Dream big for your future – career guidance counsellor shows the way
Everyone dreams about their futures. For learners and young adults on the brink of their careers, new and amazing futures lie ahead. To decide whether to become a scientist, doctor, teacher, lawyer or accountant, is often difficult.
To help with this process, career guidance counsellors such as Barbara Kügel guide learners’ decisions. Kügel specialises in psychometric assessments for career guidance purposes for adolescent and adults as well assessment for selection and development of employees for companies. She has a B.Com in Industrial Psychology / Human Resources Management and a BA (Honours) in Psychology. Learners can now be assessed remotely, online. This saves time, minimises travelling expenses and ensures the learner is still guided in a professional, caring manner. Some learners have one year of school left and many are excited yet unsure at the same time, and maybe a little apprehensive about what their futures hold. Whether to take a gap year or start studying immediately is also a concern. Simply put, every person is different, and for every person there is a unique job. A certain level of maturity, honest self-examination and self-knowledge is needed to make informed career decisions to match yourself to the most suitable occupation. There are so many exciting new careers and opportunities to choose from nowadays. Learners must decide what they are passionate about, how they can work towards it and what is meaningful to them. Career guidance is a tool to help discover purpose by assessing aptitudes, personality types, interests and values. These tools can help either confirm what the student already knows or put them on a path of illuminating self-discovery. Periodic assessment enables them to continually update and improve their skills as well as identify development areas, both professionally and personally. Assessments even help parents who find themselves at a crossroads in their careers. Assessments and guidance by a qualified professional will make life decisions clearer. “Musicians must make music, artists must paint and poets must write if they are to ultimately be at peace with themselves. What human beings can be, they must be.” – Abraham Maslow. For an obligation-free half-hour consultation, phone Barbara Kügel on 083-600-9025 or email barbara@barbarakugel.co.za.
