How to help your child find their passion and achieve success
Recently, one of the most popular portals for job and employee search, HeadHunter, together with Rosstat, conducted a study, during which about 5.5 thousand Russians were surveyed.
The results were shocking: 40% of respondents work in a field other than the one they received at university.
Mentor and digital consultant in the field of personal growth and business Sergey Che gave advice on how to help your child find themselves and their business.
What is the likelihood that your child, after studying for 4-6 years at an educational institution, will start working in the specialty he/she received?
Parents can help with the right choice, because they know better than others about the abilities and predisposition of their child. Therefore, they can advise in which direction to look for a university and choose a specialty.
Innate abilities and ways to develop them
Talents and strengths of a person can be initially determined by the date of birth. Thus, those born on the 1st, 10th, 19th and 28th, regardless of the month of birth, are true leaders and managers. Listen to their rhetoric: from such children you can often hear the expressions "I myself", "this is mine".
Advice to parents: it is necessary to develop independence in such children from an early age – give them the opportunity to make their own decisions and take responsibility for them.
Remember that children have the right to make mistakes. They need to gain their own experience. Let them make mistakes and learn to correct what they did without your help. Take a neutral position: observe and help only in the most extreme cases, experts advise.
What field of study is suitable? It is worth considering the possibility of obtaining an education in the field of personnel and business management. Those born on the 1st, 10th, 19th or 28th make excellent financiers, businessmen and strategists.
Children born on the 2nd, 11th, 20th and 29th of any month have such character traits as diplomacy, sensitivity and empathy. They are great performers and creators. They have a penchant for psychology, linguistics and philology. They are good at languages.
Advice to parents: let your children satisfy their curiosity and thirst for creation. Do not limit them, do not try to drive them into a rigid framework of rules and conventions, encourage a thirst for knowledge and develop memory.
What field of study is suitable? It is worth considering the possibility of obtaining an education in the field of psychology, diplomacy or linguistics.
A child born on the 3rd, 12th, 21st or 30th can rightfully be called a walking encyclopedia. Listen to his statements. You will probably hear the dominant phrase in his rhetoric: "I know." This is a guru of knowledge. Children who study and collect knowledge with joy. They can receive several higher educations.
What field of knowledge is suitable? Born teachers and doctors. They think systematically and analyze a lot. You can safely choose a specialization related to pedagogy, medicine, management. In the role of a manager, such people are characterized as fair and decent.
Children born on the 4th, 13th, 22nd and 31st are creative, think outside the box, and have many ideas and plans.
There is a negative side to this: natural creators are unable to fit into a framework, they lack perseverance, analytical skills and patience. The system and the need to follow the rules are oppressive and suppressive. By nature, people born in this period are rebels, innovators and revolutionaries.
What field of knowledge is suitable? Specialties that require creative thinking are suitable: marketing, advertising, journalism, engineering and high technology.
Those born on the 5th, 14th and 23rd are great speakers, enterprising and resourceful enthusiasts. They like everything to be beautiful, correct and logical – consistent. However, it is worth noting that they have their own logic.
Not everyone will understand. Girls often choose to work in the beauty industry, and guys follow the path of businessmen. They have a talent for finding a common language with anyone. They value freedom and mobility - such personalities are brought up by the street. Dynamic life is important to them - development requires changes.
What area of knowledge is suitable? Education related to sales, negotiations, and the implementation of technical intelligence will be useful. It is important for them to acquire skills that help them think through ways to solve problems.
Those born on the 6th, 15th and 24th of any month also prefer a creative path, since they have great creative abilities. Creativity in any form attracts such children: art, cooking, service or something else is their path leading to harmony and success.
By nature, they are calm, wise and sociable people who enjoy the work process itself, which they approach innovatively.
What area of knowledge is suitable? The most suitable areas of activity: design, architecture, music, cooking, tourism, restaurant and hotel business, service, production of jewelry and premium products.
Children born on the 7th, 16th and 25th are inclined to explore the world. These are brilliant people who can successfully realize their powerful potential in many directions.
They are distinguished by their extraordinary intelligence, flexible thinking, and unconventional approach to solving problems. Such individuals quickly implement their ideas, often relying only on intuition. And it does not fail them. They ask questions about the universe and purpose.
What field of knowledge is suitable? Such people are excellent lawyers, politicians, scientists, IT specialists, crisis managers, nutritionists, scientists and athletes. Natural-born philosophers.
Children born on the 8th, 17th and 26th love to keep everything under control. They grow up to be excellent managers and monetizers. Wise, reasonable, calculating – their heads work 24/7. They have everything calculated and recorded.
What field of study suits them? Such young people can become anything thanks to discipline and hard work, which they love and cultivate. However, getting an education in the fields of management, economics and finance will suit them best.
Children born on the 9th, 18th and 27th are warriors and rescuers. Very active, emotional. Extreme sports and walking on the edge are their lifestyle.
They like to feel like part of a team, so these guys fit well into any structure and system, be it civil service, the army, or work for any department. They are the first to come to the rescue, act clearly, quickly, and do not get lost in emergency situations.
What field of knowledge suits them? Children born on these dates grow up to be excellent surgeons, rescuers. They love animals and get along with them - they can follow the path of veterinary medicine. They can become officers, employees of the Ministry of Emergency Situations. Serving the Motherland and humanity, service and duty are not empty words for them.
It is worth noting that getting the first education helps us in life in many ways, but does not determine it. After 33 years, many look at life differently, rethink the years they have lived. Interests, beliefs, and views change.
And getting a second education fits logically into a person's development at this age. Short or long courses that help you acquire skills in a new profession that interests you will help change your life for the better.
At this age, a person already has a certain amount of experience and clearly understands what he wants to do next in life, what brings him joy and satisfaction.
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