How to Set Effective Career Goals After Entering High School

To choose the right career, we need to start planning early. This will give perfect clarity in our likings and what type of career we would like to achieve. It might not be the same as we have planned out or not be the one that we planned early, but it can help us to understand our trajectory.

You can basically start with having a chat or conversation about your future, choosing the field, understanding the strengths and weaknesses with your mentor, teachers or parents. Also, you can give an aptitude test and have career counseling.

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Understanding the Self: 

Begin to analyze or understand your interests, such as, what subjects do you enjoy the most? When you have free time, what do you enjoy doing? What kinds of problems do you like to solve? What are your strong points? According to other people, what are your skills? When it comes to a career with financial stability, creativity and work-life balance, what do you value most?

Use online tools to research jobs that align with your interests, focusing on daily tasks, required education and job outlook. Know what courses are there after 10th standard.

Understanding these things will help you to make a decision at some point, but the process will be empowering. This will definitely teach you many things.