Bengaluru: It was a Ganesh Chaturthi festival day in 1994, but not for Maruthi Bheemrao More, a native of Katral village in Vijayapura district, who had just completed the ITI course in Automobile Engineering. He was sent to Bengaluru to look for a job, packing a couple of meals and given Rs 300/- for bus fare. After coming to Bengaluru, he stayed with his maternal uncle and known people from his native village and began the job hunting for about 15 days. One-year training opportunity at Kirloskar Electrical: Luckily, he got a one-year training opportunity at Kirloskar Electrical. It was more like studying there for already having some knowledge of electronics and automobiles. Initially, for about 2–3 months, they gave him basic work like washing bearings, cleaning electrical motors, and other small tasks. He had a stint there for about 3 years and 5 months. Task done in 10 minutes: Thanks to his acumen of diligently accomplishing the assigned tasks, Maruthi More was well ahead not o...
Bengaluru: Choosing a career is one of the most important decisions in a person’s life. Yet, for most people, it still feels like guesswork. Marks, trends, peer pressure, “safe options,” or what seems popular trends at the moment these are the forces shaping decisions. Traditional career guidance systems haven’t really solved this problem. In many ways, they’ve only repackaged it. It’s time to rethink how we approach career decisions. The Problem with Current Career Guidance Systems Most career guidance today follows one of these patterns 1. One Size Fits All Advice Students are often pushed toward a narrow set of “acceptable” careers engineering, medicine, government jobs, or trending fields like data science regardless of individual differences. 2. Over-Reliance on Marks and Aptitude Tests Scoring well in a subject is treated as a signal for career fit. But being good at something doesn’t necessarily mean you’ll enjoy it or want to build a life around it. 3. Surface Level Personalit...