Educate I Inform I Guide Need of Career Guidance in Developing Countries

Pathfinders Charitable Trust Mission Helping Students to make informed career choices Organization Founded in 2007 as a Non Profit Organization Mr. Vinodd Nayak, Managing trustee & President

Educate Inform Guide Pathfinder Career Guidance Outreach program – A Success Story from Pathfinders Charitable Trust Helping Students to make informed career choices Educate students on difference between “Job” and “Career” Inform students with different career options Guide students to take right career path Pathfinder Career Guidance Outreach program expose students to a broad range of career opportunities and give them the confidence to get ahead in life Educate Inform Guide

Issue - Unable to make informed career choices SSC and HSC are the most crucial period in a student’s life. It is the time when he or she has to make vital career choices and get the relevant professional education. Unfortunately most students are not aware of the multitudes of career options available to them. Reasons Lack of information on different career options Lack of proper guidance Parental Influence Financial Aid

Ref: http://ncrb.nic.in/CD-ADSI-2012/suicides-11.pdf Effect - Unable to make informed career choices Effects of not selecting correct career path Unemployment Failure in Examination Professional / Career Stress Many people have committed suicide as they were unable to cope up with above issues Ref: http://ncrb.nic.in/CD-ADSI-2012/suicides-11.pdf

Resolution - Pathfinder Career Guidance Outreach program Through Pathfinder Career Guidance Outreach program, we expose students to a broad range of career opportunities and give them the confidence to get ahead in life. Concept and Methodology Conduct career guidance seminars in schools and colleges Free counseling for students and parents. Question and answer sessions Free distribution of a Career Guidance Booklet that contains detailed information on courses and professional colleges; Information on education loans, college admission and scholarships.

Exponential Power of Career Guidance Proper career guidance can help to increase a person’s lifetime income by 40-60% * Estimated life time household income for 30 years (household income of 2013 + 5% average GDP growth every year calculated for 30 years) Ref: World Bank. 2014-05-01. Retrieved 2014-07-16

Methodology and Tools used SWOT Analysis- Strategic Planning Effective teamwork- Collaboration Volunteer Recognition- Engagement Deming Cycle (PDCA)- Improvement Project management- Result Focus Good Governance- Leadership Benchmarking- Improvement Transparency- Information Integrity Brainstorming- Engagement

Detailed Process map Phase 1 Free distribution of Career Guidance Booklet, containing detailed information on courses available along with the information about various professional colleges Motivational talk on Difference between “Job” and “Career” Phase 2 Career Guidance Seminar on career choices and professional courses. Free Counseling to interested students / parents Question / Answer, clarifying doubts, providing more information where required Phase 3 Information on education loans, college admission, scholarships etc. Professionals from different careers will be given a platform to address the students

Dependencies and Resources Project Participation of schools and colleges Professionals Volunteers Sponsors for printing of books Logistics and arrangement of seminars

Achievements Conducted career guidance seminar/workshops for over 60,000 students since inception Presence in 6 states of India Conducted Teacher training programs for over 100 schools/colleges Instrumental in starting “Career guidance cell” in many schools and colleges Distributed over 60,000 “Pathfinder Career Guide” free of cost Presented a poster at “Joint World Conference on Social Work, Education and Social Development- 2014” held at Melbourne Australia

Future Plans Planning to reach approximately 30,000 students in year 2014-15 Expecting to reach rural schools and colleges with the help of Govt. Organizations like NSS (National Service Scheme) etc…

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