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HireMee launches career navigation assessment for school students

by TRANS WORLD FEATURES | @twfindia 18 Dec 2024, 08:32 pm

HireMee, AI-enabled talent assessment, career guidance and hiring platform, has introduced the Career Navigation Assessment, a scientifically designed tool to assist school students in making decisions about their academic and professional futures by mapping their unique personality traits, aptitudes, and interests to potential career paths.

The assessment will try to help students of Classes X, XI and XII (aged 14-18 years).

“This innovative psychometric assessment meets the growing need for personalised career guidance, offering students a reliable, engaging, and actionable solution to navigate this formative phase of their lives,” says Venkatraman Umakanth, Senior Vice President and Head, HireMee.

The online test can be taken at any time convenient for a student at home, with the detailed report emailed soon thereafter.

By integrating insights into three key areas—personality, aptitude, and interests—the assessment follows a holistic approach to career mapping. It uses immersive, real-life scenarios to engage students in a way that reduces social desirability bias and encourages truthful and thoughtful responses.

These scenarios promote critical thinking and ensure accurate insights into students’ natural preferences and abilities. By combining these elements, the assessment generates tailored career recommendations that resonate with each student’s strengths, aspirations, and motivations.

The comprehensive evaluation of personality traits, such as social astuteness, stress resilience, and goal orientation, offers a deeper understanding of how these traits influence career choices and success.

In addition, the assessment also weighs cognitive abilities like logical reasoning, numerical aptitude, and critical thinking, identifying strengths that can be nurtured for professional excellence.

Interest profiling aligns a student’s passions and hobbies with potential career options, spanning traditional fields like engineering and medicine to emerging opportunities in areas such as graphic design, social media management, and data science.

A standout feature, the Career Compatibility Index, cross-references the results from personality, aptitude, and interest assessments to offer relevant career suggestions.

Accompanied by detailed explanations, this feature boosts the confidence of students and parents in the recommendations, making career decisions more informed and reassuring.

Beyond identifying career paths, the assessment report offers actionable guidance on educational courses, extracurricular activities, and personal development practices that can bridge the gap between current abilities and future goals.

Customised for students preparing for college or exploring career options, HireMee’s latest offering delivers tailored insights into the 137 career possibilities available, helping students align their academic decisions with long-term professional aspirations.

For instance, creative students may be guided toward careers in journalism or visual communication, while analytically inclined individuals might explore pathways in data science or actuarial sciences.

Additionally, the report provides a roadmap for academic and skill development, offering tips on stress management, critical thinking, and creative problem-solving.

This groundbreaking tool not only simplifies career planning for students but also empowers educators and parents to support their wards effectively.

With visually engaging reports, detailed narratives, and clear data, the assessment fosters meaningful discussions about future plans. It also includes insights into top educational institutions, entrance exams, and industry trends, enabling students to take proactive steps toward their goals.

“Guided by the principle that Indian youth deserve to follow a career aligned with their aspirations, HireMee’s panel of subject matter experts—psychometricians, career counsellors, educational psychologists, and high school educators—was chosen to ensure diversity in expertise, capturing varied perspectives on content relevance and cultural appropriateness,” says Chocko Valliappa, Vice Chairman, Sona Group of Institutions and CEO, Vee Technologies.

HireMee verified a comprehensive range of careers with labour market trends and futuristic career opportunities, making it more than just a diagnostic tool. It serves as a gateway to a brighter future. By integrating scientific precision with a user-friendly design, HireMee hopes to help students unlock their potential and confidently navigate the crossroads of career and education.

Career Counselling in Indian Schools

Currently, career counselling facilities vary widely across different types of schools in the country. A select few private schools in large cities are equipped to offer counselling with personalised sessions, aptitude tests, and industry exposure.

Even top central government-funded schools generally provide limited career guidance, mainly focused on traditional careers, due to a lack of trained counsellors.

Rural schools face significant challenges, with minimal career guidance and limited exposure to diverse fields. This lack of career navigation assessment and proper counselling often leads to misaligned career choices or missed opportunities that match students’ aspirations.