Tuesday, 11 October 2016

FIVE LEVELS OF CAREER CHOICE - PARENTAL-SUPPORT LEVEL

By Allen Olatunde

Having good academic performance and the best personality trait without support, career development may be slow, can scatter or die naturally if support is no where to be found. Every student has support advantage of parents from cradle till youthful and useful age. This support level must be understood before choosing a career. If you choose a career that your parents reject, support roles will not be there. With these questions below, test your parents-support level.

o    Do you have supporting parents/guardians?
o    How supporting are they from cradle?
o    Do you support yourself sometimes?
o    Do you have good relationship with your parents/guardians?
o    Do they choose a career of their choice for you?
o    Do you have idea of bills to complete the training for the career?
o    How buoyant are your parents/guardians?
o    Have they promised to support you to any level of education at all cost?

o    Are they pleased with your academic performance?
o    Are they pleased with your attitudinal character at home?
o    Do you choose career because your friend's parents/guardians are rich?
o    Do you have single parent or co-parent (both are divorcee)?
o    How cooperative are your parents/guardians to your education?
o    Do they have other viable means of raising money for your education?
o    Have you considered the stress of footing bill of such career before you choose it?
o    Do parents/guardians have savings for your education?
o    Is there any family members of parents/guardians that can assist?
o    Do you have any calculative and pragmatic plans of support for yourself?
o    Do you believe in God's help?
o    Do you know of any scholarship grants for career development in your country?
o    Have you considered learning a trade/ entrepreneurship to support your career during training?
o    What can you do to earn more money without affecting your training?
o    What is your plan B when parental-support role fails?

When you want to choose a career, study your parents/guardians. Know their worth and what they can afford annually. Let them know your choice before the time of rushing comes, so that they can prepare adequately for your future.

Allen Olatunde
The Career Blogger

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