Kohima, May 28 (MExN): The Zhavame Students’ Union (ZSU) conducted one day career guidance seminar cum orientation programme at CAN building on May 27. Dr. Zavise Rume, Associate Professor, SCERT was the resource speaker.
Addressing the students, Dr. Zavise stated that career development is a lifelong process, while describing it as a ‘living rather than earning’. He attributed factors such as ability, interest, aptitude, types of knowledge, skills attitude, types of institution, types of friends, location, resource materials, food, hard work, sincerity, and dedication for career development.
Career development, he stated, has different stages, namely, fantasy stage, exploratory stage, and realistic stage, while making one’s career decision comprises of an eight-step process – defining goal, staging the decision to be made, analysing resources, analysing needs and wants, identifying choices, gathering information, evaluating choices and making the decision.
Dr. Zavise also extensively dwelt on the structure of differential aptitude test, the multiple intelligence chart and went on to highlight different career options in subjects like English, History, Economics, Sociology, Psychology and other skill based careers. The resource speaker meanwhile urged upon the students that in order to succeed in their career path, they need to have a burning desire, the will power, a positive attitude, mastery of the subject, strong academic foundation, strong language foundation, strong general awareness and goal orientation.
In the second session, Advisor to ZSU, Tho-o Shupao gave a short sharing wherein he advised students to manage their time well, have a daily routine, set a daily, weekly, monthly or a yearly target while including their goals in their daily activities.
In her exhortation, Entrepreneur Rekha Rose Dukru called upon the students to take initiative while impressing upon that success belongs to those who do not wait for the opportunity to come to them but to those who take the initiative in a world that is constantly changing.
With Bunyi Krocha as the leader, the first session had opening prayer by Modovi Shupao, welcome address by Derhü Pohena. Khemo Domeh led the second session while Vikhrulu Pohena said the closing prayer.
