Career advice can be defined as any advice, tips or suggestion that can help a person with his or her career. Career advices can be concerned with choosing the right career, selecting the course / education / degree that is right for your chosen career, selecting the right job / company, resume building and interview advices for getting the job, advices for advancing in the job etc. The exact meaning and scope of the career advices would vary greatly depending on the stage in your life and career you are.
Career advice helps a person by providing guidelines and the direction in which to focus his / her efforts in order to achieve maximum success in career. Let's look at various ways in which career advice can help a person.
- Selecting the Right Career Path
To start with career advice can help you select a career path that is right for you. This would be based on your own interest and inclination your performance and aptitude in various fields / subjects as well as the market conditions. Choosing the right career path is the first and perhaps the most important part of the career planning and career advice can help you with that.
- Choosing a Career Profile
Once you have decided to work in a certain line or field for example computers, the career advice can help you research the career profiles or career opportunities available in that particular field. In the case of computers these can be software developer, software tester, database administrator, web developer etc. For an assured success in your career it is essential that you choose a particular profile and develop the skills and qualifications required to succeed in that specific field.
- Career Planning
Once you have selected a particular career profile the career advice can help you find the required skills and qualifications for that career profile and how best to acquire them. This may include advice about which courses to attend, skills to master etc.
- Finding a Job
Once you have the required qualification career advice can help you find the right job which is appropriate for your current qualifications and help you advance in your career as well. This may involve tips and advice about selecting the right company, building a resume, interview tips etc.
- Additional Career Advices
Career advices can help a person even after getting a job. These may involve advices about advancement in job, salary negotiation, when to change job, advices related to appraisal etc.
As we can see career advice can help a person in all the stages in his or her career. The advice appropriate for a person would vary greatly from person to person and would depend on his personal inclination, interest, abilities as well as the selected career path and the career profile.