Career Path

Career choice- subject combination for a prospective profession

By Adegbilero-Iwari Idowu

During Wexford College Students’ Tour of Elizade University, Ilara-Mokin, Nigeria on 27th Jan., 2017

First of all

• Career guidance? who really cares? watch!

Definitions• A career is defined as the progress and actions taken

by a person throughout a lifetime, especially those related to that person's occupations (Business

Dictionary)• Career is composed of jobs held, titles earned and

work accomplished over a long period of time.

• Read more: http://www.businessdictionary.com/definition/career.

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Definitions

• Career is a field for or pursuit of consecutive progressive achievement especially in public, professional, or business life

• a profession for which one trains and which is undertaken as a permanent calling (Merriam-Webster Dictionary)

• Source: https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/career

Definitions

• Profession means “a calling requiring specialized knowledge and often long and intensive academic preparation” (Merriam-Webster Dictionary)

• So, education matters

Secondly

• Doing academic and career planning: tips to note

Career Choice

• Interest• Mentorship• Exploring internship and volunteering• Networking • Research (find out about it)

- Allison Cheston (2012)

Back to Genesis

• Recognise God • Locate yourself in His Word/will

(Psalm119:105, Joshua 1:8)• Identify what gives you joy as a child of God• Grow in it (Prov4:18)

Career choice: Steps to take

• According to the Chameleon Video Scribes and Whiteboard Animation (2015) the following tools are needed:

• 1. Mirror• 2. Compass• 3. Map• 4. Vehicle

Mirror (Who am I?)

What interests

me?

What am I good at?

How am I unique/differe

nt from others?

Compass (What do I want to do?)

What Industry am I interested in?

What jobs are available for me in the future?

How much can I expect to earn from the

career?

Map (How do I get there?)

What courses should I be taking to position me for

success?

What work/services experience will give me

exposure and teach me the skills I need?

What type of education do I need after High School?

What are the admission requirements and how much

will it cost me?

Vehicle (Go!)

Your destinations, ways and time to get there are

all unique

Either go direct, look around learning different things or trying different

options, just GO!

Subject combinations for a prospective profession

• Slide 5• Examples of professions:• Legal• Medical• Educational• Accounting• Performing arts• Library and information science• Information Technology

Knowledge bodies of professions

• Body of Knowledge is broadly classified into:• Arts and Humanities• Natural &Applied Sciences (Medicine,

Technology, Agriculture) • Law• Social Sciences• Education

Subject combinations• Science-based professions e.g.: Pharmacy,

Medicine& Surgery, Engineering, Agriculture• Core subject: Chemistry across all• Specific for Engineering: Physics and Maths• Arts& Humanities: History, International

Relations, Linguistics, Literature, Film • Core subject: Literature-in-English• Social Sciences: Economics, Human Resources

Mgt., Banking&Finance, Accounting• Core subject: Economics

Preparing for University?

• Know yourself• Know your goals• Know the steps• Above all, know your God!

Three important things

• 1. Read! • 2. Read!! and • 3. Read!!!

Thank you

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