TUESDAY, JUNE 3, 1975
STUDENTS TOLD HOW TO CHOOSE A CAREER
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THE COMMISSIONER FOR LABOUR, MR. NEIL HENDERSON URGED STUDENTS TO TAKE THE LONG-TERM VIEW IN CHOOSING A CAREER AND NOT SIMPLY TAKE ON THE FIRST WELL-PAID JOB THEY COME ACROSS.
AND HE STRESSED THE IMPORTANCE OF SELF-EVALUATION IN DECIDING ON A CAREER.
MR. HENDERSON WAS OFFICIALLY OPENING A CAREERS SEMINAR AT KEI CHI MIDDLE SCHOOL, JOINTLY ORGANISED BY THE ROTARY CLUB OF KWUN TONG AND THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT FOR 1,300 STUDENTS FROM 19 DISTRICT SCHOOLS.
HE TOLD THE STUDENTS ASSESS YOURSELF ASSESS YOUR ASPIRATIONS- ASSESS YOUR CAPABILITIES ASSESS THE CAREER OPPORTUNITIES AND THEN AGAIN ASSESS YOURSELF IN RELATION TO THE OPPORTUNITIES.
+IN SUCH SELF-EVALUATION LIES THE ROAD TO WISDOM IN THE CHOICE OF A CAREER.+
MR. HENDERSON POINTED OUT THAT YOUNG PEOPLE TENDED TO ACCEPT THE FIRST WELL-PAYING JOB WITHOUT CAREFUL DELIBERATION ON WHETHER THE JOB WAS CONSISTENT WITH THEIR ASPIRATIONS.
+FRUSTRATION, DISCONTENT AND BOREDOM USUALLY RESULT, SOMETIMES AFFECTING THEIR WHOLE OUTLOOK OF LIFE,+ HE SAID.
HE STRESSED THAT ALTHOUGH THE MATERIAL REWARDS OF A CAREER WERE IMPORTANT,, THEY WERE SELDOM SUFFICIENT COMPENSATION FOR REAL JOB DISSATISFACTION.
+SINCE NORMALLY YOU WILL SPEND AT LEAST HALF YOUR WAKING ADULT LIFE WORKING IT IMPOSES A TREMENDOUS STRAIN IF THAT HALF IS SPENT IN SOMETHING YOU ARE INTENSELY UNHAPPY DOING, HE SAID, +INEVITABLY YOUR UNHAPPINESS WILL SPILL OVER INTO THE OTHER HALF, THEREBY AFFECTING NOT ONLY YOURSELF BUT YOUR FUTURE WIVES, HUSBANDS AND CHILDREN.
+TO AVOID THIS POSITION YOU MUST FIND A CAREER WHICH WILL SUSTAIN YOUR INTEREST, AND ONE THAT IS WITHIN YOUR CAPABILITIES.+
MR. HENDERSON TOLD THE STUDENTS THAT HAVING CHECKED THE REQUIREMENTS AND QUALIFICATIONS FOR A CERTAIN CAREER THEY MIGHT THEN ESTABLISH AN OBJECTIVE TOWARDS WHICH THEY WOULD CHANNEL ALL THEIR EFFORTS AND RESOURCES.
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