Career Quest

The professional approach to choosing your career path

This unique program that helps you rediscover yourself and market your talents effectivlely

Students at the threshold of the job market often have to contend with complex choices in their pursuit of the right job.

Some questions, which torment the young job seekers, are:

What should be my chosen career path?

How do I decide on a career path and a job in that career path that is just the right one for my qualifications, my personality and my aspirations?

What should be my approach to find a job in my Chosen Career path

How do I package my Knowledge, Skills and Attitudes into a Power Resume that would showcase my full potential and attract the attention of the potential employers without being unduly long or drab?

How do I choose the companies to which to apply?

How do I stand out in-group discussions?

How do I crack the interviews?

All these questions are pointers to one single question

Is there a professional way of reaching out to potential employers, and embark on a well-chosen, rewarding career?

This is precisely the issue that Career QUEST addresses. The path from college to jobis tricky and the young job seekers need to walk this path in a professional manner, making an optimum use of their intellectual and material resources and energy.

The core program is spread over 6 interactive sessions, each of 3 hours duration, conducted by trained and experienced facilitators. The program includes group learning sessions, role-play, tips from human resource experts and exercises based on real life situations faced by jobseekers.

Add on modules, such as group discussions, stress interviews etc, addressing the specific needs of individuals or collective needs of a batch, are also available.
The methodologies used for the program have been conceptualized and mastered by our faculty with the help of experts in the field and close interaction with the industry.

The program content is dynamic and reviewed periodically to cater to the ever-changing expectations of employers / industries and new skill sets being acquired by the students.

The core program: an overview

Session 1

What do I aspire to be?

In this opening module, The young jobseekers are taken through a guided self introspection and counseling by means of questionnaires, games and group activities. At the end of the session, the candidates are able to clearly articulate their aspirations in life, and decide upon the career options, which are in consonance with their dreams and aspirations.

Session 2

Employer expectations

This important module addresses some fundamental issues related to the KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS and ATTITUDES (KSAs) that are demanded in a professional set up, expectations of employers and the candidates are able to critically analyze their personal KSAs. They realize that they are not limited by any one definition of themselves (for e.g, a software engineer) but actually have a huge bundle of KSAs packed in themselves. The module helps them get a richer view of what it takes to be successful in their chosen careers and identify the shortfalls in KSAs.

Session 3

Bridging the gap

On reaching this stage of the program, the candidates have a clear picture of their dream careers, their personal competencies and last but not the least, the requirements / demands of their chosen profession and their potential employers. In this module, they identify the shortfalls in their KSAs and get a fairly comprehensive idea of what additional steps are required to be taken by them to reach where they want to be in the near future. In essence they have zeroed in on the direction to proceed in.

Session 4

Power resume

This unique module assists the students in transforming their existing, monotonous resumes into something that fully showcases their full potential in a clear and concise manner. Unlike the normal practice of writing a resume for exorbitant fees, OUR module explains in a simple and professional manner, the art of writing a Power Resume. The module aims at making the candidates understand the importance of writing a resume that keep the employers requirements in mind.
This is perhaps the most defining moment of the program. The candidates look at their own resumes, written by them, in a kind of disbelief (IS THIS REALLY MY RESUME?? AM I SO GOOD!!!)

Session 5

Cracking an interview

This module is aimed at developing the requisite confidence, and poise to perform successfully in interviews. Candidates are given an exposure to various kinds of interviews. They are given important tips on the personal and professional conduct expected by the employers and the importance of building TRUST during an interview. This module is immensely enjoyed by the students because of a variety of role-plays, games etc in-built into the module.

Session 6

The final decision

During this session, the students learn about the techniques to critically analyze and make a well informed decision on whether to accept or reject job offer(s) that they get. Tips on negotiating for salary, working conditions etc given.

Add on modules

Group discussion skills

This module is aimed at making the students understand the techniques for being the Locus of Contribution in a group discussion, the importance of speaking as well as listening in a GD, how to trigger new thoughts in a GD, how to be an effective leader and coordinator in a GD etc.

Screening tests

Various employers / organizations have their own methods of short-listing the applicants for the final interview by conducting one or more Screening Tests. In this module the students are made to understand the different types of screening tests, what attributes are being tested / evaluated and the ways to do them successfully. Practice tests are given.

Stress interviews

This module is aimed at giving an exposure to the students to face difficult and stressful interviews. The interviews are conducted by our facilitators and are usually 30 mins to one-hour duration. They address the specific needs of individual candidates /profession and the facilitators have a preliminary interview followed by the stress interview.

Stress busting techniques

In this module some simple and highly effective techniques to de-stress before and during an interview are explained and practiced.

All participants are given exhaustive reference material, list of websites for additional information etc. The Career QUEST program is just the beginning of our life long association with the young professionals. We stay with them as their friends and mentors till they are accomplished professionals, ready to take on their profession in all its diversities and adversities.