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In a very basic term, online career counseling is consulting an career expert to solve your career or job relates queries. Like when having a stomach pain you consult a doctor to ease your pain and to recommend you medicines,  in same manner you can seek advice from career counseling organisation to get a professional advice on decisions relating your careers and jobs. A career counselor after analysing your psychometric test/career assessment test will recommend you best possible career options and pathway (i. e colleges to apply,  entrance exams) to pursue your shortlisted career.

Aptitude is an innate or inborn capacity for  learning. The test assesses an individual’s strengths and weaknesses in seven key abilities. Aptitudes are about ‘potential, which is not necessarily realized at the present time. Often, the discovery of potential leads to the development of new Interests.

   The aptitude test would include: 

 

 - Speed & Accuracy Test;

  - Visual Skills Test;

  - Mechanical Reasoning Test;

  - Verbal Ability Test;

  - Mathematical Ability Test;

  - Conceptual Reasoning Test;

  - Logical Thinking Ability Test;

Reasons why you should give the Test :

•The sooner you are exposed to your true potential, the better. Otherwise there are the conventional tests – Examinations, Interview, and work appraisal system to know.

•It is possible that you might succeed in a career which is contrary to this result. But, statistically speaking, some mathematicians will be better with words than with numbers, even though we would assert that as a general rule, more

   mathematicians will be better with numbers than words.

It is imperative that students refrain from making career choices based on unprofessional career guidance from family, friends, etc and follow a scientific process to choose a career. It is very difficult to visualize and anticipate if a particular career is the perfect career for you, hence after years of switching various jobs after graduation you select a career which suits you. Some of them might compromise on  working in a career for the rest of their lives with which they are unhappy. The reason why it becomes so difficult to choose the perfect career is because people might consider only one parameter in choosing a career or might actually get into a career just based on the fascination by the name or maybe that particular career is glamorized to convince you to get into it and when you start performing the tasks while working, then you realize it is not your cup of tea. 

 

To solve this problem, a scientific approach for Career guidance with the help of career consultants is important. Psychometric online career counselling tests which career counsellors conduct are designed in a way where with the help of the questions they interpret the real interest, aptitude and personality of students. 


Making an Informed Career decision

Career Counselling and career assessment tests can help you choose a suitable career path and narrow down your job choices that are compatible with your interests, skills, values, and personality.

Career guidance, in the form of tests, can be very useful for those who are uncertain about the array of career possibilities.

 

Access to Expert Resources

Career counsellors are knowledge experts in their domain. Having a mentor gives you access to their knowledge, resources and experience that can help you grow in your role.

 

Removes Career Related Obligations and Confusion

Through Career counselling you can have a platform where such frustrations can be reduced, and focus is redirected to selecting the best career options. It connects you with the industry experts who have enough life experiences to share to help you overcome your confusions and obligations.


The  Career  Counselling  for  students    shоuld  begin  when  the  student  just  enters  Сlаss  10.  Саreer  Соunselling  is  а  disсоvery  рrосess  аnd  аn  early  start  allows  уоu  tо  make  the  search  press  more  structured  о а  student  is  aware  about  his/her  goal  ahead of  time  and  have  the  required  time  аnd  resоurсe  tо  exeсute  the  deсided  саreer  рlаn. 


Though it is widely believed only student or job seekers who are confused about career or job requires a counseling but this not the fact,  as every should do their career counseling.  As career counseling isn't about getting information about a particular career or job it also includes knowing your abilties, learning about alternative and new careers options etc. It basically means making a road map to your future goals. So it advisable for every student.

Career assessment test ie. Interest, Aptitude and Personality is a very useful assessment which could help students in multiple areas apart from general career confusion.
-Deciding specialisations in careers like management and engineering.
-Shortlist skill based courses.
-Differentiating hobby from career and also devicing a meaningful backup plan especially in careers like Sports, music, etc
If you are confused between 2-3 careers and these careers are completely opposite from each other like finance and advertising, then your confusion could be a strong one and career assessment test might be required to solve this. Similar career confusion like finance or business management which are quite similar could be solved by just counselling.

If you are very sure about getting into a career, irrespective of any influence, then you don't need career assessment tests to shortlist careers. These cases usually can be mentoring requirement ie. Information about particular course from an Industry expert. But if you have even the slightest of confusion, it is always advisable to take career assessment test and counselling to avoid making a wrong decision and either repent for the rest of your life or mid career change ie. restart a new career at 35-40 year age.

Over the years we have spoken to many NGOs and companies carrying skill training as part of their CSR activity and noticed that most people quit their jobs despite recieving training and job placement due to lack of exploring other options. This is a very common case for most people since it is very difficult to explore from such a vast pool of careers out there.
The test helps streamline careers and makes it easy to choose from the limited pool of careers.
This is a very common question which people ask ie. scope of a career. Scope is a very subjective term when you use it with career and definition of scope usually changes at different age bracket. A 21 year old might define scope of a career as salary package, whereas 30 year old might define it as job security and a 40 year old might define it as happiness.
As career counsellors we believe that if your aptitude, interest and personality matches a career, then scope, money and success automatically follows.
Yes, a person with ADHD (Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder) can take a vocational assessment test. These tests aren't just for those with ADHD; they're made to assist people of all ages and abilities explore different job options in light of their interests, aptitudes, and personality features. A candidate for ADHD can undoubtedly take such an examination to learn more about potential job paths based on their particular talents and preferences.

However, it's important to remember that career assessments are only one step in the process of exploring potential career paths. Working with a professional counselor or coach who can offer them individualized advice and techniques to help them achieve in their chosen job path may be beneficial for people with ADHD.

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