25 Factors to consider in choosing a career

It is relevant here to state that the choice of a career is not as easy as we sometimes think. The student should be able to answer the following career choice questions before choosing a career:

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a.     Do you possess the required intellectual ability for the career?

b.    Will your present subject offering lead you to your desired career?

c.      Do you have the needed and sustained interest for the career?

d.    Do you have the needed aptitude for the career?

e.     Do you have the necessary personality qualities for the career?

f.       Can your health conditions and constitutions carry you in the career?

g.     Can you last the period, stress, risk and inconveniences expected in the training or preparation for the career?

h.    What are the primary reasons for choosing the career? (Monetary, status, helping others to contribute to societal advancement, etc.)?

i.    Do you or your parents/sponsors have the financial resources to carry you through the training or preparation period?

j.       Is your chosen career relevant to the needs of the environment/nation?

k.     Can you find employment in your chosen career after training/preparation?

l.      Are you familiar with the importance, nature, history and definition of the career?

m.  Do you have other necessary qualifications for the career e.g. age, sex and the general education for the career?

n.    Do you know how to enter into your chosen career?

o. Is your career offered (for participation) in the available institutions or workshops?

p.    Do you know the general conditions of service for the career?

q.    Are there prospects of advancement and fulfillment in the career?

r.      Would you be able to adjust to the environments and sociological environments of the career? i.e. would you be able to adapt to the geographical location and persons the career could expose you to?

s.      Would the career jeopardize or conflict with your religious and cultural values and beliefs?

t.      What are the advantages and disadvantages of the career?

u.    Do you know about the job hazards associated with your career of interest?

v.     Will the career make you self-employable or dependent on other employers of labour?

w.   Will you be ready for service, re-training or on-the-job training in the career if the need arises?

x.     Assuming you are thrown out of the career/job (retrenched) can you adjust to any other job or a career if the need arises?

y.     If your retire from the career, what plans could you make to survive?

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