CAREER DEVELOPMENT

One of the greatest asset a man possess on earth is the career path he or she chose to follow. We are not equally endowed, so in choosing a career path if in doubt consider to meet a career counselor to guide you in your choice of career.

According to about.com, "career" is a series of jobs an individual has over his or her lifetime. These jobs may reflect an upward trajectory meaning that one will have increasing responsibilities, compensation and more prestigious titles with each subsequent position. Alternatively, none of this may be true. Some people's careers are filled with unrelated jobs, or an individual may not experience upward progression, but instead may stay at the same level throughout his or her entire working life.

These multiple, yet related meanings, might confuse you a bit since your career (series of jobs) could consist of several different careers (occupations). For example: "Mark began his career as a carpenter. He went back to school to become a project manager and eventually decided to follow his childhood dream and became an actor." 


HOW DO I START?

1.    IDENTIFY A CAREER PATH: After a careful consideration of your personal skills or talent, identify a career path. E.g Human Resource etc.

2.    CHOOSE A MENTOR: To succeed in your line of career, you should choose a more experience individual that shares the same background and experience in that line of career or profession.

3.    PURSUE THE CAREER: For example to practice as Human Resource personnel, you need an academic and professional background in other to be successful as a professional.

4.    ON-THE-JOB-EXPERIENCE: Most career path will require you to possess cognate experience in other for you to stand out in your line of career.

5.    BECOME AN AUTHORITY FIGURE: In the recent time becoming an authority figure need a passage of time by interacting with other professionals in the same line of profession or career.

6.    CREATE AN ONLINE PRESENCE: Once your presence is recognized by other professionals you are on your way up.

7.    BECOME A CELEBRITY: Wealth of experience and professional knowledge imparted to other through your leadership skill will develop other leaders who will one day celebrate your success.

  Career Development
  The first step to take when choosing a career path is to discover your inner strength.
  You need to ask yourself what is it that I'm good at doing? Am i good in communication?
   Budgeting? Planning? Electrical repairs etc. When this is factored out, make the move to
   get the necessary information to thread that part.

   Before you finally pursue a career, if in doubt of your choice of career, consult a
   freelance career specialist or Councillor  of your local school. 
   You may equally consult a career expert for a token.
   Every decision you will be making is a function of what you love to do and the professional
   tips you get from your expert.Finally, get a mentor who is sound
   in your line of career and who can take you up the ladder.
   Remember no one can be successful in isolation!!!  

   Pursue your career: In the recent time, the trend in the need for choosing a career 
   constantly change.Recently, survey were carried out by multiskilled professionals
   team to determine which profession and industry is fast growing. In an average
   economy,these industries are highly ranked.

     1.Engineering Industry- Growing 100%
     2.Telecom Industry-Growing 100%
     3. ICT Industry-Growing 100%
     4. Human Resource and Training Management-Growing-100%
     5. Event Management Industry-Growing 300%
     6. Food and drinks Industry-Growing 100%
     7. Sales and Marketing-Growing 50%
     8. Financial Industry-Growing 30% 

   In choosing your career path, this should be at the back of your mind
   If you choose to become an accountant or statistician for example, the first question you
   need to ask yourself is 
   1.Do i have passion for figures? 
   2.Do i work well with mathematical expression?
   3.Do i enjoy working with figures?
   4.Do i reason quickly?
   5.Do i possess the quality of solving problem quickly?
   6.Do i have analytical mind?  if all these answers are YES, then you are 
   in the right part. You don't need an angel or a career expert to tell you which career path 
   to follow.

   How do i go?
   If you have chosen to become a human resource expert for example, you need both 
   academic and professional training.
   Academic Qualification: To get academic training in human resource,you can pursue a
   Bsc in Human Resource management, public administration,personnel management etc.
   Professional Qualification: To get certified as human resource manager, you need to
   write examination from the following professional bodies: 1. Certified Institute of 
   personnel management(Nigeria) 2. Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) 
   3.Certified Human Resource Institute