HISTORY

Vocational Guidance Is
Assistance In Choosing
A Career Or Profession
Or In Making
Employment Or
Training Decision

Vocational Guidance Is A Meeting With

A Consultant Who Helps People Figure
Out What A Good Job Would Be For
Them Based On Their Skills And
Qualifications
MEANING

Every young man requires advice as

to what kind of work will be most
suitable for him keeping in view his
abilities and aptitudes When such an
advice is given, it is known as
vocational guidance.
 The candidate
It Should Be should be
Objective And informed about
Must Be Based On the alternative
Facts. jobs and the final
selection of the
job should be left
to him.

The approach
should be
persuasive and at
no point force or
coercion should
be used.
 NEEDS OF
VOCATIONAL GUIDANCE
1. If an individual stays in
wrong profession for a
long time, he suffers
economically. There is
financial loss.
2. If an individual stays in a
wrong profession, he
suffers from a psychic loss.
The individual is not happy.
He is frustrated. His family
life is affected.
3. It is needed from the
point of view of health of
the workers. If the
profession is such where
health of workers breaks
down, production suffers
and morale of workers
goes down.
4. Vocational guidance
provides many economic
advantages to the
employers. Their labour
problems are less because
these workers enjoy job
satisfaction.
5. Human potentialities are
utilised to the maximum
with the help of vocational
guidance. We are then
truly benefited by it.
6. There are a large
number of personal and
social values of vocational
guidance. Leaving aside
financial considerations,
value as a social unit and
contribu tion to human
welfare are all involved.
IMPORTANCE OF VOCATIONAL
GUIDANCE
 OBJECTIVES OF VOCATIONAL
GUIDANCE
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1- Analysis Of The Induvidual

2- Occupational Information

3-community Occupation
Surveys And Follow-up Studie

4- Counseling

5- Group Activities

6- Placement
NATURE AND PURPOSES OF
VOCATIONAL GUIDANCE
 STEPS OF
VOCATIONAL GUIDANCE
Information is collected from the
candidate and his parents regarding
his achievements.

More information about the

candidate can be known by giving him
certain tests such as interest test,
aptitude test, personality tests etc.

His health, height, weight etc., should

also be given due weightage.
 ADVANTAGES OF
VOCATIONAL GUIDENCE

• The candidate will have job satisfaction after

1 being selected.

• It should create better industrial relation.

2

• The labour turnover would be reduced to

3 minimum.

• It leads to overall efficiency and increased

4 productivity.
VOCATIONAL EDUCATION
VOCATIONAL TRAINING
VOCATIONAL
GUIDANCE
IN INDIA

Central Institute
for Research and
Training in
Employment
Services (CIRTES)
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