Professor Ngo Bao Chau opens many career guidance clubs for students.

To help high school students choose a career that suits them and be more proactive in their lives instead of relying on or being pressured by their parents, Professor Ngo Bao Chau has launched a model of career guidance clubs.

This information was shared by Professor Ngo Bao Chau at the discussion "Testing career dreams" with his friends which took place on the evening of May 3.

These are the Architecture, Medicine, Pedagogy, Information Technology clubs... These clubs aim to give young people practical experience, with the help of Professor Chau's friends who are successful in different fields such as Associate Professor of Medicine Nguyen Lan Hieu, Architect Hoang Thuc Hao, Doctor of Information Technology Nguyen Thanh Nam, Teacher Dam Hieu Chien...

Professor Ngo Bao Chau shares at the seminar "Testing career dreams"

According to Professor Chau, students have many different choices and conditions to orient their career, however an important orientation factor is meeting people who have knowledge, love for the profession and can convey enthusiasm and passion in each field.

Professor Chau also hopes that these clubs will help middle and high school students understand the good, the beauty, the practical experiences and the difficulties of the fields/professions they are interested in and love. From there, they can make the right decision to choose the most suitable career for themselves.

At the seminar, the speakers also discussed with parents and students the story of career orientation based on children's interests or family pressure, and how to know if you are orienting your child's career correctly or not.

The seminar attracted the attention of many parents and students.

Students themselves also have difficulty distinguishing between their own interests and the actual needs of society.

“As far as I know, choosing a career should be based on your passion, but sometimes some passions seem unfeasible. So how can I filter out my passions?” - Manh, a 9th grade student in Hanoi said.

Nguyen Tuan Hung (12th grade student, Hanoi) is more realistic: “I like to be a historian, and I also want to research the universe and astronomy. I have many interests, but how can I know what kind of career I will face and what kind of pressures I will face in life? Even if I love that career, will it ensure enough food, enough spending money, and enough to support my family?”

Professor Ngo Bao Chau took souvenir photos with students.

Speakers shared the view that the best way to guide a career is to give children the opportunity to experience many activities related to the industry, to find the most suitable one.

According to education consultant Tran Hong Quang, statistics on students' career choices around the world show that a large part is influenced by their parents.

“Parents are the closest people to their children and the influence of their parents’ profession is the most obvious. A significant number are influenced by the media, specifically through movies and TV shows, with professions such as lawyers, doctors, pilots, etc. This invisibly influences their children’s thinking and career choices, starting with choosing a major at university.”

Educational consultant Tran Hong Quang

Professor Ngo Bao Chau believes that most parents want their children to be good, to get into a prestigious university..., but rarely care to understand their children's thoughts and abilities.

“Don’t put too much emphasis on right or wrong, but respect the children’s thoughts. They may lack life experience or be influenced by the media, so they have unrealistic orientations. I think there needs to be a dialogue between parents and children in the spirit of respecting the children, and allowing both sides to express their opinions. This takes time,” said Professor Chau.

Dr. Nguyen Thanh Nam

Dr. Nguyen Thanh Nam, who will be in charge of the Information Technology Career Club, said that with the rapid changes of the times, there are things that were true in the past but are no longer true now.

“In my family, choosing a career and choosing where to study is the child’s business, and no matter what, my parents support it. And they will be wrong, but that’s okay. But now, if we use current knowledge to guide the future, I think it will be fundamentally wrong,” said Mr. Nam.

Mr. Do Hoang Son, who researches STEM education related to the fields of science, technology, engineering and mathematics, shared: "It is predicted that in 20 years the world will have 7 billion robots, so there will be completely new jobs such as robot maintenance, disaster prevention for artificial intelligence..., we cannot even imagine."

Mr. Do Hoang Son

According to Mr. Son, with the 4.0 technology revolution, all industries can be threatened and need to prepare to adapt to the fact that jobs will be lost in the future.

“Preparing languages ​​such as knowing English, being good at math, and writing code will give young people certain advantages. In particular, it is necessary to overcome the lack of reading, because in my opinion, this is also the reason for poor career orientation.”

According to VNN