Tuesday, 12 August 2014

What To Do When Choosing A Career

By Linda Ruiz


When your last year in high school turns up, you should already be making plans about what career it is that you will be taking in the near future. If you do, you will not be in a turmoil once you are made to choose what course it is that you will be taking in college. Basically, making this decision is not at all simple. So you must employ some realistic steps.

Speaking of this, going to college is not that easy as well. You have to make sure that everything is according to what you want and in line with your interest. With this, you need to put careful consideration on what it is that you really want to do or accomplish. If you do, you will surely not have any regrets. So take time and serious thinking when it comes to choosing a career.

Remember that when you choose your degree, it will have a great say on the field of work where you will be engaging after graduation. And speaking of this, you surely will not want to have regrets for the rest of your life. So for you to avoid such situation, take some helpful steps which will aid you to your goals.

Initially, evaluate yourself. Of course, making such a decision is not about anyone but yourself. So do not let other people make decisions for you. Before giving out your answer, see to it that you have given enough thought about your decision. Think about a course which can cater to your goal in the future, your interests, talents, and values.

Now, in order to get on this ground, perhaps taking a career assessment, receiving a career counseling, and conducting a thorough self evaluation will help you greatly. Then after this, make a list of potential occupations. If you do, the list will lead you to an organized decision of where to start. It would also help for you to compare your assessment results to it.

But aside from that, take your training requirements, education, and employment outlook at the scale. And then after that, regard the job duties, promotion opportunities, and yearly earnings as well. With all of these factors, you will surely be able to arrive at a conclusion that will serve your skills best.

With this, you can already set your goals. But they should be attainable. And speaking of this, there are two goals which you need to set. One is the short term and the other is the long term. With the short term, the set time frame is between one to three years. While for the long term, the time frame is between three years to five years.

But then speaking of this, it is not easy to reach these goals. You would really have to work hard and be open to adjustments. However, you must still remain committed no matter what. Speaking of this, in order to make things better, you must device goals which are defined, realistic, flexible, and attainable in a given period of time.

Given these considerations, you would surely be able to establish a realizable career goal. But to make your goal even more organized, devise an action plan. This plan must contain all the steps which you will be taking to achieve your goal. And the last of all, obtain some training as a preparation.




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