Career Aspiration

Abstract

The purpose of the to investigate Career Aspirations among Graduate Students in Tirupattur taluk.The questionnaire was used for data collection from 739 graduate students by using multi-state sampling method with three different colleges namely Government, Aided and Self–finance colleges affiliated to Thiruvalluvar University in Vellore District. The research adopted descriptive design. The data were analyzed using the descriptive statistics from the Statistical Package for Social Scientist (SPSS 20version). The study has found that there is association between students‟ career aspiration and by their gender, stay place (Domicile), course of studying, academic performance, motivational persons for their career decisions. The graduate

However, it is essential for every student to know more about career aspiration. If graduate students want to grow, they should start thinking about future. When students are being asked about their career aspiration, they would be expected to think of something related to their long term and short term career goals as well as objectives based on their career path planning. It is very important for one to plan in advance. Hence, it is time for start thinking about their career aspirations and set Career road-map. This study has classified into different types of career aspirations as follows. Teaching Career: One of the noblest professions in the world of careers is teaching profession. A teacher is not merely one who Imparts skills or information but one who enables the integral growth of the whole individual. Government Jobs: A country needs capable, skilled, and efficient administrators who can do their work on behalf of the people. A government job encompasses all those jobs right from planning, monitoring and implementation of all the government responsibilities. Most young people who graduate from institutions prepare themselves and long to get into a government department as their career. Business and Marketing Fields: Business is an economic system in which goods and services are exchanged for one another or money, on the basis of their perceived worth. Administrative Fields: Under direction, performs complex clerical and administrative work tasks in support of One or more persons serving in an administrative or professional capacity; completes schedule administrative tasks directly related to the work of their administrators and performs other related work as required. The administrative Jobs are Bank Manager, HR Manager (Human Resource), IAS (Indian Administrative Service), and IPS (Indian Police Service) etc. Technical: Technical job skills refer to the talent and expertise a person