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Vocational Guidance program conducted by Employment   Exchanges is specially useful for the weaker section of the society & unemployed of rural area.

Out Door Activities
-Establishment of career corners in school/ colleges.
-Career talks in schools/ colleges

Introduction
                The main objective of various development programs of any society is to provide best suited facilities to the people of land to take-up the activities leading to their Economical well-being so as to raise their standard of living particularly and the status of their country as a whole with the ultimate goal of building-up the peace loving humanity. This is only achieved through proper utilization of Manpower resources by providing them the opportunities to choose their ways of earnings best suited to their Educational, Physical, Psychological and Socio-economic conditions.
                  In these days of scientific, Technological and Industrial growth and development, the standard of the products can not be compromised. To achieve higher return, higher standard in respect of quality and quantity is needed which is only possible if the manpower of requisite order of ability and potential-traits symptomatic of higher production is properly managed. The Scientific Development and Industrial Growth have also created new fields of occupations with new demands. Secondly, the population explosion and Mass-education has resulted into trail of ever increasing number of educated unemployed in one hand and the division of labour and increased demands in skills in other hand have created an imbalance between the pattern of demand and supply of manpower . Presently, there has been steams of occupations and there is no dearth of manpower too. The problem could be about how to short-list and arrange the manpower based on their types and requisite standard of their being best suited to the job.
                  To cater the needs of manpower the National Employment Service renders Vocational Guidance and Employment Counseling to applicants, job-seekers and students at the Vocational Guidance Units attached to the Employment Exchanges and University Employment Information and Guidance Bureaux. The individuals are rendered assistance in Planning, Choosing and Shifting their courses of studies, field of training, occupations best suited to their abilities, aptitudes, interests, potential traits, Socio-Economic conditions and Physical standards. Assistance is also rendered to the individuals in solving their  employment, educational and vocational problems arising out of  the current anticipated market demand and supply conditions.

                 The brief description of important activities performed by Employment Exchanges is as under :-

 1. PRE REGISTRATION GUIDANCE
It is a process of imparting different types of information relating to the Employment Exchange Services and the world of occupations

Steps involved:
PRE REGISTRATION TALKS
(a)   Dissemination of information about Vocational Guidance facilities
       available.
(b)   Eligibility criteria for Registration.
(c)   Place, Time and Procedure of Registration.

GROUP DISCUSSION
(a)    Identification of different clients.
(b)    Formation of Homogeneous groups.
(c)    Dissemination of information relating to job-opportunities, training and
         Educational facilities.
(d)    Mode of selection.
(e)    Self-employment opportunities/ facilities.

 2. REGISTRATION GUIDANCE
It is the process of rendering assistance to the individual at the time of Registration by obtaining relevant information leading to provide opportunities in planning and choosing his suitable career and increasing his employability.

Steps involved:
(a)      Obtaining and recording relevant information of job-seekers.
(b)      Dissemination of information relating to different kinds of suitable jobs
          available in the local market and their prospects.
(c)      Motivation for increasing the probability of Employment .
(d)      Motivation for choosing Self-Employment as a career.

3. INDIVIDUAL INFORMATION
Individual Information dissemination is a process of rendering Vocational Guidance to the Job-seekers and their guardians by providing them the information relating to Occupational, Educational, Training, Apprenticeship and on the job training facilities.

Types of Assistance Seekers:
(a)  Neo job seekers : These are the candidates who seek the information for the first time relating to the job, training and apprentices.
(b)  Registered job seekers: These candidates need the information relating to Importance, nature, working conditions, opportunities for advancement and other conditions of the occupations.
(c)  On the job-assistance seekers: These candidates who are on the job and want information relating to their service conditions, shifting of jobs etc.
(d)  Parents/ Guardians : Some parents or guardians also seek information relating to the job- development opportunities for their wards.

4. INDIVIDUAL GUIDANCE
It is a process of helping an individual in solving the problems of his career planning, occupational, educational and training choice commensurate with his attainments, aptitudes, interests and personality adjustments.

Steps involved:
(a)     Collection of various information.
(b)     Assessment of mental abilities, Aptitudes, Interest, Physical health,
         Personality adjustment, Socio-economic conditions and preparation of
         their profile.
(c)     Identification of problems of candidates.
(d)     Conducting the Counseling session.
(e)     Preparation of case studies.
(f)      Follow-up.

 5. MOTIVATIONAL PROGRAM FOR SELF-EMPLOYMENT
This is the process of identifying the needs and Entrepreneurial Potential Traits for rendering assistance in motivating the candidates to take-up Self-Employment.

Steps involved:
(a)      Dissemination of information in respect of different schemes of
          self-employment and
          various agencies providing necessary input facilities.
(b)      Assessment of different Entrepreneurial Potentials.
(c)      Rendering meaning need based guidance to motivate the clients to
          take-up Self-Employment.

 6. VOCATIONAL GUIDANCE SERVICES TO SPECIAL CATEGORY
This is process under which special measures are taken by the employment exchange to safe-guard the interest of job-seekers belonging to special categories like- Scheduled Castes/ Scheduled Tribes, Women, Handicapped persons.

Steps involved:
(a)     Identification  of different categories of job-seekers.
(b)     Matching the job-seekers against the vacancies.
(c)     Taking special measures to guard their interest.

7. REVIEW OF OLD CASES
This is a process under which the live-register is scrutinized regularly to identify the deserving candidates borne/ existed on the live register for a reasonable longer period with or without successful submission history.

Steps involved:
(a)       Identification and Following-up those who have not been submitted even
           once.
(b)       Identification and Following-up those who have been submitted three time
           unsuccessfully.
(c)       Identification of those who have belongs to shortage categories.

8. CAREER TALKS
It is the well planned, well through out and important process through which information relating to different fields of occupations, job-entry, demands/requirements and other terms and conditions are disseminated to the student job-seekers of homogeneous group in the educational institutes.

Steps involved:
(a)        Identification of homogeneous group of students of terminal classes.
(b)        Selection, preparation and arranging of meaningful material to be
            discussed.
(c)        Motivation of students to enhance their potential and  skills in order to
            meet the demands.
(d)        Arranging the experts and organizing the Career Talks.

 9. OPENING INFORMATION SERVICE/ CAREER CORNERS
This is the process under which the Institution is provided with important printed material to display it in the room or at a place for the benefit of students. The material may be in the form of  Hand-outs, Bulletins, Charts, Career Courses literature etc.

Steps involved:
(a)        Making co-ordination with the institutions.
(b)        Arranging the meaningful material.
(c)        Proper indexing and displaying for its optimum utilization.  

 10. ORGANISING CAREER/ COURSES CONFERENCES/ EXHIBITIONS
This is the process under which some conferences are arranged at different places where various topics relating to various courses and careers open for the students/ job-seekers are discussed by the Experts from various fields such as Medical, Technical, Professionals, Business and Recruitment and Training Personnel.

Steps involved:
(a)        Identification of target groups.
(b)        Arranging the experts and the material of various fields.
(c)        Making necessary arrangements for holding conferences.
(d)        Organising and  conducting the conferences/ Exhibitions.

11. ORGANISING THE MOCK INTERVIEW
This is the process under which an artificial interview is held on the open stage to make the students/ job-seekers acquaint with the methodology, content and importance of the interview in the selection procedure.

Steps involved:
(a)        Identification of the target groups.
(b)        Arranging the experts for conducting Mock interview.
(c)        Making arrangements for conducting the interview.

12. ORGANISING COACHING CLASSES
It is the process under which coaching classes are organised to help the job-seekers to increase their employability.

Steps involved:
(a)         Identification of the target groups.
(b)         Arranging the material and courses to organise the classes.
(c)         Identification of the methods of selection.

 13. ORGANISING ROZGAR MELAS
This is the process under which the job seekers are helped on the spot to choose their self-employment venture or any other field of their choice. These melas are organised with the cooperation of other agencies like- District Industry Center, Backward class Development Corporation, Lead Banks, Khadi & Village Industry Board, Tribal Development Corporation and voluntary and social organisations.

Steps involved:
(a)        Identification of target groups.
(b)        Maintaining liaison with other agencies
(c)        Making necessary arrangements for organising Melas.

 14. ORGANISING OUT-REACH PROGRAMS
This is a process under which the facilities of vocational guidance service is made available to the people of remote areas through mobile vocational guidance units.

Steps involved:
(a)        Identification of the remote areas.
(b)        Identification of different type of population.
(c)        Organising Mobile Vocational Guidance Programs.

15. PUBLICITY
Under this activity special efforts are made to project the important activities and facilities provided to the individuals under the Vocational Guidance Program.

Steps involved:
(a)        Publishing of Bulletin, Career Literature and Articles.
(b)        Arranging for Radio talks and Television Broadcasts on Vocational Guidance Programs.
(c)        Organising Public Awareness Programs.

                         If you are looking for a bright future, then these upcoming careers may be a lucrative option, provided the industry requirement suits your profile:

 IT & SOFTWARE

 Software manpower growth in India; once pegged at 14%. Total software engineers graduating per year is 1,20000 and the number of low-end software technicians crosses a whopping one million. Anticipating a huge growth potential in this field, the HRD Ministry is also planning to double the intake of students in all engineering colleges. Already, 35000 degree and MCA-Level courses and 11000 diploma level institutes have received the approval of the AICTE.

 The government has also given a blanket approval to 46000 courses in IT and related subjects in circa 2001. According to NASS-COM; the Internet subscription base is projected to cross 8.3 million mark by 2005-6 from the present 8,50000, while the software industry is growing at the rate of 50% pa.

The IT exports, currently account  for 30% of the total exports. Software development accounts for a majority of this growth, along with the steep growth of IT- enabled service sectors (e.g. call centers, medical transcriptions, revenue accounting .

HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT

Hospital Management as a career has come to the forefront in the sphere of professions only recently. However, a Hospital managers job would be interesting and replete with responsibilities all at once. In the days gone by, a very  senior doctor was generally assigned the role of a hospital manager. But in this era of specialisation, the term hospital has undergone manifold changes and many categories have been chalked out.

So, now  you have ordinary hospitals, and even super specialty hospitals depending upon the kinds of services they render to the public and the number of people they cater to, on an average.

BIOTECHNOLOGY

Biotechnology is one of the most revolutionary and beneficial scientific advances of the last quarter century. It is an interdisciplinary science including not only biology but also subjects like mathematics, physics, , chemistry, engineering and many more.

It is also a conglomeration of various combined technologies applied to living cells for production of a particular product or enhancing its quality according to our preferences.

NUTRITION

This is the age of hourglass figures and slim physiques. Gone are the days of chubby and buxom women who were considered healthy. Nowadays, being thin is in. The young girls and women make out and out efforts to attain a figure of 8.

On the other side, the tale is for less romantic. The sedentary lifestyle coupled with stress, strain  and tensions of all kinds have given rise to a wide range of ailments and maladies like hypertension, diabetes, cholesterol,  spondilitis, angina, heart attacks and so forth. These problems have generated a global awareness about the need to stay healthy by selecting one's daily diet with abundant caution.

This is exactly where the nutritionists and dieticians step in to teach  people the art of healthy living at no extra cost.

INSURANCE

With the opening up of the Indian insurance sector for private players, the future requirement of trained insurance agents is expected to be around 5 lakhs by the year 2003. The washout (failure) rate of insurance agents is as high as 70-80%, but with entry of private players, dramatic changes can be expected, the post liberalisation insurance agent may be visualised as a laptop wielding, number crunching, smart Alec, who is familiar with all the latest hard-selling strategies. Recognizing the need for this sort of a bottom-up grooming, the Insurance Regulatory Development Authority (IRDA) has also made it mandatory for all practicing agents to get their licenses renewed and new agents and intermediaries to obtain formal training from institutes accredited by the authority. According to industry sources, this is huge untapped market. Of an estimated insurable 300 million people, the present life insurance coverage is only 24% and our of a retired population of 30 million, The potential of health insurance has not even been scratched. So, It' s a sector waiting to be tapped.

ADVERTISING

Advertising is the means of informing as well as influencing the general public to buy products or services through visual or oral messages. A product or service is advertising are T.V. radio, websites, newspapers, magazines, bill-boards, hoardings etc.

As a result of economic liberalization and the changing social trends advertising industry has shown rapid growth in the last decade.

Advertising is one of the aspects of mass communication. Advertising is actually brand- building through effective communication and is essentially a service industry. It helps to create demand, promote marketing system and boost economic growth. Thus advertising forms the basis of marketing.

FINANCE

Mergers, acquisitions, and corporate downsizing on one side, and the entry of foreign banks like Lehman Brothers, JP Morgan, Goldman Sachs, etc. on the other, have made experts in finance extremely sought-after professionals today.

Though employment of bank branch managers may have been adversely affected as banks today open lesser number of branches and instead promote electronic and internet banking, the securities and commodities industry will hire more financial managers to handle increasingly complex financial transactions and investments.

Financial managers are being hired throughout the industry to manage assets and investments, handle mergers and acquisitions, raise capital, and assess global financial transactions. Risk managers, who assess risks for insurance and investment purposes, are in great demand.

The average salary for MBAs with expertise in finance has grown by 20% in last 2 years. Global Consultancies firms operating in India offer salary packages any- where between Rs-6.11 Lac, while foreign banks offer an entry-level package of Rs.5-6 Lac  Financial institutes like I.C.I.C.I., H.S.B.C. etc. recruit from IIMs, XLRI, FMS, and Bajaj.

ENGINEERING PLUS MBA

If India is to achieve the projected target of $90 billion of IT business demand for an IT savvy workforce will increase manifold. In such an environment, MBAs chipped with IT flavour can become the most paying combination in tomorrow's knowledge sector. Within a few years, there will be a definite rush for ITMBAs and not just management degrees as it can fetch on the "golden pen". Even IIMs and other premier Institutes will fall back on IT for holding onto their corporate markets. Today, an ITMBA earns a minimum of Rs. 3.5 Lac per annum and has the potential of earning $60,000 per annum./ Thus, IT plus management will provide to the learner the ability to serve as linchpin between the engineer as designer of system and as a manager who puts the systems to productive use.