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Benefits of Career Guidance for High School Students

Benefits of Career Guidance for High School Students

Benefits of Career Guidance for High School StudentsHigh school students require effective career guidance programs, recognizing this pivotal moment in their lives. These programs play a crucial role in providing assistance in selecting and pursuing their desired profession. We will explore further the significance of Career Guidance for High School Students.

 

Unleashing Personal Interests and Strengths

 

Uncovering students’ natural abilities and aptitudes is crucial for planning their career successfully, so the following measures may prove invaluable: 

 

Career Advice Helps People. Discover Who You Are

 

Career guidance for high school students involves employing various tools in order to assist individuals in understanding their strengths and interests. Questionnaires can often serve as effective instruments of guidance; using such tests allows individuals to discover any passions or talents they possess as well as areas for potential guidance that might interest them. Furthermore, personality tests are incredibly helpful during counseling sessions.

 

Personality tests and aptitude evaluations provide invaluable career guidance insight. Assessments offer insight into traits affecting careers while aptitude exams reveal natural talents and abilities. 

 

Research Your Interests 

 

Students interested in technology might look into software development, cyber security or digital art as possible career choices; those interested in justice might pursue public policy work or social work law as potential paths forward; taking your interests into consideration when planning career options will help students discover occupations which truly fulfill and engage them.

Taking Career Counselors Advice

 

Career counselors assist their student clients in exploring career options, setting goals and creating action plans. Furthermore, career counselors may offer assistance during job searches as well as advice for thriving at work.

 

When selecting a professional path, it is vital to reflect upon one’s interests and strengths in order to identify which jobs best align with one’s skill sets and objectives. Now Discover All Possible Career Paths!

 

High schoolers today may feel overwhelmed when making career decisions; therefore, having access to career counseling services is crucial in order to help them select occupations and careers that align with them. Furthermore, school counselors or career advisers may offer career exploration sessions designed specifically for high schoolers.

 

Career Guidance for High School Students Programs 

 

Programs designed for career counseling aim to enlighten students on various occupations and industries, making the labor market less daunting for them. Students can explore areas like medicine, teaching and engineering through these programs as well as areas they had not considered such as entrepreneurship, e-commerce marketing or environmental sciences which may have otherwise gone untouched – opening doors to opportunities they might otherwise never have considered! Through such guidance and mentoring programs they may even discover job openings they wouldn’t otherwise consider!

 

Establish Academic Requirements

 

An essential aspect of career guidance for high school students is understanding which steps need to be taken in order to secure employment. A counselor can offer invaluable assistance here.

 

Your chosen career goal may require professional qualifications, degrees or postgraduate study for you to reach its potential. Universities provide invaluable guidance in such studies so students can more effectively map a path according to both their personal and career objectives and goals.

 

Explore Your Job and Salary Opportunities Now

 

Career counseling helps educate students on various employment opportunities available to them and their potential earnings; helping them identify which courses of action will provide the greatest chance for achieving employment and financial security in their future.

 

Career guidance for high school students can assist students in understanding the stability, progress, and financial rewards associated with different professions. With this information at their disposal, they will be better equipped to make more informed decisions based on their financial goals.

 

Exploration of Diverse Career Paths as Well

 

The option to explore well-known and fulfilling vocations such as those in for-profit businesses, the arts, or new industries like renewable energy development that may open doors they had not previously considered is provided by career counseling for students.

 

Career coaching offers students the chance to widen their horizons and explore industries they had not previously considered by using their talents in directions they had not previously considered.

 

Set Career Objectives Students can leverage career visioning as an effective strategy for setting professional aspirations and goals and meeting them successfully. Career guidance plays an essential role in helping reach desired results.

 

What Is the Importance of Setting Goals?

 

Setting realistic and obtainable career objectives can provide individuals with motivation for meeting them, creating a sense of purpose that keeps their focus and devotion high. Long-term career goals also serve as helpful guides against which decisions should be evaluated for suitability against long-term plans.

 

Students seeking career counseling have the chance to discover their individual strengths, interests, and career options while setting practical professional goals that can guide their paths to fulfillment. Students should set SMART (Specific Measurable Attainable Relevant Time-bound) goals which serve as guides towards realizing desired paths.

 

Consult a Career Counselor 

 

Advisors bring their expertise in career planning by helping students turn their goals into tangible objectives. Through dialogues focused on evaluating feasibility and outlining steps required to meet them, advisors assist students in setting realistic timelines to meet them by taking factors such as education duration, internship opportunities and potential entry-level jobs into account.

 

Once career goals are defined, creating an action plan is the next step towards reaching them. An action plan identifies necessary skills such as educational paths to follow and potential obstacles which may stand in your way; but also allows individuals to develop plans to overcome any hurdles along their journey.

 

Career advisors assist students in devising plans that meet their career objectives through advice and resources provided. This helps create the groundwork necessary for reaching their desired profession.

 

Prepare for Success in the Job Market

 

Students need a clear view of their field’s job market in order to be successful when searching for entry-level work; this is particularly helpful for those pursuing their first entry-level role. Below are several techniques which may assist them.

 

Students looking to enter the workforce should possess an in-depth knowledge of its dynamics. Staying current on employment trends and industry projections is vital; career advisors provide this data, while students should become acquainted with their chosen fields’ labor markets and realities.

 

Cover Letters and Resumes – How Can They Help?

 

Career advisors specialize in guiding their students in creating resumes and cover letters that make an impressionful application, with tailored sessions on format, content, adaptation for individual applications and more. Career advisors increase students’ chances of impressing employers by producing exceptional documents which stand out.

 

Career advisors provide students with guidance in interview techniques, helping them formulate successful interview strategies. Counselors play an instrumental role in providing strategies for answering interview questions and nonverbal communication; attire options; techniques to ease nervousness during an interview and immediate feedback after each encounter for future confidence-building interviews.

 

Strengthen Your Networking Skills

 

Networking has proven an essential method of finding employment today, and students can benefit tremendously by understanding its importance to career guidance. By developing connections on LinkedIn alliances or attending networking events or conducting informational interviews – students learn to form lasting alliances within their field that can form long-term bonds that result in long-term bonds being formed over time.

 

Now Is The Time To Build Transferable Skills

 

Employers now place great value on skills outside of job experience when considering potential employees for employment, such as being able to collaborate in teams effectively, manage one’s time efficiently, communicate well, and resolve problems successfully. Students participating in career guidance programs learn to recognize these traits within themselves and enhance them further to increase employability and flexibility.

 

Final Thoughts

 

Students need guidance at school in order to achieve professional success, as career guidance allows them to identify their interests, explore various professions and prepare themselves for entering the work market. Collaborating closely with career counselors allows students to set realistic goals while developing professional-grade skill sets necessary for professional environments.

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JOHN H. FALK

Director of the Institute for Learning Innovation and Sea Grant Professor Emeritus of Free-Choice Learning at Oregon State University

 

Dr. John H. Falk is Director of the Institute for Learning Innovation and Sea Grant Professor Emeritus of Free-Choice Learning at Oregon State University. He is a leading expert on free-choice learning; the learning that occurs when people have significant choice and control over what, where, and when they learn.

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CHRISTINE CUNNINGHAM

Professor of Practice of Education and Engineering at Penn State University

 

Dr. Christine Cunningham is a Professor of Practice of Education and Engineering at Penn State University. Her work focuses on making engineering more relevant, accessible, and inclusive, especially for underserved and underrepresented populations. She does this by creating researched-based engineering curricula for PreK-8 children and their educators. Her book, Engineering in Elementary STEM Education, describes her groundbreaking work. Previously, Cunningham was the Founding Director of Engineering is Elementary. Cunningham has received a number of awards; in 2017 her work was recognized with the prestigious Harold W. McGraw Jr. Prize in Education.

 

CHRIS ROGERS

Chris Rogers Professor and Chair of Mechanical Engineering at Tufts University

 

His research interests are:

Engineering Education, Robotics, and Musical Instrument Design

 

Education

Ph., D Mechanical Engineering, Stanford University
M.S., Mechanical Engineering, Stanford University
B.S., Mechanical Engineering, Stanford University

 

Biography

Chris Rogers earned his B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. in mechanical engineering at Stanford University, where he worked with Professor John Eaton on his thesis on particle motion in a boundary layer flow. Rogers joined the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Tufts School of Engineering in 1989. He is involved in a number of research areas, including particle-laden flows (a continuation of his thesis), telerobotics and controls, the slurry flows in chemical-mechanical planarization, the engineering of musical instruments, measuring flame shapes of couch fires, measuring fruit-fly locomotion, and engineering education (kindergarten to college). At Tufts, Rogers has exercised his strong commitment to teaching by exploring a number of new directions, including teaching robotics with LEGO bricks and teaching manufacturing by building musical instruments. His teaching work extends to the elementary school level, where he talks with over 1,000 teachers around the world every year on methods of introducing young children to engineering.

 

RumeysaDogan

RUMEYSA DOGAN

Co-founder and COO at TechDev Academy

  • Graduated from top-ranked business school with high honor
  • Worked in top global companies as Vodafone, Benetton Group, etc
  • Experienced in Product Management and Digital Marketing Analytics
  • Managed Entrepreneurship Club and mentored several entrepreneurs

 

 

ismail-marulcu

ISMAIL MARULCU

Co-founder & Chief Education Officer at TechDev Academy

  • Educator and Researcher since 2001
  • M.Ed. in Curriculum and Instruction from Boston College
  • Ph.D. in STEM Education from Boston College
  • Mentored more than 100 pre-service teachers, college students, and high school students

 

 

PaolaGomez

PAOLA G. GONZALES

Mentor & Educator

  • over 2,000 hours mentoring students and 4 years of teaching experience
  • spearheaded a nonprofit organization that provides mentorship to underrepresented students at the UC, Davis
  • an active member of the Surfrider Foundation

 

 

AyushKanodia

AYUSH KANODIA

Ph.D. Student in Computer Science at Stanford

  • Ph.D. Candidate in Computer Science at Stanford Uni.
  • Worked as a software engineer for Google
  • Expert in the intersection of Computer Science and Economics.

 

 

KairatSabyrov

KAIRAT SABYROV

Ph.D., Data Scientist

  • B.S. in chemistry and physics
  • Ph.D. In physical chemistry
  • Data science instructor at Lambda School
  • Worked at Lawrence Berkeley National Lab at the UC, Berkeley

 

 

BAHRUDIN TRBALIC

Ph.D., Candidate at Stanford University

  • Studied Physics & Electrical Engineering at MIT.
  • Worked at MIT as a Medical Data Analyst and Product Developer.
  • The founder and lead developer of Expert Experiments.
  • Received the 2023 Robert H. Siemann Graduate Fellowship and 2022 NASA Astrophysics Research and Analysis Award.
  • Spearheaded STEM camps across Europe and Asia.
  • He has been mentoring students for years.

 

 

SHASHA ANRONIKOV

Researcher at Stanford University

  • Recent honors graduate from Cornell University with a major in biological sciences and a minor in business at the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences.
  • Currently working at Stanford University in the Nolan Lab to conduct immunopathology research.

 

 

LISA WANG

BSc Harvard University Graduate

  • Studied Environmental Science and Engineering.
  • Cross-registered to Harvard Univ. and MIT.
  • An advisor to the Harvard Undergraduate Clean Energy Group.
  • Co-founder of Coolant, a company that builds software to unlock nature-based carbon markets.

 

 

SEMI HASAJ

MBA Data Scientist at C3 AI

  • Studied Data Science while obtaining his Master's of Business Analytics at MIT.
  • Studied Space Engineering in Toronto, Canada where he grew up.
  • He has spent years tutoring others because he loves to help people learn and grow.

 

 

SAMY AWWAD

Junior at Stanford University

  • Studying Symbolic Systems with a focus on Neurosciences and plans to be a medical doctor.
  • Founded ImmuniGlobal, a national nonprofit in vaccine education, and he was featured in Healthline magazine.
  • A published researcher in PubMed.
  • Honored by the CDC as a Flu Fighter during the COVID-19 pandemic.
  • Enthusiastic about empowering young changemakers.

 

 

HASAN TUNCER

Ph.D., Product Manager at Cruise

  • BSc. in Computer Science at Koc University, Istanbul.
  • Ph.D. in Computing and Information Scienves at Rochester Institute of Technology in New York.
  • Worked as a software engineering at Wall Street.
  • Product Manager for Cloud Services (at IBM Silicon Valley Lab), autonomous vehicles (at NIO, aka Chinese Tesla, Uber ATG, Aurora and Cruise)

 

 

RayYucel

RAY YUCEL

Ph.D., Data Scientist in Magnimind Inc.

  • B.S in Materials Engineering
  • M.Sc in Management
  • Ph.D. Candidate in Economics
  • Data scientist at Magnimind Inc.
  • Employs deep learning in finance and health care data

 

 

SofoklisGoulas

SOFOKLIS GOULAS

Ph.D., Senior Research Associate at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University

  • Senior research associate, Stanford Uni.
  • The use of data science and machine learning in economics
  • M.Sc. in finance and economics, Warwick business school
  • MS and a Ph.D. in economics, the Uni. of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
  • Worked at the Uni. of North Carolina and at the Bank of Greece

 

 

EnricoSantus

ENRICO SANTUS

Senior Data Scientist at Bayer

  • Senior data scientist at Bayer
  • Postdoc at MIT, in the group of Regina Barzilay
  • Experience in NLP in Oncology, Cardiology and Palliative Care
  • Experience in Fake News Detection, Sentiment Analysis, and Lexical Semantics.
  • Invited to talk at the White House

 

 

EMILY HALFORD

Data Analyst

  • Data analyst working in psychiatric epidemiology
  • Data Science&Mental Health Expert with the BBN Times
  • Master of Public Health, Columbia Uni.

 

 

RyanSpitler

RYAN SPITLER

Ph.D., Co-Founder and Deputy Director of the Precision Health and Integrated Diagnostics Center (PHIND) at Stanford University

  • Faculty Member, Standford Uni.
  • Founding Partner at Boutique Venture Partners
  • B.S. in Molecular Cell and Developmental Biology, UC, Santa Cruz
  • Ph.D. In Cellular and Developmental Biology, UC, Irvine

 

 

muratbaday

MURAT BADAY

Scientist at Stanford Uni, Founder & CEO at TechDev Academy

  • Co-founder of Smartlens, Magnimind, Wowso, Nanosight
  • M.S. in Physics from the University of Pittsburgh
  • Ph.D. in Computational Biology and Biophysics from the Uni. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
  • Mentored and tutored over 100 high school students
  • Developed novel ideas and has over 8 patents

 

 

GyunelRashidova

GYUNEL RASHIDOVA

B.S. in Biological Sciences,
Research assistant at the Laboratory of Biosensors and Bioinstrumentation

  • iGEM alumni, received Gold Medal among 250 teams
  • Fellowship holder from Women in Tech international organization
  • Founder of social projects:
    “OncoSense” - fabrication of device for the detection of cancer biomarkers;
    “RemiSee” - promotion of a colorblind-friendly educational platform
  • AIESEC alumni, organized case competitions with over 300 participants
  • Organized iGEM Biohackathon and Summer Camp for high-school and university students to apply coding for solving real case studies

 

 

SoudehYaghouti

SOUDEH YAGHOUTI

Ph.D., Data Scientist at Megalab, Silicon Valley

  • Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering, University of Naples Federico II, Italy.
  • More than 4 years of experience in data-driven research on electrical network systems.
  • Collaborating with TechDev Academy for several years and taught students data analysis projects.
  • Collaborated with Stanford scientists on projects that aimed to automate medical diagnosis of diseases with the help of image processing techniques and AI.

 

 

AIZHAN IBRAYEVA

MSc Researcher at Stanford University

  • MS. Aerospace Engineering from Purdue University.
  • Did research at Stanford University, Aerospace Science Lab (Purdue), Rarefied Gas Dynamics Lab (Purdue)
  • Worked on projects supported by NASA.
  • Worked as Engineer at Silicon Valley Startup companies.
  • Mentored Students from top US school

 

The class has 5 available spots.
You can add the class during course registration!

 

June 1-5

Mon-Fri 2 hours of daily instruction and 2 hours of self-paced project development.

June 8-12

Mon-Fri 2 hours of daily instruction and 2 hours of self-paced project development.

June 15-19

Mon-Fri 2 hours of daily instruction and 2 hours of self-paced project development.

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