Can upbringing influence your choice of career? :: Mmegi Online

With only a few weeks left before the second leg of the Human Resource Development Council (HRDC) career fair to be held in Gaborone from the March 20-25, 2017 (WeekendPost, 6th February 2017), it is important for secondary school senior students to start reflecting more intensely on their interests prior to career exploration and planning.

The first leg of the fair is to be held in four days’ time from February 27th to March 2nd 2017 in Francistown. Some of the factors that influence career choice are upbringing and strong nterests of an individual.

Dr John Holland categorised occupations into six main codes namely; Realistic, Investigative, Artistic, Social, Enterprising and Conventional (RIASEC) careers. Below is a fictitious case of somebody whose profile feeds very well into Realistic code of occupations: Morwaledi* is a 17-year-old, well-built boy currently doing Form Five at a local

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