitment to lifelong learning and enhancing both short-term and long-term outcomes.
Accessibility & Scalability
- 24/7 Availability: AI and online tools offer round-the-clock availability and remote access, making career coaching accessible to individuals anywhere and at any time. They also adapt to suit each individual's preferred learning style.
- Scalable Solutions: The system personalises coaching to meet each individual’s learning and coaching needs at scale, making it ideal for nationwide or large-scale employability programs.
Conclusion
- By incorporating these features, Career-Fit ensures personalised, efficient, transparent, and accessible career guidance, significantly improving career outcomes and resource utilisation.
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