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Banjara’s Career Guidance through Holistic Aptitude Testing

Can be done Online too

The most holistic, individualized assessment of your multiple intelligences, abilities, potential and specific skills – time-tested since 1992, results over 94.7% accurate!

Our Career Counselling (Career Guidance) through Aptitude Testing helps you match your talents and potentials with your interests and helps you choose appropriate careers from a wide range of choices suited to your abilities – whether you are a student wondering what course of study to pursue, whether you are working and thinking of changing your job or whether you are seeking voluntary retirement.

How our career counselling (career guidance) is done?

To help people find the right directions, time-proven and highly successful aptitude test and career counselling (career guidance) is done by Banjara Academy for students (who have completed 9th standard and above) as well as those wishing to change jobs or seek voluntary retirement. Each evaluation of the test is done personally by Dr. Ali Khwaja [B.Tech (IIT), MIE, PhD (Counselling)], eminent trainer, mentor. Dr Ali Khwaja is a regular career counselling columnist in the Deccan Herald newspaper of Bangalore.

Our written report will outline how good you are in your fields of interest, and all the possible careers you are likely to do well in. You will also get exhaustive information and guidance on how to reach your goals, with personal counselling.

All you need to do is spare about 2 to 3 hours in a relaxed mood (come between 9:30 am to 10 am), and do a battery of written and verbal tests (nothing to do with textbooks).

Process of career counselling

Career Counselling

Briefly our process of career counselling (career guidance) through aptitude testing involves the following steps:
Undergoing the aptitude test on any working day between 9:30 am to 10:00 am (it takes about three hours to do the battery of tests, no preparation or prior appointment is needed). Bulk tests can be conducted at the premises of institutions on prior arrangement.
The candidate will be called back for individual career counselling after the evaluation (which will require some time as it has to be done individually). An exhaustive report will be given, including general comments on areas for improvement, list of suitable careers, and suitability for careers of the candidate’s choice. Parents will also be counselled if they so desire.
Information will be provided on the avenues, openings, courses, and type of work in each of these careers.
Subsequent follow up can be done if necessary after you take steps towards your goal. Future career counselling and consultation is free of cost. Evaluation of test papers is done personally by Dr. Ali Khwaja, B. Tech (IIT), MIE, Ph.D - Trainer, Counsellor, Life Skills Coach, and Career Columnist.

Holistic Aptitude Assessment and Career Guidance:

We have a detailed and exhaustive Assessment procedure (not a computerized psychometric test) to give a clear picture of the most suitable careers for you, and the courses that will lead to your goals.  It is not an exam and there is no need to prepare.  It assesses the candidate holistically, including general and multiple intelligence, outstanding characteristics, social and commercial acumen, concentration and memory retention, general knowledge, motivation levels – and of course interest and inclination.  We also take into account family background, desires of the parents and financial capabilities.

The test takes half a day, and should preferably be done in our office, but is also done through email if a parent takes the responsibility to supervise at home.  The evaluation is done personally by Dr. Ali Khwaja and a comprehensive report is generated and sent to you.

The report highlights all possible careers the candidate is good in, and the career path that would be most suitable.  Once long term goals have been set, we help in identifying the courses, colleges and subjects that would be most appropriate.  This also helps in deciding the optionals, which Board of study to opt for, and how to improve study techniques.

After the one-time fee is paid, the candidate can revert back to us any number of times even in subsequent years for guidance and clarifications.

If you would like any more information or clarifications, please write to us on banjaracareers@gmail.com

or call us on  8861421666, 88617 92260

 

Every baby and small child has an innate desire and curiosity to explore, learn and acquire skills. 

Adults find it so difficult to hold back toddlers who wish to move around all over the place and investigate everything within their reach. They use all their senses to see, listen, touch, taste & smell whatever they come across.

As the child grows older, he is sent to school to get ‘educated’, but all his motivation and desire to learn reduces.  He then has to be forced to listen to the teacher, take notes, do calculations, complete his homework, and ‘mug up’ for exams. Is it the fault of the student, or is it the fault of all of us adults who kill the curiosity and the joy of learning?

Instead of blaming the system or authorities, each one of us can, and should, do our bit to rekindle the spark of learning in any child we interact with, and send him off on a path of growth to become a capable adult.

It’s not difficult.

Confused about what career you’ll eventually be taking up?

Annual exams are over, results have been announced, and admissions are one.  If you have not finalized your long-term career goals you may land up taking admission in a wrong course. This is the time to evaluate your future goals. Keep in mind that once you choose your career, you will probably be working in that field for over 40-50 years.  Hence it is good to start the process of narrowing down, even if you are in 9th or 11th .  Once you decide your career, it becomes easier to select subjects and courses to take you towards your goal.

What course you take e.g. science, commerce or arts, what degree to pursue after 12th and even what post-graduation to take up after degree – all these should be decided based on a careful and scientific evaluation of the combination of interest + aptitude (skills) + personality traits + opportunities.  Do not wait till the last moment when admissions are closing and you need to take immediate decision. Get yourself assessed at Banjara Academy.  We will list out all your traits holistically and once you agree that we have analyzed you correctly, we will list out most suitable careers, and then we will work with you on what courses, colleges, subjects you need to select to take you to the right goal.

 

Problem  of  Plenty

There is interesting research to show that though we are upset when not given choices, we also get overwhelmed and confused when there are too many choices.

You may have gone to a restaurant which has pages and pages of Menu, and got more and more confused as you kept reading the variety of dishes.  People who want to get married and have too many proposals cannot decide which one to opt for.  If you have too many job offers you tend to take up the wrong one.

Be aware of this human habit, and do not get overwhelmed.

Check this out:

Whenever you have a problem of plenty, break it down to smaller lists, eliminate those which are not very appealing, and practice taking thought-out and evaluated decisions.

Decision making is an important life skill.