Learning resources for those who are engaged in Career Counselling and Career Guidance by Jayadeva de Silva

2. Jayadeva de Silva
Author of the book “Humantalents Management”

5. You need
Technical
skills
Life skills

6. Life Skills
 Critical Thinking
 Creative Thinking
 Decision Making
 Problem Solving
 Interpersonal Relationships
 Effective Communication.
 Coping With Emotions
 Coping With Stress
 Self Awareness
 Empathy

7. Critical Thinking :
Critical Thinking It is an
ability to analyze information
and experience in an
objective manner

9. What is the height of
the tallest building in
this complex ?

11. Creative Thinking:
It is an ability that helps us look
beyond our direct experience and
address issues in a perspective
which is different from the obvious
or the norm.
It adds novelty and flexibility to the
situation of our daily life.

12. In a worldwide survey.....
CEO s were asked
this question?

13. ???
What is your biggest
challenge, the biggest
issue organization
wise?

14. What do you
think was their
answer ?

15. Adaptability

16. >?<
How many things
can you do with a
paper clip?

17.  1. Nail cuticle remover & cleaner
 2. Bubble wrap popping tool
 3. Carve fine details into nail polish on finger and toenails and bad boyfriend’s car
 4. lock picker
 5. Graffiti on plastic scratch tool
 6. Worm hook
 7. Paper note / memo hanger
 8. To make pixel holes in paper
 9. Narrow crack dirt remover
 10. Pixel Stamp
 11. DVD drive opener
 12. Aerial for radio
 13. Aerial for small tv
 14. Plastic hole maker
 15. Scratch beneath a bandage or plaster of paris cast
 16. Finger / toe splint
 17. Ear rings
 18. Make into alphabet letters
 19. Make into numbers
 20. Decorative string for hanging light ornaments

18.  21. Necklace
 22. bangle
 23. Nappy clip
 24. Nozzle unclogger
 25. Water divining rod for idiots
 26. Metal detector annoyance
 27. Marshmallow sticks
 28. Cheese picker
 29. Mini skewers at a little people braai
 30. Cherry stalks holders at a buffet
 31. Eye stalks, cherry on top for decorative cakes
 32. Porcupine quills on a papier mache sculpture
 33. Punch holes through polystyrene
 34. Animal whiskers on a cake
 35. Heat up and use as hair curling tongs for dolls
 36. Dredlock detangler for when you change your mind
 37. Hair accessory for sputnik hairstyles
 38. Hair accessory for buns
 39. Clean a tiny gun
 40. Clean your cats nails

19.  41. Scratch annoying black dirt away on oven dishes
 42. Scratch ex’s car, scratch can go on forever as scratching sharpens clip
 43. Scrape little chips of paint off surfaces
 44. Gradually fray the rope of your rock climbing enemy
 45. Suspend sheet in trees to make a canopy
 46. Hold a small creeping vine in place
 47. Sausage skin popper
 48. Make holes in baked potatoes
 49. Advanced sushi sticks
 50. Meat skewer
 51. Contents of a shaker – percussion music
 52. Scratch enemies cd’s, dvd’s
 53. Scratch dirt off coins
 54. Hold bank notes together
 55. Punch through the skin in oil paint tubes and silicon guns
 56. Population demonstration (as in movie)
 57. Clamping an artery
 58. Toffee stick
 59. Scratch into paint on glass for extra effect
 60. Clean between bristles on a scrubbing brush

20.  61. Remove hair from a broom or hair brush
 62. Etching onto glass
 63. Clean nozzles on aerosol spray cans
 64. Remove excess grout from mosaics
 65. Use the round part to massage the entrance of your ears and remove wax
 66. Use round part to massage the webbing between fingers
 67. Guitar pick
 68. Use to carve into wet concrete
 69. Tie around finger that’s been bitten by a snake
 70. Tie around crayons and pencils so that they stick to a magnet
 71. Use round part to tickle your nose
 72. Scratch flaky skin off feet
 73. Decorate a cat’s tail
 74. Carve recipe onto pumkin / butternut / gem squash skin
 75. Pop balloons
 76. Stab shark’s nose
 77. Hold decoration in place on a cocktail
 78. Olive swizzle
 79. Poke hole in take fast food tomato sauce satchels
 80. Stems for flowers (real or fale)

21.  81. Sun dial
 82. Scratch name onto cactus leaves
 83. Scratch name into fever tree
 84. Golf tee
 85. Goal posts on rugby / American football field model
 86. Show jumping posts for model builders
 87. Test hand eye coordination whilst moving paper clip along an electric wire
 88. Move specimens around beneath a microscope
 89. Hold a zip in place
 90. Use as a button / clasp
 91. Use to hold broken links in chain – jewellery
 92. Hangers for empty silkworm cocoons
 93. Hang paper clips on abacus instead of little balls
 94. Nerve ending massager
 95. Remove heavy plaque from teeth
 96. Poke sleeping snake
 97. Individual ant squasher
 98. Carving fine detail into a potato stamp
 99. Make a chain maille vest
 100. Tie around veggie bags / chip packets
 101. Make shapes for a mobile
 102. Join to create bangles and necklaces
 103. Use in a ‘guess how many’ fundraiser
 104. Convert into earrings
 PLEASE ADD TO THESE!!!

22. What browser are you using ?
 It will reveal something about you

24. Decision Making
 The process of making
assessment of an issue by
considering all possible
options and the effects
different decision might
have on them.

26. Decision Making.......????
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Jayadeva de Silva

27. Who is
this ?

28. Why does Mark
Zuckerberg wear the same
clothes each day?

29. Problem solving
Having made decisions about each
of the options, choosing the one
which is the best suited, following it
through the process again till
positive outcome of the problem
achieved.

31. Are they doing right ?
How people fool them?

33. Try it

34.  You need to check that your friend Nirmal has your
correct phone number…
 … but you cannot ask him directly. You must write
the question on a card and give it to Eva who will
take the card to Nirmal and return the answer to
you.
 What must you write on the card, besides the
question, to ensure Nirmal can encode the
message so that Eva cannot read your phone
number?

35. LeaderSHIFT

36. Interpersonal Relationships
 It is a skill that helps us to
understand our relations with
others and relate in a positive
manner with them.
It helps us to maintain relationship
with friends and family member
and also be able to end
relationship constructively

39. Effectiveness
Efficiency

42. Effective Communication:
 It is an ability to express ourselves
both verbally and non-verbally in
an appropriate manner.
This means being able to express
desires, options and fears and seek
assistance and advice in times of
need.

46. Coping with emotions:
It is an ability, which involves
recognizing emotions in others,
and ourselves, being aware of how
emotions influence behaviors and
being able to respond to emotions
appropriately.

48. Coping with Stress:
 It is an ability to recognize the source
of stress in our life, its effect on us
and acting in ways that helps to
control our levels of stress.
This may taking action to reduce
some stress for example changes in
physical environment, life styles,
learning to relax etc.

50. Self awareness:
Self Awareness Includes our
recognition of ourselves, our
character, strengths and
weaknesses, desires and dislikes.
It is a pre-requisite for effective
communication, interpersonal
relationship and developing
empathy.

53. Strengths
Weaknesses (Areas for
Improvement)

55. Empathy:
Empathy Is an ability to imagine
what life is like for another person
even in a situation that we may
not be familiar with.
 It helps us to understand and
accept others and their behavior
that may be very different from
ourselves.

57. Life Skills
 Critical Thinking
 Creative Thinking
 Decision Making
 Problem Solving
 Interpersonal Relationships
 Effective Communication.
 Coping With Emotions
 Coping With Stress
 Self Awareness
 Empathy

58. Jayadeva de Silva

59. Your

60. Get it
polished

61. Job Interview
What does the
interviewer wants
to know?

63. Interviewer wants to know
Can you do the job
Will you do the job
Will you fit in

64. ` Research
Do impeccable research on the
company and position before the
interview.
Read recent business articles, visit the
company's website, and read press
releases and annual reports.
Write down anything and everything
about this company.

65. Impressions
Don't try to impress the
interviewer with your dress, or
speech.
It will backfire. Be honest, direct,
and authentic. Look decent and
be comfortable in your own skin.

66. Questions
Find out what your interviewer
wants by asking questions.
Your aim is to discover the
company's problems, issues, and
needs so you can position yourself
as the solution.
 Example: "What are the biggest
challenges facing your company?"

67. What How Why
Ask interrogative-led questions —
what, how, and why — to help YOU
direct the dialogue.
These get your interviewer spilling the
beans.
 Example: "How do you see this position
developing and changing over the next
three years?"

68. Good Fit
Get your interviewer to reveal what a
"good fit" means to the company.
Your objective is to find out how you
might uniquely enhance this company.
Example: "How would you describe
your employees and the culture of this
organization?

69. Caution
 Don't volunteer too much information.
 You might think your previous working
environment is relevant.
 You might think your family life is important.
 You might think your hobbies are character
revealing.
 But telling too much gives your interviewer
fuel to make assumptions and draw
conclusions about you.

70. Be a blank slate
 Learn to clear your mind of
assumptions, fears, and
expectations so you will be
emotionally neutral and can
maintain an open-minded
perspective.

71. ************************
If you start to feel hopeful or
fearful, needy or overconfident,
drop your pen, shift in your
chair, take a deep breath — do
anything to distract yourself
and get back to neutral.

72. Don't be needy
 Neediness kills your
advantage in a job interview.
You do not NEED this job.
You need water, food, and air.

73. Focus on what you can control
 The only things you can control in the
interview are your behavior and your
responses. Focus on listening carefully —
taking notes if necessary — and on
answering questions in such a way that you
are always keeping your
interviewer's requirements and goals in
mind.

74. Your answers should reflect
how you fit in with this
employer's aims and enhance
the employer's objectives.

75. Interviewer wants to know
Can you do the job
Will you do the job
Will you fit in

76. Let us view and review
this video clip

77. Questions you
should ask your
mentors

78. A day in the life
 What do you do in a typical workday?
 What kinds of problems do you deal with?
 What kinds of decisions do you make?
 How does your job fit into the organization
or department?
 What are your major responsibilities?

79. Career preparation and progression
 How did you enter the field? How long have you been
in it?
 How did you reach your current position?
 What skills, education, and experience are required?
 What are typical jobs appropriate for my level of
experience in your field?
 What courses or work experience would you
recommend?
 What is the career path in your field/organization?

80. Career pros and cons
 What do you find most satisfying/frustrating
about the job?
 What are the toughest problems you face?
 What obligations, outside of normal hours,
come with the job?
 How many hours do you work during an
average week?

81. Career trends
What kinds of changes are occurring in
your field?
What is the job market like in your
field?
What industry trends do you foresee
over 5 or 10 years?

82. Job search and networking in this
area
 Can you recommend any publications /
associations I should read / join?
 Any suggestions for how to conduct my job
search?
 Can you recommend organizations you feel
would be good employers for someone in this
area?
 Is there someone else you would recommend I
speak to?

83. Jayadeva de Silva

85. Mentoring Programme
Presentation to be made for
undergraduates of Moratuwa
university-SriLanka
By Jayadeva de Silva
(Humantalents
International)