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Guidance and Counseling

Notes (7) Need from Health Point of View : The importance of a person’s health cannot be
underestimated for his vocational success. If a person’s health is being affected adversely, it
means he is not well-adjusted in that vocation or that vocation is not according to his
capacities and physical limitations. Lack of interest in that vocation also affects his health.
There are certain causes which do not allow a person to succeed in a vocation, such as, lack
of interest, lack of capacity of doing the work and physical unsuitability to that vocation.
He has to face lots of worries. These worries damage the health of that person. Sometimes,
before entering a vocation, a person has some defective organs and he enters into the
vocation entering a vocation against his capacities and interests. His defective organ may
get more damaged, such as eye sight. This will damage not only person’s health, but that
establishment, where he works, also suffers economically and functionally. Hence, vocational
guidance has become necessary from health view-point.
(8) Need from Social and Personal Point of View : Personal and social view-points carry their
own importance. The happiness, satisfaction and the personality development of the workers
depend on their vocation or profession. Any disappointed and dissatisfied person may
prove a curse for this society. Such a person cannot contribute anything for his society.
Super has rightly said in this connection that :
“Occupation is not merely a means of earning a livelihood but also a way of life, a social
role.”
Hence, owing to social and personal view-points, there is always a need of vocational
guidance for the selection of vocations.
(9) For Proper Utilization of Human Potentialities : It is essential to know the hidden capacities
and energies of a person. But knowing them is not enough. The human emergies can be best
utilized by vocational guidance for vocational guidance. There might be some persons
whose energies and capacities are not well-utilized. This non-utilization might have destroyed
their energies and capacities. In order to avoid future destroyed their energies and capacities,
vocational guidance services seem to be essential now. Only the proper use of these energies
can make the social and national progress possible. But it is the bad luck of our country that
no attention is being paid towards the proper use of human energies. A person having the
capacity capability of becoming an officer, could not move beyond the rank of a clerk. The
corruption and defective evaluation methods. Similarly, by appointing on skilled persons
on the basis of bribe or recommendation and by avoding. The appointment of skiled persons,
the path is cleared for every type of loss. Keeping in view all these things, it is now felt that
a system should be developed in which securing vocational guidance should be essential in
order to make proper use of a person’s energies and capacities.
(10) Establishing Co-ordination between Family an Vocational Life : A coordination between
family and vocational or professional life of a person is must. The professional successes
affect the family life is very essential. For such coordination, vocational guidance should be
provided to a person for the proper selection of vocation. Here, it is not wrong to say that
only a person with happy and satisfied life, can work for his professional progress in a
balanced manner. Family problems can also be solved in a proper way but the role of
vocational guidance for this coordination carried much importance.
(11) For Unsuitable Occupations : When a person enters to some vocation without any
preplanning, then after sometime he feels that he is not suitable for that vocation or that
vocation is not suitable for him. It also becomes uninteresting for him. If this situation,
along with economic loss, that person’s personality development also ceases to occur or
slows down. Contrary to this, proper selection of the vocation gives satisfaction to that
person. He avoids disappointment. Right choice of the vocation is possible only when he is
provided with vocational guidance. Hence, in order to remove a person’s problems, to
avoid disappointment, to control unrest and to seek satisfaction, vocational guidance has
become very necessary.

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