Life-time Self-education For Making A Successful Career
Mismatch of the college knowledge and working reality
The aim f the present day education is to teach the students to think critically and find the appropriate sources of information. The fact is that it is impossible to learn everything in some field. At the same time, different companies have some specific requirements. It means, that the information necessary for work in this or that company cannot be mentioned in the textbooks. Only the company trainers can provide all the necessary information.
That is why the managers often complain of lack of preparation of the young specialists. The college graduates are not satisfied with the level of their preparation as well. The contemporary colleges have no specialization a programmer for company Microsoft or engineer for company Dell. The college majors are programming or engineering in their general sense. It means that the received knowledge and skills are only the basis for further self-perfection.
Life-time self-education
Another issue is the progress that never stops. More and more researches are conducted every day by the specialists all over the world. In order to go with the times people are to read all the recent research papers. The best professionals are always in the know of all the latest achievements. It means that college knowledge is not enough not only for making a successful career in the field, but even for starting point of the career.
The emphasis is to be put on the self-education. One should
have access to the recent researches;
read the periodicals;
communicate with the colleagues.
Getting accustomed to the support of the professors and opportunity to consult a course book when it is necessary, students are afraid of making independent decisions. There are occasions when the young specialists are unable to answer the customers question and start consulting literature. But the doctor digging in the medical encyclopedias for diagnosing of the patients is frightening. The lawyer, looking for the laws in the codexes does not evoke trust as well.