Question 1: How big is this concern for you?
Answer – It is very difficult to get a good counselor
Question 2: What you are doing to mitigate this issue? and what’s working and what is not working?
Ans: – Taking to close friends and relatives to acquire the knowledge that what will good career path.
Question 3: Do you think it’s a chronic problem and needs solution?
Ans: – Yes, it is because many times we don’t know we have good choices as compare to engineering and medical streams which is by default given to us. Because of many a stream we don’t know where we can feel motivated.
Question 4: Can you be available to review the designed solution?
Ans: – Yes.
Question 5: Do they know if someone else has successfully overcame this issue. Maybe just by looking hard enough on internet or just by asking help from random people till they got right help.
Ans: – Yes, I know few of them who had got the proper consulting related to their weakness and strength and know they are well satisfied with their carrier.
Date/Time/Place of Interviewee (you don’t need to write their name) 10/10/2021 07:12 AM EST over Zoom
Summarized bullet points of the interviewee responses including:
My clients are young students non-English speaking students who don’t have enough exposure to advanced emerging career options.
emotions: There was general excitement that this can be resolved or someone is considering it as an issue and lot of interest in Career topics which was shared by both parents and students as they could related to it really well. Student felt that he is at Risk of losing his fair chance due to lack of information about career options because the inherent nature of fast changing skills that can earn good income. He could feel both the challenge and necessity.
values: Trust, Unbiased, Futuristic.
Parents valued Trust (basically some kind of assured guidance) whereas student valued unbiased ad futuristic advice more. Most of the time the options they were being provided are straight suggestions which
what is the user trying to do: Get himself positioned for success in a new world which is more confusing? He has clarity that old solutions don’t work but no idea on what will work.
current solutions: There is no practical option. Career choices available are truly limited or at least feels like to non-English speakers and doesn’t match his potential deficiencies of current solutions: Solution are not based on the true potential of students and most of the time point to traditional career choices
typical source of advice/knowledge: Relatives/friends/Neighbors who are perceived to be better to handle these concerns
other pertinent information:
General perception is that the problem and issue is real and they definitely need help
Reflections :
Another valid concern was that same issue was there in even Adults who are trying to look for another career options. They also felt that they have very limited information about emerging career options. Several examples were given where how a student who took a strange and unusual looking choice but somehow later made complete sense with the new information. This made a real case for information asymmetry and need to have a career guidance in native language.