Hello Parents!
An HR (human resource development) vice president quit his company job at 45 to start a new career in teaching. A 28-year-old electrical engineer decided to call it quits and go back to college when he realised he should have qualified as a media professional instead.
To go with the flow, hundreds and thousands of students sign up for engineering and business management education, only many years later to discover that they might have enjoyed another career path much more.
While parents and students spend a lot of time, thought and money on courses and career selection, it’s easy to be taken in by other opinions about “lucrative” and “happening” career options.
Instead, concentrate on your child’s interests and priorities while choosing study programmes and career paths. If you ignore the argument that the best-paying is the best job, you will greatly help your child to focus on her interests and life goals.
Your child could have a leaning towards social service, which may not be a “lucrative” career. But it could give her job and emotional satisfaction, which could be supplemented with freelance work to augment income, if necessary. Or your child could excel as a fulltime sportsperson or artist, both of which have become new career options these days.
Admittedly, it’s not easy for parents to accept unconventional career choices. But what if they suit your child best?
Remember, sometimes the path less travelled could be the right one. Don’t close your mind to such paths.
