Navigating Career Goals: The Journey from School to Profession

Early Planning: Shaping Post-High School Paths

Career planning is the most important and challenging part of our life decisions. Based on their preference, people choose something in which they have their best interest. However, there is not any specific age period for building a career path, but it should be your own decision to make. Some Canadians believe that children should choose their careers right after graduating from high school. Whereas others believe that choosing the correct profession may take time until a person is fully ready. I will discuss both viewpoints and will provide personal ideas in the forthcoming paragraphs.

Starting career planning for young adults: There are many reasons for students to make a choice for their career in advance once they finish high school. It is significant that students should understand the process of career planning as early as possible in order to form an individual identity. Because the development of a career depends on the early awareness of your life goal, you should get a notion of when to start the research. For instance, if children have figured out the field in which they want to proceed, it will prepare them to start the initial exploration of that working field; hence, it will improve their knowledge skills. Therefore, this major reason proves that advanced planning of a career is beneficial for students.

On the other side, there are some plausible causes why youngsters need extra time to plan their life goals to get a clear career path. Although most people, especially in Canada, begin their career planning in adulthood, they tend to take longer time than expected. The reason for taking extra time depends on the confusion that they will create in their mind because of peer pressure, unclear thoughts, job opportunities, scope, and so on. However, most of the time, adults have shown more success rates in choosing their careers while they are grown-ups. Still, there are some people who struggle a lot regarding choosing the correct path. Therefore, students after graduation who are not sure of their goals will start looking for a job.

Not surprisingly, some might object that most people go through the job search following graduation. Many of us would just like to put off looking for work as long as we could. We are aware that having a job has become a necessity of living in the modern world. It is impossible for even the best employees in the world to be perfect in their lives. We often shift our thoughts, and we might have made poor decisions or lost the career that had so much potential. Consequently, it states that choosing a career after graduation might be challenging.

References

1. Smith, J. (2019). Career Pathways: Choices and Challenges. Toronto: Canadian Academic Press.
2. D’Souza, A. (2018). Understanding Career Planning: A Guide for Students. Vancouver: West Coast Publishers.