Addressing the current career crisis.

‘’Even if you’re on the right track, you’ll get run over, if you just sit there’’ Will Rogers

Lately, I have counseled and encountered a bunch of youth in need of career counseling & guidance

Most of them are armed with good grades but have no idea on the career path to take.

Lately, there has been a laxity in the way institutions’ give career guidance to the students, today the information given is more of persuasive rather than informative. Learning institutions’ mushrooming in every corner of our country care less on the passion of the students they admit in their different courses. This has worsened to the extent that some institutions’ are even offering substandard courses and even fake papers. This has been partly addressed by the government move to regulate partnerships between universities and private learning institutions’. Kudos! For that.

A backlash has arisen between learning institutions and employers whereby the latter are accusing the former of producing half baked professionals. Graduates are now left at the mercy of Mother Nature and employees in getting a job.

Who will salvage the situation! I ask?

The recruitment firms on the flipside have found a money minting avenue by exploiting the desperate graduates who are not confident enough to compose a cover letter or a resume by themselves. Human resource agencies have mushroomed in every corner of the country offering bespoke (as they call them) Resume and job application letters. They even conduct mimic interviews to the clients (desperate graduates) and coach them on how to answer questions in the interviews. In the end the clients end up getting the job but no sooner as they settle in the job than they are fired or assumed redundant. Today we have all over our nation desperate youth who have never been employed or can’t sustain a job every day they are in the streets insisting that the government is not keen to provide employment opportunities.

Way Forward!

To end this menace, one, should take a foundational orientation to tackle it. First, let the students be taken through a rigorous purpose and passion coaching. This will ensure that they get a foundation within which they can build their career beyond an 8 to 5 job. The High school teachers and students should focus more on purpose and passion training, rather than mere motivational talks towards better grades. This will lead to motivated students who have a better picture of their career path….

More to follow………………………………………………………

*My career my choice*

The Writer Is a Purpose Coach And Career Mentor @mureithimentor

For any questions write to him @ williammureithi@yahoo.com