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Does your child struggle with studies but is bright otherwise?
The problem is when our child is not fitting well into their school or college life, as parents, we start looking at them with only judgement and then all we see is their issues, struggles and anxiety. We continuously push the child to try and somehow adjust to the mainstream education system. All our efforts…
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Practical work can teach you much beyond professional skills
It’s been a month since the cohort has gone off campus for the industry exposure phase. Aparna (13) has been dabbling in different exposures to make the most of her time trying to build professional skills in her interest of ‘Natural Building’. She visited to different natural building centres, institutes to interact with people in…
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Why Should Teens Look Beyond Internship For Industry Exposure?
Internships are quite the buzz words in this day and age. There are umpteen organisations out there providing internship for teens. This is great news since teens have an opportunity to get acquainted with the industry and its functioning while building skills with practical hands-on work. But, the caveat to this trend – ‘most of…
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Being parents to becoming guides on teen’s professional journey
How can parents add value to their teen’s professional journey? We get asked this question way too often. Since, teens is also a phase when the entire family is on their toes wondering about career choices and decisions. At CoVersity, parents & facilitators become guides to the entire cohort. Guides are not domain experts. But…
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Top 5 professional networking tips from a teenager
Professional Networking is an art we all keep learning all our lives. There’s no one fixed mantra that works for all. This becomes even more critical for youth who are just starting out on their professional journeys. Sriya (19) has finally landed her internship in a UI/UX design firm. But a few weeks ago the…
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Open your professional choices to a world of possibilities, beyond degrees!
Aarohi has a vibrant thriving community that connects with each other beyond the campus on WhatsApp. One parent had a very interesting question to ask the community which opened up so many perspectives to explore. Can open schoolers (especially learners who did not choose to give 10th or 12th exam) get college admissions? Do we…
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Rejected at an interview? Make the best of the situation.
Srijani (16 years) has been busy attending bakers’ fest, networking with potential employers to get an internship. In this blog, she shares about- I connected with 6-7 bakeries by directly sending them a WhatsApp message. I made a format for my messages and customised for each bakery accordingly. Almost 50% responded saying we will discuss…
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How can Youth assess their interest in a domain?
We say, Live projects are one solid way to test your commitment to any of your interests. In her first CoVersity term, Aparna has chosen ‘art’ and ‘natural building’ as the domains to explore. As part of her project for the campus term, Aparna discussed with her guides to look at various construction ideas. Finally,…
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18 areas where youth can start leading their professional journey
How do I lead myself?This question can be quite daunting and lead to anxiety with the thought that we need to have leadership qualities or a super duper self motivated self, at all times. At CoVersity, we break this down and we lead in many ways. I lead myself by In which areas have you…