We begin our iCareer Drive learning programme by looking at CAREER CHOICE.
1. How do I choose a career?
1.1 You career choice will be one of the most important choices you make in your life. It is almost like choosing which road to take when you have come to the crossroad. When choosing career, choose something where you will be using your interests in life, talents, abilities and skills. Your career should entail the following:
- What you like (interests)?
- What you are good at (abilities)?
- Who you are (personality)?
- What is important to you (values)?
What you like (your career interests)?
Reflect back on the following questions that can already give you some pointers on possible career field options, that you will like.
- Subject (s) you enjoyed at school (Make a list)
- Subjects (s) you enjoyed least at school (Make a list)
- Things/Activities that you find interesting (e.g. hobbies, something you read about (Make a list)
- Things/Activities that you find uninteresting (Make a list)
- Your dream career (Describe what you would ideally like to do)
2. Examples of Career fields (Select what you like)
1. Agriculture and nature conservation
Careers such as farming for food, advising farmers, caring for gardens, forests and nature, looking after animals, working in parks, managing game reserves and parks.
2. Culture and Arts
Careers such as making beautiful things, or performing beautiful activities for the enjoyment of people.Pottery, bead work, dancing, singing, music, sport, filming and photography, television, video,actor,design of decor, doing artistic paintings and drawings, drawing cartoons, fashion designing, making jewelry, watch-repairing, entertaining people with jokes.
3. Business, commerce and management
Organizing, planning and making sure a company is run smoothly. Doing the financial statements of a company, managing, human resources or buying goods for a company, administration of an office, developing of statistics, helping people buy and sell houses, promoting products and services of a company. Dealing with phone calls, filing, taking minutes.
4. Communication studies & language.
Using language to help people obtain information by speaking and writing. Translator, journalist for a magazine or newspaper, language experts, copywriter (writing articles of documents), writing fiction or non-fiction, edits written material, publishes books.
5. Education, training and development
Teaching and training people. Educator for schools, higher education institutions like University of Technology and Technical colleges, teaching small children (Early Childhood Development), school principal.
6. Manufacturing, engineering and technology
Drawing machines, bridges, roads, aeroplanes, electrical and electrical and electronic machine, making and fitting together parts of machines, so that they can work smoothly, mining, building and repairing engines and airplanes, plumbing, repairs radios and TVs sets, operates forklifts, design and make tools. flies aeroplanes.
7. Human and social studies
Studying the habits of people to be able to help them. Working with and developing people (Psychology and life skills training), religious studies, (clergymen and priest), history, study of the earth and why people are living in cities (geography), studying human relations (sociologist), study of an ancient people and animals. (archaeology).
8. Law, military science and security
Looking after the safety and security of people and justice in the country. Police Force, lawyers and prosecutors, correctional (prison) services, following a military career (army, navy, air force), traffic cop.
9. Health sciences and social services
Helping people by caring for their bodily and mental health and well being. Preventing illnesses, promoting health, caring for the ill, nursing, medical careers, social work. Treats illnesses (doctor, nurse), dental care making spectacles, diagnoses and treats, eye disorders, performing a number of medical services such as paramedic, radiography, physiotherapy, dietitian, and sports trainer etc...
10. Mathematical, physical, computer and life sciences
Working with numbers to solve problems, working with computers to keep record of information, installing computers, designing robots, and working with living things. computer studies, mathematicians, biology (study of plants and animals).
11.Services
Helping other people like serving them in restaurants and hotels and other leisure facilities, working as chef, tour guide, travel agent, game ranger, transport such as taxi driver, bus driver, personal care such as hair dressing, care for the aged, domestic servant, work in a hotel, working in sales such as salesperson.
12. Physical planning and construction
Planning and drawing buildings like in architecture, building houses, building roads and bridges, putting electrical wires in buildings. paints and plasters buildings, working out building costs.
[Department: Employment & Labour - RSA]
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