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It was in the United States that he discovered his talent for guiding youth to their dream career. On his return to India, he evolved a career guidance programme. In a chat with Ignatius Pereira.
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Antony John: 'A candidate may have an aptitude for more than one career. Hence the assessment will have to be made carefully.'
GUIDING YOUNG students to take a decision to choose a career that suits their aptitude is an obsession with Antony John, a native of Kollam. He had this obsession even while he was working in the United States after taking a Master's degree in Business Administration from the Pace University, New York.
In the U.S., career guidance is already in vogue. Students there do not encounter any pressure from their parents or society when it comes to choosing a career, Mr. John said. They choose the career that suits their aptitude.
But in Kerala things are different. Mr. John says that generally parents in India are more inclined to force their children to choose either medicine or engineering as the best career options available. "However, there are more than 1,000 careers to choose from, out of which a student can easily select the right one depending on his or her aptitude." And choosing the right course means enjoying an exciting career which, they thought, never existed, he said. When he returned from the U.S., he engaged himself in career guidance for the children of his close friends. Those advices had not gone waste. He now intends to expand the career guidance practice.
Mr. John has created his own formula for the purpose. He broadly classifies all the career courses into six broad groups, then conducts a comprehensive three-hour test and gives his assessment. "A candidate will be having more than one aptitude. Hence the assessment will have to be made carefully. And that is what I do," he said. He says that while choosing a career, both students and parents will have anxious moments. If they get proper guidance, things will become easy for the students. However, parents have now started realising the fact that medicine and engineering are not the only best career options available.
Very often, it is after getting a job one realises that his choice of subject was wrong. This can have an adverse impact on one's life, Mr. John says.
The career guidance system is a programme for evaluating one's job potential. He says that the guidance formula which he has evolved would save time and money. It would help one understand his strength and weak points, gain confidence to set his goals in his career. Mr. John can be contacted on phone number 0474-2743614.
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