Preference and career counseling/coaching is a new field of consultancy that has emerged as a need in recent years due to the demands of the market.
The foundations of career choice are laid with school and department choices during adolescence. Choosing which field to start and continue working life after graduating from university is one of the important turning points of the career journey.
Professional selection is generally made in schools and private teaching institutions based on academic success criteria and popular departments. However, other criteria should also be taken into account when choosing a job and a spouse, which are the most decisive elements in an adult's life. The satisfaction that these two choices bring to the person directly affects the quality of life and personal happiness.
In the criterion of external success, meeting economic well-being is generally the minimum basis and the most "fashionable" professions that will provide the best living conditions come to the fore. Abraham Maslow's famous hierarchy of needs/motivation theory and many other theories also support that this is a natural tendency. In the pyramid of needs, security needs are located just above the physiological needs at the bottom, and having a job is also included in this section. As you move up the narrowing triangle, there are areas of love and belonging, self-esteem (self-esteem and self-confidence) and self-actualization (moral values, creativity, problem solving, spirituality, etc.). In recent years, it has been revealed by different branches of psychology how effective these three areas, which are perceived as more abstract, actually are in all of life and human behavior. And this is a phenomenon that almost everyone has heard and accepted.
Self-actualization is based on making decisions based on your personal interests and abilities that make you who you are and applying them to your life. Essentially, the effort to find the balance between internal and external conditions is very decisive in both social existence and spiritual development. Nevertheless, the competitive education and economic system can lead to the perception of self-realization as a utopian or even almost impossible situation.
However, self-realization, that is, inner peace and peace, is one of the main ways of happiness that people seek. Sigmund Freud and many other thinkers define mental health as the ability to enjoy and produce life. defines through identity. Famous educator A.S. Neill makes a similar reference when he says, "I prefer a happy carpenter to an unhappy doctor." Moreover, if you love your job, you are more likely to be more successful as well as being a happy person.
Preference counseling holds up a kind of mirror to you regarding your choices in education and business life. You can make more realistic decisions by looking at yourself objectively from many different aspects, such as your abilities, interests, and family expectations. In addition, with preference counseling, you can discuss your options and opportunities in a wider range.
In short, in preference counseling:
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You learn more about yourself,
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You do research from different sources about educational and professional possibilities
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You get ideas about market trends and new professions.
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You draw a road map and use your time effectively.
Career counseling is the comprehensive application of preference counseling applied when you are about to enter business life or post-graduate education after obtaining a professional qualification. In addition to the above acquisitions, deeper examinations are made on decision-making styles, you are supported in setting more realistic and concrete goals, different options in business life or education are reviewed, ways to follow in job applications are examined, and if necessary, you are helped to develop coping skills against the emotional turmoil you will experience in this process. .
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