This probably comes as no surprise, but many people don’t like their job.
A recent study by Canadian Education and Research Institute for Counselling (CERIC) reveals that one in two Canadians who have never had career counselling wish that they had as they are not happy with their job. To a certain extent, those who did not receive career counselling were not able to access it.
The link may at first seem a bit weak, but we have been actively promoting the Mind Series recently. The Mind Series is unique as far as general English courses go, in that it spends quite a bit of time teaching Life Skills (or Soft Skills). We have been arguing that often what is taught in high school – things like Chirstopher Columbus’ birthday – are taught yet not nearly as important as many life skills, which are not as consistently taught. Knowing your aptitudes, learning styles, work styles are very important life skills that would undoubtedly help students avoid the eventual problem of being unhappy with their job. Learning these skills might well be worth more than one session with a guidance or career counsellor too… just something to chew on.