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EFFECTIVE CAREER PLANNING: CHARMS & CHALLENGESDr. Jitendra Nagpal

“A musician must make his music, an artist mustpaint, a poet must write if he is to ultimately be atpeace with himself.”

- Abraham MaslowIf a person's self-actualization needs are not met,

he feels restless, edgy and lacking something.Superstar Amitabh Bachchan, on being asked thesecret of his success once remarked: "I considermyself lucky that I could decide early in life that Iwanted to be an actor. I have come across manypeople who do not know what to do with themselves."Human capacities are infinite and can never bemeasured, nor are we to judge of what one can do.Every person is born with unique characteristics, foreveryone has his or her own strengths and weak-nesses. The key is to identify these unique qualities.Through career counseling these facets of an individ-ual's life can be explored to address the uniquecareer concerns facing our young generation today. Itwill ensure a boost in their morale and confidenceand give them new direction which will be beneficialfor the whole society.

For excelling in life and accelerating in ones cho-sen field, formulating a career development plan is avital skill. Career development is a life-long process.The first step in successful career development iseffective career planning. Planning is essential foreverything in life, from cooking for the day toplanning a festival or any event in life, significant orinsignificant. One has to plan all the activities in life.Likewise, when one starts thinking about one’scareer, one needs to plan seriously for it. Careerselection is very important and requires a great dealof thinking and planning.

For, a clear sense of the direction, for attainingsuccess in life, career planning is essential. The pur-pose of a career development plan is to help oneachieve one’s goals. Everyone has aspirations in lifeand specific levels they would like to reach. Thecareer planning process actually helps a person indeveloping specific career goals and mapping out acourse on how to reach them in the best possible way.

Career planning looks complex and a little scary toadults and youth alike. It is a journey, and along theway we learn, grow and change with each experienceand benefit from the people we meet along the way.How would a person feel if the job he has been doingfor most of his life just moved offshore without anywarning? What if he spends several years in gettingan education for a job that is no longer in high

demand? How to know the secrets to choose a sat-isfying career that will also be in high demand? Byunderstanding the major trends that are affecting aperson’s life, one will be able to play an active role inplanning and directing his or her career. By under-standing these trends one will have a better chanceof seeing the big changes before they hit. Earlier,Graduation used to mean the certainty of securing ajob but not now.

Unlike the past, today jobs are specialized andrequire training. For example 20 years back, a stu-dent who completed graduation with a first classcould easily get a job in a bank;. However, todaythose who are having specialization in financialmanagement have a better edge. A person with spe-cialized knowledge would definitely be preferred oversomebody who has just completed his graduation.Every single day a new institute opens up offer-ing some specialized course.

Unrealistic professional aspirations distort stu-dents' vision. Inadequate knowledge about theirown aptitudes and about the opportunities availablein the country keeps their paths very narrow.Awareness about the courses, institutes and theunderstanding of how to choose career is lacking. Why so?

Job density has increased with people fromsmaller towns migrating to bigger cities for jobsand education. Globalization has increased the standards ofeducation and career profiles, therefore, stu-dents have standards to adhere to, especially, forstudies abroad.

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TRANSLATION AS A CAREER

T ranslation is a way to travel beyondcultural boundaries and to share

experiences. Had translation not beenthere, human civilization could not havetravelled so far from the age of wheel andfire to the age of 'mars mission'. In anessentially diverse world, translation hasprovided the way to transmit great ideasto the human kind and providing themmany solutions for betterment. It can besaid that the first translator of the worldwould have been someone who perhapshad helped someone lost from his tribe orperhaps a person who had helped miti-gate a conflict between two warringgroups.

But in modern context translation isnot something to just transform a contentword by word but it is something whichbeautifully converts the feelings of a con-tent or statement to a quite different cul-tural landscape. So, a translator must besomeone who has ample knowledge oftwo languages and more so he must alsoswim across the cultural landscapes ofthe time. To quote Gracia Marquez ontranslation 'it is a most difficult work and agood translation is always a recreation inanother language'.

In a country like India and also for thefast changing globalised world, the impor-tance of translation is growing day by day.For the knowledge to disseminate furtherto the masses it is essential that goodtranslation should be provided to thepeople who do not know essentially morelanguages than their native one. For thegrowth of tourism and for diplomatic

purposes translators are much indemand. Even for the sake of securityreasons, governments agencies arealways on look for good translators. Manycountries in this world do not use Englishor other major languages and their diplo-matic visits are essentially accompa-nied by good translators and interpreters.

In an age where geography is fastbecoming history and internet is cuttingacross all sections of society, the Englishlanguage is gradually losing its hold,thanks to the emergence of China, Japan

and India as powers to reckon with. Insuch a scenario, the job of a translator orinterpreter is increasingly being seen as acareer option by many.

In India where more than 200-majorlanguages are in use and which is muchdiversified, translation provides tool toknow the diversity of the nation.

Had there not been good translations,Sharatchandra or Tagore could not havebeen popular among Indian or globalmasses.

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Multinational companies are open-ing in India and are looking forwell trained employable individuals.

What to do?The increased number of options has

added to the confusion. Hence, oneneeds to plan a career effectively and beupdated with the changes so that one cangrow with newer careers. One needs tobe well informed about various choicesand plan the next step accordingly.

This can be done by understandingthe major trends that affect jobs, whichwill enable a person in making bettercareer decisions. The trends one is inter-ested in may be as short as a few yearsor as long as 20+ years. Just like waves,trends move and change everything theycome in contact with. If one is not pre-pared for the big wave he or she will bewashed away like a toy in the ocean.

Initially, trends start off so small thatmost people don't notice them. Eventuallytrends build up to a crescendo.Somewhere in between they make theevening news. The trick is to spot trendsjust as they begin, so that one has time totake action and change his or her lifeaccordingly. An even better trick would beto predict the trends before they start.

A career plan is a blueprint for suc-cess. The foundation on which one canbuild one’s vision- a picture of the suc-cess one aspires for. To construct acareer action plan for oneself , oneneeds to have a clear understandingof one’s real self .To discover oneself,acquire knowledge of what one is goodat, one likes to do or is not happy doing it.This will help a person to develop hisor her personal career plan and mapout the route for career.

Choosing the right path is vital to find-ing balance, happiness and success.Hence, it is very important to select thecareer in the field of interest. Facets of Career Decision- Making

Career decision-making is a process& a skill that can and should be taught.The purpose of career decision-making isto help one organize one’s thinking aboutfactors important in choosing a career.

It’s important to assess one’s style ofdecision-making to help overcome obsta-cles that might inhibit the process. The

goal of career planning is to link academ-ic knowledge and real-world experienceto determine the path of one’sfuture professional life.The following definitions are importantto understand the concept of career...

A JOB is a paid position requiring agroup of specific attributes and skillsthat enable a person to performtasks in an organization eitherpart-time or full-time for a short orlong duration.An OCCUPATION is defined as agroup of similar jobs found in dif-ferent industries or organizations.A CAREER is the sequence and vari-ety of occupations (paid and unpaid)which one undertakes throughout a life-time. More broadly career includes liferoles, leisure activities, learning & work.Career DEVELOPMENT is theprocess of managing life, learningand working over a lifespan.Career GUIDANCE is an inclusiveterm that has been used to describe arange of interventions including careereducation and career counseling.

“The decisions you make about your worklife are especially important, since mostpeople spend more of their waking livesworking than doing anything else. Yourchoices will affect, not only yourself andthose closest to you, but in some way thewhole world.”

—Laurence G. BoldtCAREER PLANNING

Frequently Asked Questions1. Why is Career planning important?

Career planning helps you to take aclose look at your current role andassess your values, skills and inter-ests. It provides a framework andtools to assist you in planning foryour future. Career planning focuseson improving your employability,value, engagement, motivation andperformance.

2. Can most of my career develop-ment be done on the job?90% of our professional developmentand learning comes from a combina-tion of on-the-job experience, obser-vation of others and receiving feed-back. Most learning happens bydoing. Only 10% of our developmentcomes from formal training.

3. Who is responsible for my Careerdevelopment plan?

You are responsible for preparingand executing your career develop-ment plan. Your manager/supervisorand the University can provide guid-ance and support along the way.

4. What obstacles might get in theway of achieving my career devel-opment goals?It is a good idea to give some thoughtto the challenges and barriers youmay face. Although some are unpre-dictable, it is important to try andidentify these when preparing yourcareer development plan and think ofstrategies to overcome them. Theobstacles can be internal or external:External Obstacles are: Time, Money,Distractions, Family expectations andneeds, Peer pressures/societalexpectations, Childcare arrange-ments and cost, Stressful work life,Difficult working relationships,Organisational changes, Changes infield of work, Financial difficulties.Internal Obstacles are:Procrastination, Fear of failure, Fearof success, Perfectionism, Lack ofmotivation/apathy, Depression,Anxiety, Lack of assertiveness, Lowself-esteem, Poor time managementskills, Career indecisiveness

5. Why should I explore career clus-ters? Don’t you have to decide onone job eventually?You might believe there is only onecareer, and what if that career does-n’t work out. Many different careersrequire similar tasks and skills. If yourinterests and abilities match onecluster, there are many occupationswithin that cluster that may matchyour interests and skills.

6. I don’t have clear career goals orknow what I want to do long-term.Is there a test that can tell me whatcareer is right for me or what skillsI need in order to be successful?There is not a test which will magical-ly tell you what to do next or for therest of your career. You can use acombination of tools to help. A self-assessment is the first step.

7. What is a Psychometric Test?Psychometric test is a tool usedmainly in the recruitment process. Itis recognized as an efficient way togain insight into a person’s personal-ity and psychological thinking. It can

help in developing team spirit in theworkplace and assess an individual’spriorities.Psychometric testing usual-ly falls into three main categories:Ability testing, Aptitude tests andPersonality questionnaires. Such testare used in various engineering andmanagement examination

8. Which is the best stream:Management, Engineering orMedical to study?All have the potential of providing youa platform wherein you can have asense of achievement in all possiblerespect. All provide the opportunity ofbringing tangible change in the exist-ing system. As far other incentivesare concerned the achievers of all thethree streams are mighty in their ownrespect. As a management studentyou can aspire to head a multination-al giants like the Coke and the Pepsiwhere as an engineer or technocratyou stand the possibility of achievingthe heights of the Indian President(Dr. APJ Kalam). Thus it should havebeen clear by now that potential isnot in the stream it is your determina-tion and the will power that help youscale heights.

9. What are values?Values are the principles that peopleuse to determine how much some-thing means to them. For example,you value your personal time, so youmay not want a job that requires trav-el or weekend work. If you don’t wanta stressful or risky job, you may notwant to consider being a police offi-cer. If prestige is important to you, youmay want a job that will cause peopleto look up to you and respect you.

10. How can work skills and valueshelp in successful career?The value of reliability, honor, dignity,and effort in the work and in own selfrespect may help you. Householdchores, volunteering, and part-timework can help young people developthese traits. These experiences teachresponsibility, decision-making skills,and that there are consequences tothe choices we make.

(The author is noted psychiatrist andlife skills expert. He can be reached atemail: [email protected], ContactNo. 011- 64594939)

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The writings of Munshi Premchand oreven Shakespeare could not have beenknown to the people of the world. Also, forthe welfare programmes of government orinternational agencies , good translationis essential for the success of these pro-grammes and for the spread of messagesthey possess.

Translation has a deep relationshipwith the language. Though, translationkills some essence of the content butgood translation sometimes enhances theessence of the content as well. It is truethat one's mother tongue cannot beequated with even best of the best trans-lation as Michel Foucault correctly saidthat language is not just a means of com-munication; rather it is a thought process.Obviously, translation does not fit wellwith this definition as it comes from a dif-ferent thought process but it helps differ-ent civilization come together and buildsbridge between them. For the same rea-sons many great scholars of the day havepreferred to read even poorly translatedcontent in their own language; rather thanreading it in an alien language difficult tounderstand or move them heartily.

So what quality should a translatorpossess ? Obviously he must be masterof both languages and their traditions andalso master of the subject which he trans-lating. He should translate the feelings;not the words without tampering the facts.Moreover, he should be having morecommand over the language in which heis going to translate or re-produce thecontent.

In India with growing literacy rate andexplosion of internet communication,translation is going to be much indemand. Government and non-govern-ment agencies, courts, security and diplo-matic institutions as well as corporatesare always in need of translators. Though,translation could be learnt through selfstudy but there are several instituteswhich are providing translation degreesand diplomas which could be useful forthe youth to seek employment in thissector:M.Phil. in Translation StudiesUniversity of Hyderabad - Centre for AppliedLinguistics and Translation studiesM.A. in 'Translation: Theory andApplication'-University of PuneMax Mueller Bhavan New Delhi for German,Alliance Francaise New Delhi for French,Cervantes for Spanish and so on.

In West Bengal, Calcutta University(CU), Jadavpur University (JU) andRamkrishna Mission offer languagecourses. The Central Institute of Englishand Foreign Languages (CIEFL) inHyderabad also offers language courses.Many other institutions and universities inthe country have been offering translationcourses.

Again, a growing literacy rate in Indiais pushing publication houses to enter intothe zone of local language translationsand many global publication houses havestarted translation in Hindi and othernational languages. Penguin and HarperCollins have entered into Hindi in a bigway and they are also getting some suc-cess.

So, there are opportunities spurringup. However it is not essential that a new-comer coming into this field would getinstant success. Since, there is lot of com-petition in a large country like ours, oneshould create his name first and do thework at low rate for some month. Heshould also be a good networking personto get constant work. Generally, foreignagencies pay well in translation and thereare many websites like proz.com whichprovide translation work. Even many gov-ernment and non-government agenciesand publication houses offer translationwork on regular basis. But there shouldbe quality and timely delivery assurance.

Obviously, English to Hindi/other lan-guage or vice-versa is the main transla-tion work happening in India but in termsof payment, Chinese, Japanese orSpanish are more paying. For example,the rate of English to Hindi translationvaries from Rs 0.75 to Rs 3 per worddepending upon the client, quality, dead-line and reference. The same for theChinese to English or Chinese to Hindimay vary from Rs 2 to Rs 6 per word.

Generally book publication houses payless for a new comer, it is good to gainexperience there and create his name.For students of universities it may alsoadd to their bio data if they translate abook or article of a great author.

With the explosion of internet andsocial media, good translation will be inhuge demand in future as the characterand trend of the social media is mothertongue friendly. It has suddenly happenedthat people are communicating more andmore in their own language rather thanthe languages of the professional world.The post in someone's mother languagegets more hits and shares than a post in amajor power language. So, internet isopening up plethora of opportunities andbringing new dimensions which have yetto be understood. Again with the worldbeing more connected and being moredecentralised, translation is the key wordin this world and it will be there for sure.

(The author is a senior journalist basedin New Delhi. He can be reached [email protected])

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