Up until Grade 10, school is a secure and predictable environment, with few options of individual choices. But from Grade 11 onwards, the world of adult responsibility starts looming on the horizon–when one has to leave your comfortable oyster and start on the reality of a rather uncertain journey ahead.
Central is the question of which career will suit you best, what occupation will be most fulfilling, and which will meet the life goals you set for yourself. It is one of life’s anomalies that this far-reaching decision that will affect the rest of your life, has to be taken when one has little experience of the adult world and simultaneously is still in the process of discovering one’s own self.
One side of the ‘coin to be tossed’ (as some would say), is to get to know yourself better, and here a counsellor or somebody who knows you well, can lend a hand. But the other side of the coin is the reality of the occupational world and possible career options in a rapidly changing environment. A career that was high in demand a decade ago, may now be over-populated with few opportunities for newcomers without experience, while other options are popping up on the job scenario.
BusinessTech of 10 June reports that based on the most recent online hiring activity, five sectors show promising employment prospects:
• Information Technology
• Sales
• Business and Management
• Finance
• Admin, Office & Support
This is according to the latest CareerJunction Index (CJI), where around 3,000 of the country’s top recruiters advertise their positions to millions of registered job seekers.
However, supply outstrips demand in some areas, leading to a competitive environment for job seekers.
(Source: https://businesstech.co.za/news/business/497731/)
The main thing right now is to start considering the options which would best suit you. Thereafter all you have to do, is to make sure that your school subject choice (and marks) will give you entry to the career options that tallies with your interests.
A stark reality awaits a large chunk of first-year students: between 30% and 40% of SA students drop out in their first year of varsity. Don’t become part of this disturbing statistics! Go to https://www.studysmart.org.za/career-compass-questionnaire/ to take the next step on your exciting career journey. Remember: your entire life stretches out before you – and you are now the captain of your own destiny.
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