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

2. 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

3. 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

4. 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

5. 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:

6. 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.

7. 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 % average GDP growth every year calculated for 30 years)
Ref: World Bank Retrieved

8. 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

9. 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

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

11. 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

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

13. Glossary