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After passing out of 10th standard, the students in India
are confronted with what kind of stream—commerce, science,
arts or computers—to opt for in the undergraduate level.
At the age of around 15 years itself students start thinking
about which stream to follow. At this stage, they may not
be able to decide properly, hence, they leave it to their
parents to choose their careers. The parents look at the
pulse of the market and the present potential and trend
in the job scenario and advise their children to opt for
a particular stream. This is the way career choice is made
indirectly in the initial stage in India.
It is necessary to look at the aptitude, attitude, abilities
and awareness of the child before the choice is made. Only
after weighing his past and present performance thoroughly,
the choice should be offered and the child should be counseled
accordingly. If this happens, then the child takes interest
automatically without any external initiative from parents.
Usually, the students go in for conventional careers where
the risk is minimal. Conventional career means not swimming
against the current, but going with the stream and trend.
For instance, the trend is towards engineering, medicine
and management professions these days. It is mostly because
of availability of plenty of jobs. Both the students and
parents want to play safe by opting for the `hot cake' section,
whereas in unconventional careers the risk is higher and
prospects are not clear such as the fashion designing and
entertainment industries. These are the roads less traveled
where there will be high risks and high returns and one
has to swim against the current. According to American Author,
Dale Carnegie there are six types of fears human beings
face such as fear of criticism, fear of old age, fear of
poverty, fear of ill-health, fear of death and fear of failure.
It is basically the fear of failure, which is the root cause
for not opting for unconventional careers.
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