Author: Mr PK Joseph, Founder Director, CareerSpotters Global Pvt Ltd Drawn from my experience, I am all the more convinced that a career chosen without a scientific approach can lead to several risks and challenges that cannot be reversed when the students are at the threshold of their college education or careers. If they do not do their career planning early in a scientific way taking guidance also from an expert career counsellor, they are most likely to face many potential risks. Potential Risks to your Child’s Career Let me list some of the most pertinent ones among them below: - • There exists a high possibility for a mismatch of the career path selected, with a student’s own Career Interest, Career Personality, Career Values and Aptitude (Skills and Abilities). • Students miss out on promising new age career paths with much higher career prospects • Students are likely to select wrong Subjects, Streams, Career Paths which would lead to career misalignment; and they cannot reverse the wrong choices made in school, once they are in University. • They are most likely to find themselves unprepared for college admissions in top institutions and have to compromise on their dreams, being eligible only for low-ranking institutions. • If the students end up pursuing careers that are vanishing, it would be waste of time and money; and they find themselves unprepared for an appropriate career or occupation later. • Landing in a career that is unsuitable or not so prospective would lead him or her into life-long stress, strain, job dissatisfaction and inability to progress across professional hierarchies. Let me sum up by stating that students need targeted career testing, career guidance and technology-driven career tools that they could access from the comfort of their homes, to explore and plan for their future career endeavours. This approach needs to be founded on their individual personality, interests, skills, abilities, and values. Seeking career guidance from experts enhances suitable academic pursuit coupled with career path exploration; and thus, improves career preparation and ultimate career success. The author is the Founder of CareerSpotters Global Pvt Ltd & A Career Guidance Expert Website: https://www.careerspotters.in; Email: info@careerspotters.in; Mobile: 9810406573 www.linkedin.com/in/pkjoseph402