“Choose a job you love, and you will never work a day in your life.”

BARRIERS

1. Family Pressure: Expectations to join the family business, suggestion to join a career that they feel is right for you, avoid certain careers that they feel is below your status level and so on.
2. Personal Barriers: This has more to do with one’s Attitude towards life in general, such as laziness, lack of motivation, self-esteem, confidence or assertiveness, feelings of inadequacy, want to enjoy life but unable to do so. All these feelings can bring one to a dead end, when it comes to succeeding in life, be it personally or professionally.
3. Peer Pressure: Often thoughts such as- My friends are all doing it, so shall I? or why can’t I? These thoughts can induce fear of not being in the rat race.

Dear students- Choosing the ultimate career profile does not mean to act in accordance with the utopian standards set by the society. It actually means to choose the career that you have the potential to grow with and be successful as well as happy. Considering the importance given to this decision, it is clear indicator that career option is not something that should be done half-heartedly or under the influence of friends, family and personal limitations. It requires thought and planning.