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Introduction
"Choose a job you love and you will never have to work a day in your life" - Confucius
Career Development allows individuals to discover who they are, what they like to do and what they do best.
The Career Development Centre, launched in February 2020 by Soft Skills Consultants (Mauritius) Ltd provides tailor-made solutions for:
- Students to make informed decisions about their higher education options and career choice
- Working adults looking for a career change/transition
- Corporate organisations to make informed decisions for their recruitment, succession planning, and talent retention strategies
Our vision
- To identify and develop talent.
Our Mission
- To provide a range of career development services to young adults until they secure a decent work.
Our Objective
The objective of our Career Development Centre is to inspire individuals to turn their passion, talent and abilities into successful careers and fulfilling lives.
We believe all individuals should be empowered to choose a meaningful career and education pathway to position themselves for lifelong success.
Choosing a career should never be left to chance or luck.
Ideally, it is an informed decision-making process.
Our Expertise
Our ten year experience in the following areas makes us unique in delivering career development services to our target audience:
- Corporate training
- Training Needs Analysis
- Recruitment & Selection
- Psychometric assessments
- Research & Development
- Soft skills training
- Training of young adults in employability skills
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#VoSPA
Choosing a career is one of the most important decision you will make in life.
Every year after the SC & HSC examinations, thousands of mauritian students have the challenging responsibility for choosing the most appropriate stream or higher education so that they can secure a decent career.
Parents & students are too often poorly informed on recruiting sectors, job prospects, actual opportunities & required qualifications
How do students choose their careers in Mauritius?
Career & study choices are generally based on 3 types of decisions in Mauritius:- Parents’ wishes & peer pressure: “My son is going to be a doctor!"
- Trend: “There are a lot of opportunities in IT right now!”
- Gut feeling: “I’ve always wanted to be a veterinary!”
These traditional methodology of choosing a career are unfortunately no more effective in a Volatile, Uncertain, Complex and Ambiguous (VUCA business world)
What is #VoSPA?
#VoSPA (Vocational Style and Personality Assessment) is a scientifically validated and reliable online assessment designed for students, graduates, young professionals, and job-seekers that help identify study & career options.
How does #VoSPA works?
#VoSPA will first assess your personality and help you know more about yourself, by revealing your :
- Type of intelligence
- Career Interest
- Work Orientation
- Work Style
- Work Values
#VoSPA will then match your personality to a list of 30 recommended careers including, for each career:
- The job description
- The duties & responsibilities
- The knowledge and subjects required for each position
- Related careers
- Wages & employment trends
- Market trends
The benefits of #VoSPA are immediate and long lasting:
- Eliminates horizontal skills mismatch at source
- Reduces university drop out
- Reduces risk of change in course mid-way
- Reduces risk of resits
- Prompt education loan repayment
- No prolonged unemployment
- No unsocial behaviour
- Increases self esteem
- Proper career planning
Career Planning
We also provide career planning services for students who want their studies and careers planned under the guidance of a professional career development consultant.
Testimonials
Since 2012, we have helped more than 300 students in their career choices in Rodrigues & Mauritius, including 3 laureates!
Documentation
- Preview/ Sample Report of #VoSPA
Contact us
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Career Development Programmes
Career Development Programme for Students
- To assist students of grade 9 to 13 to plan their studies and careers.
Career Development Programme for Graduates
- To assist fresh graduates to secure a decent work.
Career Development Programme for Professionals
- To assist working adults for their career development.
Career Development Programme for Vulnerable Adults
- To assist vulnerable adults (ex-detainees, persons with disabilities, young adults on SRM, women suffering from domestic violence) to secure a decent work.
Re-Skilling Programme for Redundant Employees
- To assist employee who were made redundant for their career development.
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Psychometric Assessments
Since 2012, we provide a range of psychometric assessments to our corporate clients and to the public
They are categorised as follows :
Personality Assessments
- To identify if the personality of candidates match the vision, mission and values of the employer.
Job Fit Assessments
- To assess the competencies of candidates for a specific job position such as sales and administration.
Behavioural Competency Assessments
- To assess the competencies of candidates for specific behavioural competencies such as leadership and emotional intelligence
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Recruitment & Selection
Our unique Recruitment & Selection Model assist employers to hire the most competent candidates.
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Our Career Development Consultant
Kesho Gooriah is the founder of Soft Skills Consultants (Mauritius) Ltd, a Mauritius Qualifications Authority recognised institution specialised in soft skills training. Since its establishment in March 2010, the institute has enjoyed the trust of more than 300 corporate clients and Kesho has trained over 2,500 delegates from both the public and private sector.
Kesho holds a Post Graduate Certificate in Career Development from the University of Napier, UK. He holds a Post Graduate Certificate in Soft Skills and Experiential Learning from Unimenta, UK and an MBA from the University of Surrey (Class 1999). He reckons 37 years’ experience in Mauritius and in the UK where he spent 7 years (2002 - 2009) teaching, lecturing and coaching foreign students.
Since April 2013, Soft Skills Consultants (Mauritius) Ltd is duly licensed by the Ministry of Labour, Human Resource Development and Training as a recruitment agency. The Career Development Centre provides the following services to students, job seekers and working adults looking for a career change:
- Career assessment
- Career coaching & planning
- Personality assessments
- Job fit assessments
- Behavioural competency assessments
- Job placement
- Recruitment & Selection
- Research in career development
Since 2012, the company has administered more than 300 online career assessments to college students in Mauritius and Rodrigues and assessed more than 500 employees for personality and job fit.
Kesho has been instrumental in the successful delivery of 12 projects under the National Skills Development Programme (NSDP) which is aimed at empowering young unemployed adults aged between 16 and 35 years with 21st century critical employability skills so that they can kick start their careers. Since 2010 Kesho is a subject specialist for the Tertiary Education Commission (now Higher Education Institute) and a member of the Faculty of Business & Management of the Universite des Mascareignes (2018).
Kesho has developed and designed the following Career Development Programmes:
- Career Development Programme for Students
- Career Development Programme for Graduates
- Career Development Programme for Professionals
- Career Development Programme for Vulnerable Adults
Kesho is a member of the following professional organisations:
- Fellow of the Mauritius Institute of Directors (miod.mu)
- Fellow of the Chartered Management Institute of the UK
- Career Development Institute of the UK (thecdi.net)
- Mauritius Association of Human Resource Professionals (ahrpmauritius.mu)
- Association of Registered Professional Training Institutions (arpti.org)
Kesho is a CDI Registered Professional :
https://www.thecdi.net/find-a-professional/detail/170903