Lecture on Career Guidance

Dr. Huda Husseini Bibi, an expert on giving counseling services to university and high school students, who has authored many books on the topic, including “Our Children are in Danger” published in 1995, and has hosted TV programs on the same issue, graced our stage at NDU-SC with her sweet presence and open mindedness on Friday, October 23, 2009. This discussion session between her and the students was made possible through the efforts of Br. Abdo Sleiman, Assistant Director of SAO and Mr. Emile Khoury, Assistant Director of Public Relations. Dr. Huda Husseini Bibi read from her book about the importance of choosing the right major which leads to the right career; the right major that matches the students’ interests, aspirations and talents as well as the market need. She linked good counseling services to making better life choices and therefore to attaining higher productivity and happiness! She talked about different criteria that would help students know more about themselves, one of which is the John Holland career search test, but another is paying attention to students’ favorite courses at school, their hobbies, their activities, and their career interests. Based on the above information students can be placed in one of the following six categories: The engineers, the investigators, the artists, the social people, the business oriented people and the managers. She finally emphasized the role of the environment in that decision making process. The students showed great interest in the topic, which was reflected in the vivid discussion session that followed.